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Colto Comics (Babis Ioannidis)

25/02/2019 by

We are thrilled to have Colto Comics (Babis Ioannidis) back for CCC19 Artists’ Alley!

Babis  was beamed in Thessaloniki sometime during the glorious golden decade of the 80’s. Right after kindergarten he studied Economics in Hannover and Tibetan zoography in the Himalayas. He worked abroad and in Greece, both in private and public sector. His relation to books, is tight – almost an addiction. Besides his Greek mother tongue, he speaks, reads and writes in English, German, French and several other fictitious dialects. Occasionally, he draws comics and sometimes he is funny too!

 

You can have a glance at his work on his website and Facebook page!

LarLarLar Comics (Andreas Michaelides, Valia Kapadai & Pavlos Pavlidis)

25/02/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con welcomes back the team of LarLarLar Comics (Andreas Michaelides, Valia Kapadai & Pavlos Pavlidis) to CCC19 Artists’ Alley!

LarLarLar Comics is a Greek, multilingual (Greek, English and French) creators’ collective, originally formed by Valia Kapadai, Andreas Michaelides and Pavlos Pavlidis. There is a whole lot of story behind the name and it does have something to do with their logo, but details are best discussed face to face. After the three of them became frequent collaborators, since 2014, they decided it was more practical to self-publish their work under a common name. Together they have put out a number of projects in a range of genres, such as mythology (Nekyia), science fiction (Last Flight of the Swordbreaker) and historical fantasy (Iasis).The creators of LarLarLar Comics have vastly different tastes in comics, but a common enough ground that they can (usually) walk the fine line of synergistic storytelling. After all, comic books are just that: another form of storytelling, deceptively close to the art of its oral predecessor. Each one of them also pursues their own projects in the written and visual arts, be it writing, graphic design, poster artwork, editing, translating and everything in between.

Visit LarLarLar Comics’ website to see more of their work!

Valia Kapadai

Valia Kapadai is a full-time dreamer and a comic junkie. Currently working as a graphic designer at the University of Athens in the morning, she shifts into a watercolour thirsty creature by night, drawing comic pages, whenever her ghosts allow it.

Since 2008 she has been involved in various anthologies (for IDW, Insomnia, Accent UK, BLC, Dapshow Press, AyeSaw Comics, Markosia, ICCW, Εκδόσεις του Κάμπου and more), while six graphic novels she has illustrated or (water) coloured have been published by A.R.Sobati, Fotorama Publications, Markosia, and Comicdom Press.

She also enjoys self-publishing mini comics. She loves spending her little free time with beloved people, reading (comic) books, listening to music and dancing. Usually lost inside her own messy little bubble, she can also be found wandering through the web.

Andreas Michaelides

Words are the one true love of Andreas Michaelides – what they mean, the way they change, the stories they tell. Born in Greece in 1982, he has worked as a columnist, journalist and photographer; he has written detective stories and surreal tales which have been published in various Greek anthologies and newspapers.

For the past ten years, he has worked as a translator for Greek publishing houses, such as Alexandria, Polis and Metaichmio (having translated in Greek anything from popular science and history books, to Andy Lane’s The Adventures of Young Sherlock Holmes series, George R.R. Martin’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and Joe Abercrombie’s The Shattered Sea Trilogy – among others).

In 2010 he entered the world of oral storytelling, as well as writing fables for an adult audience. His first two solo books were published in 2016: Tales From the Anvil of Songs by Mamaya and Love in Fhtagn, the first novelette in The Addiction of Christian Ambrose series (Nightread imprint of Ars Nocturna).

His relationship with comic books has been as wacky as his personality: from 2003 to 2006 he put out a Greek fanzine called Mangaijin, in collaboration with artist John Dalkides. In 2005 he started writing articles about comics as a member of the Comicdom.gr team. In 2014 he started writing for comics per se: from 2014 to mid 2015 he co-created and wrote BOTCH! with artist Maria Kouloubaritsi – a gag comic and webcomic presenting the (mis)adventures of a group of gamers.

He is also a founding member of the Greek Club of Crime Writers, as well as the Storytelling Cooperative, “Mythologion”.

He is currently involved in a number of projects, from translation, to writing – both for comics and not -to storytelling performances, mystery games and educational workshops which combine literature with science.

Pavlos Pavlidis

Pavlos Pavlidis is a comic creator interpreting the world through a black and white perspective. He likes to create scary, disturbing and dystopian images, touching on political and more personal themes. He loves his pentel brush with a passion and to him it feels like an extension of his hand!

He has self-published seven comics to date (Unstrung!, Fixed!, Such A Waste..!, Full Bloom, Just One Fragment, …and after this WHAT?, Don’t Shoot, I Am Already Dead). He is also the co-creator of Somewhat Damaged (with Valia Kapadai), Lamda (with Lee Grice and Valia Kapadai), Futuria (with the Hippo Theatre Group and Valia Kapadai), Last Flight of the Swordbreaker and Tit Quest of Uknown Cuntath (both with Andreas Michaelides), as well as Iasis (in which both Andreas and Valia were involved).

His work has also appeared in the pages of the British Something Wicked magazine (“Shambling Towards Bethlehem”, story by Sam Varall in issue #09 and “Plug”, story by David McCluskey, in the 2016 issue).

