Milo Manara
Milo Manara was born in 1945, in Luzon (province of Bolzano). Following his innate calling, he studied in a private art school and later moved to Verona, where he found work as an assistant to Spanish architect Miguel Berrocal and at that time he enrolled in the Venice School of Architecture. Thanks to his French wife, Berrocal, Manara discovered comic books, which were not particular favorites of his in his childhood and was impressed by the mass production nature of the Medium, which is substantially different from the uniqueness of painted art, making it more similar to literature. He decided to actively ...
Douglas Paszkiewicz
Douglas Paszkiewicz who started out as a stand-up comedian is now a world class illustrator and writer. He has done work for Mad Magazine, Image comics, Too Much Coffee Man Magazine, and a host of other national publications, including his own comic "Arsenic Lullaby". His work has been nominated for the industries two highest awards, The Harvey Award and The Eisner Award, as well as a Comicdom Award here in Greece. Skilled illustration, shrewd and despicable writing, combined with usually taboo subjects, have made Arsenic lullaby a groundbreaking creative entity unable to be ignored. He is the originator of the Cartoon Fetus, helped ...
Mike Carey
Mike Carey was born in Liverpool and worked for years as a teacher. He began his career in comics working for the British fanzine FANTASY ADVERTISER, which was the launching pad for many British comics creators. This was apparently enough for him to make the jump to DC/Vertigo, where he was assigned to write the mini series LUCIFER: THE MORNINGSTAR OPTION, under the “Sandman Presents” umbrella. LUCIFER’s undisputed quality earned Carey an Eisner Award nomination. For “Sandman Presents” he also created, with John Bolton, the graphic novel THE FURIES. He was responsible for one of the longest runs on HELLBLAZER and ...
Cosplay Competition
"Why don't we organize a cosplay competition?" That's how everything started, during one of our preliminary meetings about the events of Comicdom Con Athens 2011. And we set out to meet the demand of many cosplayers to create an event that could be compared to similar international ones. We thought we were shooting for the stars, but none of us expected that what eventually happened would exceed our wildest dreams: a large number of contestants, most of them (probably all) of especially high level –a fact that all judges attested to, as their job proved to be extremely difficult- and the ...
2000 A.D.: The Judge Dredd Revolution
The exhibition that will be hosted in Comicdom Con Athens 2012 is dedicated to the historic and highly influential British comics anthology 2000 A.D., which is the "home" of Judge Dredd, one of the most popular comic characters worlwide. The exhibition will feature works by artists such as Dave Gibbons, David Lloyd, Carlos Ezquerra, Trevor Hairsine, Rufus Dayglo, Ron Smith, Mick McMahon, and Colin Wilson, among others. The 2000 A.D.: The Judge Dredd Revolution exhibition is organized in collaboration with famous British artist Rufus Dayglo, who will also honor us with his presence at the event.
Rufus Dayglo
Rufus Dayglo started his professional career in traditional 2-D Animation, before deciding that this was actually not much fun, so he packed up his pencils in a dirty sock, and made good his escape from Animation Stalag 23, like Steve McQueen in “The Great Escape” but on his mum’s Raleigh Shopper. He has drawn stories for 2000 A.D., IDW, Image Comics, Ankama Editions, Titan Books and other publishers. He relaunched Tank Girl in 2007, and has drawn 6 complete series: “The Gifting”, “Visions of Booga”, “Skidmarks”, “The Royal Escape”, “We Hate Tank Girl” and “Bad Wind Rising”. That’s a lot of tanks, girls ...
Yildiray Cinar
Yildiray Cinar was born in 1976 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey. He finished the Cartoon Animation department of Anadolu University in 1998 and although he worked in the field of animation for commercial films, his real creative interest was on comic books. He helped create a photocopy-fanzine publishing group called Capa Comics Group, in 1997, to which he has continued to contribute on occasion. Capa Comics group has established links with several bigger publishers today and both Yildiray and his colleagues have published their work in national magazines. He started producing for the American comic book market in 2002 with Digital ...
Independents: A Documentary Guide For The Creative Spirit
Why does one choose to become an "artist"? What makes an artist "independent"? Where do they get their ideas? Twenty-four acclaimed creators (including Jessica Abel, Gary Groth, Erik Larsen, Scott McCloud, Terry Moore, Craig Thompson and Jim Woodring) unveil the secrets of the artistic mind, by talking about their favorite medium, the lowest of the low-brow arts: comic books. Discover the Special Keys to Your Imagination. From cave paintings dating back 35,000 years to the graphic novels of today, sequential images have been used to tell magically influential stories. In examining an art form that has, until recently, not been accepted as "art", and discovering ...
Events
Cosplay Competition
“Why don’t we organize a cosplay competition?” That’s how everything started, during one of our preliminary...
Comicdom Awards
The only Greek comic book awards are here for the eighth year in a row! The Comicdom Awards are proof positive that public support...
Creator Signings
A comic book that carries the signature of its creator acquires a special value in the eye of every reader/collector. All the...
Q&A
All the international guests of Comicdom Con Athens 2012 will participate in open discussions with the audience. Don’t be...
Workshops
Illustrating a story for a comic book is far more that just pretty pictures. In this workshop, Douglas Paszkiewicz will go over the skills and techniques that go into telling a story with words and pictures.
How to use panel sizes to set a mood, to set timing, to hide or to put the focus on certain details, how to lead the readers eye where you want it, how to use implied lines, vanishing points, solid blacks, and even the placement of heavily detailed areas to help move the story along visually will all be explained.
The difference between a story you never forget and a story you can’t force yourself to finish is in a thousand little details. Luckily for Douglas can and will guide you through it.
Saturday, March 31, 13:00 (Seminar Room)
Register (Name, telephone nr., workshop title)