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Leonidas “Steve” Stivaktis

20/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con is excited to have artist Leonidas “Steve” Stivaktis to its Artists’ Alley for this year’s event!

Steve first took up a pencil when his grandma taught him how to draw daisies, and he’s never put it down since then. He studied comic art and illustration in Onerakis School of Applied Arts in Athens, creative writing in the Kapodistrian University of Athens, and he’s currently taking more classes on writing and ancient Greek theatre.

He’s been working in the field of illustration since 2008, and since then he has illustrated several books for children and teachers, the pen and paper roleplaying game “The Small Folk” for Fate, and he used to make queer comics for Antivirus magazine. He’s happiest when he self-publishes his comics and takes them from convention to convention in Greece and Europe, which he has been doing with great success since 2013.

He’s most known for his comics “Esmé”, “The Monsters in the Closet”, and “Skitsouxtra” / “Jellinkfish”, and currently he’s working on concept art for tabletop roleplaying games, a graphic novel about growing up queer in 90’s Athens, and several science fantasy stories, both as comics and alternative media.

The past couple of years, he’s been making Dungeons and Dragons designs, both official and as a fan. In convention circles, he’s often known as “that sticker guy”. In the rare occasions when he’s not working, you can find him playing D&D, reading inside buses or trains, petting dogs, or thinking how bummed he is that he’s not currently working or petting dogs.

You can follow Steve’s Instagram to see more of his work!

Retro Computing & Gaming Ltd

19/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con is excited to announce Retro Computing & Gaming Ltd as one of its participants for this year’s event!

Retro Computing & Gaming Ltd (RCG), is a non-profit company, responsible for organising and setting up the first Computer History Museum in Cyprus, combining social responsibility, culture, education and entertainment in a single package.

RCG currently manages a collection of more than 100 authentic computers, gaming consoles and peripherals from the 1970s to the 1990s and hundreds of original software titles, well preserved and in good working order.

The company is also responsible for organising a number of educational programs, approved by the Ministry of Education and Culture and delivered by qualified associates to students of primary and secondary education.

In 2018 the company organised a historic exhibition, a museum educational program and a number of events free of charge, offering visitors of all ages a unique opportunity to learn about the history of computers as well as an authentic retro computing and gaming experience.

To find out more about RCG you can visit their Facebook and website!

Thodoris Thou

17/03/2019 by

The Cyprus Comic Con wants to welcome Thodoris Thou to CCC19 Artists’ Alley!

Thodoris is a self-taught sculptor and ceramist. He was born in Paphos but he moved to Nicosia when he was a child. He is mostly figurative sculptor but he also makes functional ceramics too, such as mugs plates, spoons pitches, tea pots etc. His inspiration comes primarily from pop culture; famous movie characters and iconic creatures and monsters! The Greek mythology is another source of his inspiration.

Thodoris has a special bond with nature and animals and a lot of the time he uses that on his work. He has been working with clay since 2006 and he uses stoneware clay mostly. All his sculptures are covered with underglazes, stains and glazes and are fired multiple times in an electric kiln with final temperatures 1200 – 50c degree. His studies background has nothing to do with clay; he went to Athens for 3 years studying animation in a private collage. Sometimes he sees that part of himself in his work, nothing is wasted!

You can visit Thodoris’ Instagram to see more of his work!

Nicos Nipat

17/03/2019 by

We are excited to have Nicos Nipat joining us for CCC19 Artists’ Alley!

Nicos is a self-taught cartoonist from Cyprus who uses traditional media such as ink and watercolours to offer a funny take on everyday situations. Growing up, the margins of Nicos’ school books were covered in pencil doodles. As an adult he’s constantly amazed at how someone’s feelings can be transferred and expressed on paper and then communicated to others.

In the past he took part in the creation of comic books through a collaboration with WriteCy and he is always looking for opportunities and good stories to work on! Being an artist that’s serious about improving his skills, Nicos can be seen around town carrying a sketchbook and pen that he uses for observational drawing of unsuspecting bystanders, capturing their souls in his sketchbook forever! Careful, you could be next!

To see more of Nicos’ work, you van visit his Instagram and Facebook.

Zhllustrator (Živko Kondić)

17/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con is excited to welcome Zhllustrator (Živko Kondić) to its Artists’ Alley!

Živko is a freelance 2D artist from Novi Sad, Serbia. His art is a particular blend of sci-fi and realism, alternate universes and hovering kittens. His art skills are mostly self taught, even though he was a student of Bogdan Šuput school of design in Novi Sad, earning himself a graphic designer degree.

Through the years he’s developed a personal style and way of seeing things, expressing mostly through digital painting and traditional drawing or sketching. His art tends to be colorful, melancholic, optimistic, heavily atmospheric and loose. His work is mostly personal art and client work for smaller companies and individuals. One notable client were Games Workshop.

Alterslavia is Živko’s flagship personal project, an alternate universe and low-SF blend with inspiration rooted in Yugoslavian motives, regional ethnic garbs, both real and imagined places and people who live in them. Živko appears on a number of conventions throughout Europe and plans to expand than in the future.

Outside art, he’s a chatty, goofy fella who likes to play guitar, take photos, meet people and travel. He also does livestreaming occasionally.

Check out Živko’s art on his website, Facebook and Instagram.