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Artist Profile: Marios Ppoulis

07/08/2015 by

Marios Ppoulis is a young 24-year-old artist who is currently based in Larnaca.

Marios discovered his skills in drawing and painting at a very young age. Through the years, he has competed in a variety of art-related competitions for drawing and painting. He completed his studies in Fine Art, at Liverpool John Moore’s University in the United Kingdon.

To see more of Marios’ paintings and illustrations, follow him on Facebook.

Marios is now the proud owner of his own studio and art gallery in Larnaca, where he creates his paintings, his tattoo designs and even portraits!

Marios is a huge fan of comics and Japanese manga and has an extensive portfolio of original artwork as well as fan art of his favourite superhero, videogame and movie characters, which you will all get to see at this year’s Cyprus Comic Con!

We were very impressed with Marios’ creations and we cannot wait to see more of his work in August!

We hope you are also looking forward to meeting Marios at the convention, and don’t forget to leave us your comments below!

Special Guest: Mangatellers

06/08/2015 by

We are pleased to announce that Mangatellers will be part of Cyprus Comic Con 2015!

Continuing their European tour, after presenting at ComicCon in Greece, Dokomi in Germany and Japan Expo in France, Mangatellers’ next stop is Cyprus Comic Con!

Mangatellers are the creators of shonen manga series R.u.N. – a high school sports-themed manga about parkour, the manga one-shots ‘WiFi Wars‘ and ‘Thessaloniki Through Time‘.

Kariofillis – Christos Hatzopoulos and Raphael Voutsidis are the screenplay writers and producers of the team’s manga projects. Their partners are Manos Lagouvardos (artist) and Nikitas Efimidis (assistant artist and 3D graphic designer).

To see more from Mangatellers, visit their website and follow them on Facebook.

From left to right, Fillis & Raphael

Since 2010, Mangatellers have released eight chapters of R.u.N online and published R.u.N. Volume #1 with the help of Kickstarter.

Their manga one-shot ‘Thessaloniki Through Time’ has also been published under the auspices of the European Youth Capital 2014 and the Japanese Embassy in Greece. All of their works are in English.

We would like to let everyone know that the Mangatellers booth will be open and running from 11:30AM!

At their booth, you will be able to buy copies of R.u.N Volume #1 and exclusive R.u.N posters and art-prints! Furthermore, Mangatellers have informed us that at Cyprus Comic Con they are going to be reveal to the public new information about their upcoming projects! So make sure to stop by their booth and say hi!

Artist Profile: Dorina Panayiotopoulou (Aniro)

05/08/2015 by

Dorina Panayiotopoulou (also known as Aniro) is a 23-year-old artist from Athens, currently studying architecture. Dorina has always loved to draw, but never really thought of making her own comics until two years ago, when a close friend suggested that she takes a six-month seminar about comics.

For more of Dorina’s work, follow her on Facebook and Tumblr.

When she creates comics, Dorina feels very happy and complete. She usually draws inspiration from the city and people around her. In the future she hopes to make a living out of her comics and to travel all around the world!

Dorina has just completed her first comic book ‘Lost Soul’, which is about a girl who has forgotten her dreams and is trapped in the stressful rhythm of the city, in a social system based on money and exploitation, doing the same boring things day after day, living like a zombie. Until, one day something happens.

“In a period of time when the only thing they want is to control and manipulate us, the only thing we can do is to stay creative and continue to express ourselves.” – Aniro

Cyprus Comic Con 2015 is the first convention that Dorina is attending and she is very excited to be participating as a featured artist!

We are very excited to have Dorina featuring at our Comic Con! We hope you are also looking forward to seeing more of her work, as well as her first comic book ‘Lost Soul’! Leave us your comments below!

Ultra Street Fighter IV & Mortal Kombat X Tournaments @ CCC2015

04/08/2015 by

Cyprus Throwdown Tournament Series & Cyprus Fighting Game Community (CyFighters) present the Cyprus Comic Con Throwdown happening under the auspices of this year’s Cyprus Comic Con. Are you ready to face off with your foes in Ultra Street Fighter IV and/or Mortal Kombat X and battle your way to the top? Prizes to be announced soon!

RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. All games will be played on the default settings, unless otherwise specified.
2. You must provide your own controller for games played on all systems. If you don’t, default controllers will be provided that may not fulfil your requirements.
3. Players that are late or don’t appear for their match will be eliminated.
4. The tournaments will take place in the elimination format.
5. MORTAL KOMBAT X; PlayStation 4; 13:00-15:00 BEST OUT OF THREE MATCHES TIME LIMIT 99 SECONDS
6. ULTRA STREET FIGHTER 4; PC; 10:00-12:00 BEST OUT OF THREE MATCHES TIME LIMIT 99 SECONDS
REGISTRATION FEES: 10 EUR per tournament, 15 if you take part in both.
 

This year’s Cyprus Comic Con gaming stage and arena are made possible by;

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Artist Profile: Siew Anastasiou

03/08/2015 by

Siew Luan Anastasiou was born in Malaysia and studied Medical Biochemistry in the University of Birmingham in the UK. She is married and has been living in Cyprus since 1987. She has worked as a biology teacher in secondary schools.

Origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, was an important part of her life from her childhood years when she was introduced to its endless possibilities and creative potential.

Samples of her work can be found on her facebook page, Siew’s Origami.

Η κόμπρα διπλώθηκε από ένα μακρύ κομμάτι χαρτιού, με διαστάσεις 25x300cm, ακολουθώντας το σχέδιο του Kade Chan.
Οι διαστάσεις του T-rex είναι 35×18 cm. Δημιουργήθηκε από ένα χαρτί 70cm2. Υπάρχουν περίπου 100 αναδιπλώσεις σε αυτό το μοντέλο, το οποίο δημιουργήθηκε από τον Kade Chan.
Το σκαθάρι Hercules δημιουργήθηκε με βάση το σχέδιο του Robert Lang. Υπάρχουν περίπου 150 αναδιπλώσεις.

Most of her origami are folded from a single piece of paper without any cutting and gluing. Some of her favourite designs are from master origamists such as Robert Lang, Satoshi Kamiya and Kade Chan.

Siew has made models of dragons, tarantula, snakes, Pegasus, T-rex, Super Mario family, roses, Christmas trees, elephants, rabbits… the list is endless!!

She takes part as an origami expert in exhibitions and public events, delivers lessons and takes orders for various types of origami creations.

Siew impressed everyone with her incredible origami designs at last year’s convention and we are confident that she will present something exquisite again this year.

Are you also looking forward to more of Siew’s origami creations? Let us know in the comments below!