Competition Results
Saturday, Day 1 Best Books / Comics CharacterChakrapani Marage – RavenSajith Kandanaarachchi – Peter Parker, Spiderman Best Anime / MangaVinu Ramanayake – LamboDilon Perera – Himura Kenshin Best Movie / Show Character Lake – Stahma TarrShyamal Makalanda – The Predator Best Video Game Nadine Mendis – Prestigious Leblanc (tied)Sonia Jayatissa – The Crystal Maiden (tied) Sahan […]
Stephanie Siriwardhana is a Geek, and she’s coming to Lanka Comic Con
Stephanie Siriwardhana represented Sri Lanka at Miss Universe in 2011. She was Miss Asia Pacific World Sri Lanka in 2013; is a Senator for the Youth Parliament of Sri Lanka; and a Curator Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum. She is also a Geek. Exhibit A: Stephanie draws castles. Only Geeks draw castles. […]
Chinese Special Forces raid the Galle Face Hotel…
Picture credit TheNationalInterest.org(These are actually Indian special forces) … In my new book, The Hundred Gram Mission. It launches at Lanka Comic Con, on Saturday. TL:DR If you like spaceships, realistic spaceships that could actually be built one day – you should like this book. If you like reading about Modern Warfare, and the […]
The founder of Comic Con India, is coming to Lanka Comic Con
Jatin Varma, the founder of Comic Con India, is dropping by to say Ohai! Comic Con India began in 2011, in New Delhi. “We didn’t really have any event experience,” Varma said, “But we thought why not experiment? Let’s try and put this together.” At that very first event, 15,000 came. “We had to first […]
Lanka Comic Con’s Moms
“It’s a different category of people. Not like the usual company – It’s enjoyable.” — – Karen Bahar, on local Geek culture Karen Bahar. Navy Lieutenant. Jedi. Geek Mom. “Is that van following us?”“No, no. It’s just one of the cosplayer’s moms.” It is easy to forget that easily half the geeks you meet in […]
No, you do NOT have to Cosplay to Come to Lanka Comic Con
There’s a rumor going around that you HAVE to cosplay to come to Lanka Comic Con. This is utter rubbish. Cosplay is just a part of any Comic Con. There’s so much more to one. There’s comics (hence the name!), games, books, geek collectibles, film, Anime and manga, live action role play – and really so […]
ලංකා කොමික්-කොන් ගැන කෙටි ලිපියක්
“කොමික්-කොන්” Comic Con කියන්නේ මොකක්ද කියලා කෙනෙක් හරියටම ඇහුවොත් දෙන්න පුළුවන් අර්ථකථනය වෙන්නේ මේක එක්තරා ආකාරයක සැණකෙලියක්. දැනට ජාත්‍යන්තර මට්ටමින් ලොව පුරා පැවැත්වෙන මෙවැනි සැණකෙළි ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් ඉලක්ක කරන්නේ ලොව පුරා වාර්ෂිකව නිකුත්වෙන චිත්‍ර කථා සහ විද්‍යා ප්‍රබන්ධ ෆැන්ටසිවලට අදාල වෙන පොත්, චිත්‍රපට ඇතුළු එයට අදාල විශාල උපසංස්කෘතික අංග ගණනාවකට අදාලවන නිර්මාණයි. මෙසේ බිහිවු උපසංස්කෘතින් […]
Roar Life did this respectful story on Cosplaying
Credits: Ushan Gunesekera, Jehan Seedin “Lanka Comic Con is just two weeks away, but according to Chathurinda, it’s still not too late to start working on your costumes. “I’m making my new batsuit from scratch and it’s a version that has not been cosplayed anywhere in the world so far… so yes, it’s possible,” he […]
IFilm Sri Lanka are Lanka Comic Con’s Official Social Media Partner
IFilm’s mascot, and IFilm’s mascot. “Do we have a female cosplayer?” “Nope. No female cosplayers today.” It was pretty hot outside the JDA Perera Gallery today. The security guards were really nice, and let people walk in and out carrying (and sometimes using) foam swords. We went through all our water by about 11. It was […]
Make and Sell Marvel, DC, and Pokemon merchandise, fully licensed, through Hype#Hash.
Hype#Hash founder Ravihans B. Wetakepotha with Brian Wong at the AngelHack Finals Hype#Hash is a startup with an online platform, for crowd-sourcing designs. It gives designers a marketplace, and helps them develop their own brand. Hype#Hash is running a T-shirt design competition – you get to submit your designs! There are three categories: – Marvel […]