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SHARK Energy Drink sponsors CCC’s Gaming Room

20/08/2015 by

Flavours 4We are pleased to inform you that SHARK Energy Drink is sponsoring the Gaming Room of this year’s Cyprus Comic Con!

During CCC’15, SHARK Energy Drink will help “Bring Out The Beast” in you!

SHARK Energy will be sponsoring the activities taking place in the Gaming Room and providing you with that much needed energy for non-stop gaming, as well as freebies from the SHARK Girls themselves, plus the NEW and FRUITY SHARK Flavours , APPLE & MELON and RED BERRIES!

Looking forward to tasting them on the 29th of August!

Time to Bring Out The Beast!

#SHARKEnergy #BringOutTheBeast #BOTB #ComicCon2015

Printco Ltd supports CCC’15!

20/08/2015 by

The Cyprus Comic Con team would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to Printco Ltd for their support! Printco have kindly sponsored the Comic Con posters and flyers for this year’s event!

A few words from our sponsor:

The printing firm Printco Ltd was established in 1959 by Laiko Group, aiming to cover to a large extent the needs of the Cyprus market in the area of newspaper printing and other printing works.

Printco showed a rapid growth during the years of its operation, with modern equipment capable of meeting the needs of a wide range of customers, such as:printcologo

  • Printing of Newspapers
  • Printing of Magazines
  • Printing of Books
  • Printing of Telephone Directories
  • Printing of Advertising Leaflets

From the ΄80s onwards, the upgrading in machinery and personnel, as well as the quality and fast service, have made us one of the best “players” in the field of printing in Cyprus and abroad (Middle East, North Africa, England).

Today, Printco’ s equipment includes: 1 high speed coldset printing press , 2 high speed heatset printing presses, 1 robot for extraction of brochures and automatic layout.

For filmsetting, it has 4 automatic machines two of which are of computer-to-plate technology, with automated layout for maximum quality results.

In addition, it disposes 1 Nord Binder Muller Martini glue binding machine (on line) with 21 stations, capable of setting and gluing brochures at high speeds, fitting cover page, book cleaning on 3 sides and simultaneous binding.

At the processing section, all kinds of work can be done according to order, such as sewing and gluing of books, stitching of leaflets and magazines, book and magazine inserts/ads etc.

G3 Great Games supports CCC!

20/08/2015 by

We’re thrilled to inform you that G3 Great Games is one of the sponsors of this year’s Cyprus Comic Con. G3 will have a booth at the event where visitors will be able to try upcoming games such as Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Call of Duty: Black Ops III! More info on that coming soon so please stay tuned!

g3Company Profile:
G3 Great Games is a distribution company specialising in Video Games. G3’s involvement in a game begins from its birth, right down to the time the game is put onto shelves.

As their Business customer you will be updated with all developments throughout a game’s life with regular updates and benefit from their business pricing.

As a gamer you can benefit from their huge range of games and special offers.

Lastly, when a game approaches release, G3 begin marketing and advertising, using the press, the internet, mailshots, posters and most especially Point of Sale and special Events taking place in affiliate shops.

The publishers they represent are: Ubisoft, Warner Bros., EA, Activision/ Blizzard, Take Two, Disney, Bethesda, Square Enix, Capcom, Tecmokoei, Sega, Steelseries and Microsoft.

Some of the games they represent are: Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Mortal Kombat, Batman Arkham, FIFA, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Skylanders, GTA, NBA, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Disney Infinity, Fallout, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Ninja Gaiden and Sonic.

Artist Profile: Iryna Bodnaruk

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Iryna Bodnaruk was born and raised in Ukraine. She completed her studies there in art college and then more training at a printmaking academy. She moved to Limassol, 6 years ago, where she is currently based.

To see more of Iryna’s work,  visit her website and her pages on Behance and Facebook.

Iryna has been working as a freelance illustrator for quite some time now. Most of her illustrations are for young children. Some of her clients include: Scholastic NY, Fisher Price, Cowley Robinson, Glottogon Books, Glowberry Books, Sequel Creative, Highlights for Kids.

We were very impressed with Iryna’s clever way of incorporating real-life photographs with her illustrations. We are confident that her vibrant use of colours will definitely catch your eye and we are really pleased to feature more children’s illustration at our convention this year!

Are you looking forward to see more of Iryna’s work this coming August? Leave your comments below!

Artist Profile: Christis Christoforou (Reddo)

19/08/2015 by

Christis Christoforou (also known as Reddo) is a young, aspiring manga artist currently based in Limassol. Christis likes using traditional media for his drawings, but recently he has started exploring digital drawing media as well and is currently working hard at improving his skills at manga art.

To see more of Christis’ work, check out his page on Facebook!

Nowadays, Christis is preparing to travel to Japan in order to study Japanese and attempt to obtain a place in Shonen Jump or Kodansha Comics, which has been his dream for a long time now. Naturally, he is also interested in getting into the gaming industry and work for game design art.

Christis has gathered a team to work on his own idea for a game, which unfortunately he won’t have ready in time for Cyprus Comic Con 2015, but he tells us it will definitely be worth waiting for!

So, maybe CCC’16? We will be looking forward to it!

We are confident that manga fans at this year’s convention will love Christis’ work! Are you looking forward to seeing more of his manga art this coming August? Let us know in a comment below!