Currently he is working on various projects of his own and in collaboration with others.

 

Special Guest: Ketrin Cosplay

24/02/2019 by

Aleksander Photography

CCC is thrilled to announce Ketrin Cosplay as its final Cosplay Special Guest for CCC19!

Ketrin is a cosplayer from the Czech Republic. She has been cosplaying since 2011 and although she does not do it for a living, she hopes that she will be able to do that at some point. Ketrin loves armours and weapons and enjoys being a badass. Her favourite part of crafting a cosplay costume is painting with an airbrush and trying new painting techniques.

Follow Ketrin on Facebook and Instagram to see more of her remarkable costumes!

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Ketrin also enjoys travelling and meeting new people, especially other cosplayers. Another one of her favourite hobbies is gaming and two of her favourite games are Darksiders and League of Legends.

Ketrin won the first place in the group category of European Cosplay Gathering (ECG) in 2018 alongside Ali and Germia. In 2016 her Uriel cosplay won the award for most elaborate cosplay at EpicCon in Germany. Her greatest experience was her collaboration with THQ Nordic where she had the opportunity to be the official cosplayer for Fury from Darksiders 3. She enjoys a good whiskey and prefers cats 🐱.

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Ketrin as a judge at the CCC19 EuroCosplay Qualifier

Ketrin will be one of our Special Guest judges for our EuroCosplay Qualifier on Saturday and will also be hosting the two following panels with Ali Cosplay & Props:

  • Saturday (20th of April)

Topic:  It’s All About The FOAM!

  • Sunday (21st of April)

Topic: Battle Damage And Weathering

*Full info of panels to be confirmed once the Cyprus Comic Con 2019 schedule is announced

Katerina Pantela

21/02/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con welcomes the talented Katerina Pantela to its Artists’ Alley for CCC19!

Katerina is a concept artist, character designer and 2D animator from Cyprus. She holds a First Class Honours BA degree in Animation from the Arts University Bournemouth and has also undertaken specialised courses in Character Design. Katerina has also completed the renowned Motivarti mentorship program as a mentee in the field of visual development. Additionally, since 2015 she has been a member of the board for the animation festival Countryside Animafest Cyprus: views of the World which takes place in Cyprus every year.

If you want to see more of Katerina’s work and learn more about it make sure to visit her website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr!

Katerina has worked for several animation studios such as Brown Bag Film, Cartoon Saloon, Boulder Media and Gingerbread Animation. Some of the projects she has worked on include animated children’s TV series for Disney XD and Nickelodeon. She now works as a freelance concept artist and character designer providing the following services: pitch bible art, concept art/ vis dev, character design, colour styling/ colour scripts, production design/ art direction, prop and location design, animation in Harmony.

Watch Katerina’s animation reel!

 

Arcanum Comics (Demetres Panayides & Marios Yiangou)

21/02/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con welcomes back Arcanum Comics (illustrator Demetres Panayides and writer Marios Yiangou) to its Artists’ Alley for CCC19!

Arcanum Comics

Arcanum Comics is a collective formed by Demetres Panayides and Marios Yiangou. While currently working on DÆMONIUM, a horror series set in Cyprus, they aim to grow their collection, and hopefully the team, offering high quality comics and graphic novels across various genres.

Find out more information about DÆMONIUM on Arcanum Comics’ Facebook page!

The Artist

Demetres Panayides is a young comic book illustrator from Nicosia and his work has been published both in the US, as well as Cyprus. He describes himself as a “keen movie freak” with a special love towards horror, thriller and sci-fi movies. He is also a comic book geek and his favourite comic book titles are Spawn and Watchmen. Demetres loves dark and horror themes in art and he tries to incorporate those elements into his own personal art style. Some of his greatest influences are Alex Pardee, Ashley Wood, Todd McFarlane and Ben Templesmith. Demetres notably designed the cover for local metal band Blynd’s first full-length album, titled ‘The Enemy’ and illustrated the mascot “Rusty Goblin” for the fantasy game workshop Isengard. In 2014, he was one of the ten runner-ups of a worldwide talent hunt held by American comics publisher Top Cow and his first comic, Artifacts: Lost Tales #1 was published through them. More recently, he illustrated a short story for local band Winter’s Verge, titled “The Tale of Adamar of Calthorn”. For the past two years he has been working on a collaborative comic book project called DÆMONIUM together with writer and illustrator Marios Yiangou. The story of DÆMONIUM is based in Cyprus, with the 1st instalment of the story – The Black Pharaoh – having been presented at CCC 2017

The Writer

Marios Yiangou works as a graphic designer for an offshore company in Cyprus. What he loves more than writing is talking about himself in the third person. Marios has been writing for more than 15 years, from poetry to prose to comic book scripts, although never professionally. An avid reader of history and mythology, he tries to incorporate elements of both in all of his writing, along with noir, fantasy and horror themes. And ranting – he loves to rant! He fancies himself a cinephile and a huge comic book geek. His major non-comic book literary influences are Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski, Tom Wolfe, Jack Kerouac and Nick Cave. As for comic book creators – not that there’s any difference – Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis and Michael Carey. DÆMONIUM – The Black Pharaoh, was his first attempt at collaborating with another artist and presenting his work to the public.