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The Floor Plan and the Schedule of CCC’15

22/08/2015 by

With less than a week remaining for Cyprus Comic Con 2015, “Filoxenia” Conference Center is preparing to welcome the second edition of CCC which has already broken all records set by its predecessor, in terms of participation and special guests! We are incredibly excited about all the fun activities that will take place on Saturday 29th and we hope you are all hyped up too!

To help you prepare for the event, we are happy to share the Floor Plan and Time Schedule of Cyprus Comic Con 2015! Feel free to click on the pictures to enlarge, then save and print them in order to have them with you on the day!

Lastly, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the participants for helping us fill this massive venue this year! We honestly didn’t believe that we would manage to fill the floor space that is five times larger than our previous event. We will see you all at Comic Con!

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Artist Profile: Alfredo Retamar

22/08/2015 by

Alfredo Retamar was born in 1983 in the city of Villaguay, Entre Rios province, in Argentina. At the age of three, his family moved to Tandil, Buenos Aires. His passion for comics started the minute he learned how to read, followed by his first doodles of favourite characters.

Check out Alfredo’s fanzine, Líder Negativo!

Alfredo started making his own comics when he was in high school. During the year of 2000, he attended to a comic book workshop where he learned how to put some order to the chaotic creative process. Around that time, he also experimented with self-taught 2D short animations. His work is mostly influenced by books, comics, movies, music, the news, among other story starters and life itself.

After an impasse of a couple of years without writing or drawing anything, Alfredo started a fanzine in 2008 that continues up to the present: Líder Negativo. The fanzine showcases the work of some of Alfredo’s friends and fellow artists, as well as his own work.

Currently, Alfredo is working on various projects to be published in Argentina.

Alfredo has prepared a short animation to celebrate his participation at Cyprus Comic Con 2015 and his comics travelling across the world to reach us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9kPV6JC4bw

Although Alfredo can’t be with us in person at this year’s convention, his artwork and copies of Líder Negativo will be available in the artists’ section, so keep an eye out for his dedicated table on the day!

Looking forward to seeing more of Alfredo’s work? Leave us a comment below!

HallyuCY @ Cyprus Comic Con 2015!

21/08/2015 by

HallyuCY is a growing community dedicated to the spread of South Korean culture in Cyprus!

‘Hallyu’ (which literally translates to “flow of Korea”) also known as ‘The Korean Wave‘ is a neologism referring to the increase in popularity of South Korean culture in the rest of the world since the late 1990s. Some aspects of South Korean pop culture that have contributed to its popularity, include K-pop music, K-dramas (TV-series), the Korean language and cuisine, animated comics and films, technology.

To find out more about HallyuCY, join the group on Facebook.

The popular K-pop group, Big Bang
Popular K-drama, ‘Dream High’ (2011)
Popular Korean film, “Oldboy” (2003)
Popular Korean manhwa (manga), “Goong”
An example of traditional Korean cuisine
HallyuCY’s delicious homemade pepero/pocky!

In the online Facebook group, members can post about their favourite K-pop music, K-drama and films, share and exchange knowledge about different aspects of South Korean culture and generally bond and form friendships with likeminded individuals.

HallyuCY organise a number of gatherings throughout the year! Some of these include arts and crafts sessions, cooking sessions, Korean karaoke where the members sing their hearts out with no shame (!), Hangul (Korean alphabet) learning sessions, K-pop dance cover meetings and cozy Korean film nights!

We are pleased to announce that HallyuCY’s participation at Cyprus Comic Con this year is partly sponsored by the Korean Embassy in Athens, that have generously contributed a large number of giveaways, as well as informative books and magazines on South Korea and its culture, which will be available to browse at the group’s booth!

Furthermore, HallyuCY will be screening K-pop music videos at their booth throughout the event so make sure to visit them for a taste of South Korean pop music! HallyuCY will also be selling low-cost K-pop merchandise and homemade, delicious pepero (also known as pocky in Japan), which are chocolate covered biscuits, a very popular and yummy treat. Lastly, cute handmade arts and crafts created by the group’s members will be on display at their booth!

Some of the group’s future goals include growing the Hallyu community in Cyprus, to inform and educate interested individuals about South Korean culture and to hopefully one day organise larger scale events, such as K-pop parties and Korean Cinema screenings!

Arnold’s supports CCC’15

21/08/2015 by

With continuous upward growth since 1995 the company managed to evolve, develop and distinguish itself through competition and at the same time create a name synonymous with quality and reliability.

ARNOLD LOGOHaving always in mind the needs of the market, the company invested towards quality, economical and fast digital prints.

The company’s core business is the production of digital printing for indoor and outdoor areas in large and smaller size.

Originally the basic equipment of the company was 2 large-format indoor digital printing machines. One third machine was added as the turnover of the company increased gradually through the years.

The expertise and focus in digital printing has brought further substantial investment in the latest type of equipment for indoor and outdoor printing, consolidating the company into the market and making it as one of the larger-from production size perspective- perhaps the largest-private company in digital printing in Cyprus.