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Cans For Kids

11/03/2019 by

Cans For Kids is a registered charity, formed in 1990 to organise the collection and recycling of aluminium cans in Cyprus. To encourage people to save their cans, it was decided to use the proceeds to purchase medical equipment for the children’s wards at Cypriot hospitals.

Since its inception, more than 30 million cans have been collected, and over €273,000 euros worth of equipment has been donated to the Makarios Hospital in Nicosia, which is the central paediatric hospital in Cyprus, treating seriously ill children from all over the island.

By saving your cans for Cans For Kids, not only do you help the environment, but you know that your efforts are giving something back to the community.

Learn about the importance of recycling and how you can make every can count.

Find our booth at Hall 6!

To see more of Cans For Kid’s charity work visit their website, Facebook and Twitter.

Ways to help

  • Become a member:

Membership costs just 10.00 euros per year. You will be invited to join our social get-togethers, and are able to vote at the AGM, and stand for the committee.

  • Corporate sponsorship:

Sponsor a can bank. For just 450 euros your company can support the expansion of our network by adopting a can bank for a year. Your sign on the bank will advertise your support.

  • Individual donations:

Individual donations can be made to this account: Cans For Kids. IBAN: CY76 0070 3610 0000 0000 3805 4071. BIC (SWIFT) CCBKCY2N

  • Volunteer:

We need people in every area of Cyprus who can monitor how quickly the banks fill up, so we can establish a regular collection. If you can organise collection in your area, even better.We also need willing hands to sort the cans prior to crushing. This happens in Nicosia. If you would like to join us, please call.

Contact information:

Tel: +357-22781828/ +357-99666011

Email: cansforkidscyprus@gmail.com

Special Guest: William Simpson

11/03/2019 by

William Simpson

 Leader story board artist for Game of Thrones

Special Guest for Cyprus Comic Con 2019

To see more of Simpson’s work for Game of Thrones, follow his Facebook Fanpage.

In-Booth Signing & Panel information

GoT themed Panels

Williams Simpson will be joining Eugene Simon and Ross Mullan on both Saturday (20th April) and Sunday (21st April) for a 1 hour panel about Game Of Thrones

Booth Times

Simpson will be available for meet and greet at his booth. He will be also selling sketches, prints and commissions. More info on his booth times and panels to be confirmed once the CCC19 schedule is announced.

William Simpson is an international artist whose career began in comicstrip art, working on a range of character icons such as: Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Batman, Transformers, Hellblazer, Tyranny Rex, Aliens, and Vamps. 

In recent years Simpson has developed his work in the film industry providing conceptual art and storyboards for a variety of feature films, such as: Reign of Fire, directed by Rob Bowman, Freeze Frame, directed by John Simpson, Neil Jordan’s Breakfast on Pluto, Ondine, Byzantium, David Gordon Green and Danny McBride’s Your Highness for Universal, Halo, Morgan, Dracula Untold, Unknown,  Lord Richard Attenborough’s 2006 production, Closing The Ring and the Tom Hanks produced, City Of Ember. Most recently, a ten year run on Game of Thrones for HBO. As the leader storyboard artist for Game of Thrones, Simpson turns the words from the script and sketches out the director’s vision into an initial comic strip version as a visual reference, whilst also trying to turn it into a believable concept.

Claudia Ilona Moussoulos

09/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con welcomes back the talented 3D artist Claudia Ilona Moussoulos to this year’s  Artists’ Alley!

Claudia a.k.a. Claud was born in Cyprus in 1993. Her journey with art started ever since she can remember. In October 2009, she had her 1st painting exhibition opening called ‘The First Step’ at the age of 16. She later went for a summer course in Milan at ‘Nuova Accademia Di Belle Arti’ to learn the art of ‘Stop-Motion’ and later went to Bournemouth, U.K. to study Computer Visualization and Animation.

She is now a freelancer, that foremost deals with 3D Modelling and Concept Art. As CG Generalist she also worked closely with the teams in the gaming industry. As a passionate gamer and artist, she was always driven to create and had long hoped for the opportunity to be on the creative side of gaming, so that she can exercise her creativity in a positive environment. In her free time she likes to play games (obviously).

During the course of the past 4 years Claudia and her partner, S.P. (Savvas P.)a talented musician, decided to combine creative forces. They decided to transform the world and stories within the music into comic book form. She creates the art work, while S.P. does the writing. S.P. will accompany her at her booth, where they will both be signing their material and this year at CCC releasing new comics!

To see more of Claudia’s incredible work visit her website!

Framerender Studio (Nearchos Konstantinou)

09/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con is thrilled to announce the return of multi talented artist Nearchos Konstantinou (aka Framerender Studio) to this year’s Artists’ Alley!

Nearchos was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1976 and started scribbling shortly after. He owns a Master of Arts in Communication Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Graphics from the New York Institute of Technology. He is a multi-disciplinary creative artist, with the hybrid skillset of an animator, a motion designer and an illustrator.

He has worked for nine years as a Senior Motion Designer at Lumiere TV, a Cyprus premium cable television network and for two years as a 3D/Graphic Designer at Rolandos Enterprises Public Ltd. He has also been a freelancer in the entertainment industry for over 25 years and teaching a series of seminars and short courses in the areas of Motion Graphics, Animation and Illustration.

He has participated in several Art, Motion and Comic Book festivals in Cyprus and Greece. He is currently working as a Special Scientist in the Department of Arts at The School of Humanities, Social and Education Sciences of European University Cyprus.

When he’s not working, he likes to travel, watch movies, play games with family, and run at the park.

Make sure to check Nearcho’s website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube channel to see more of his incredible work!

 

Natalie Pavlidou

04/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con welcomes back illustrator Natalie Pavlidou to it’s Artists’ Alley!

Natalie is a freelance artist from Cyprus. She is an illustrator and concept artist for the publishing and gaming industry. Her main interest and experience lies in fantasy illustration, focusing mainly on environment art. Her favourite things to draw are landscapes and everything that has to do with nature, animals and all kind of whimsical delights.

Right now she is working on private commissions and with the local indie gaming studio “Evistoria Games” for the creation of different games such as “You shall Not Break” and the fantasy adventure RPG game “Yenefan”. In the future she would love to work with certain studios and companies, explore more game art and card art.

Visit Natalie’s website to see more of her work.