LCC Year 10 Kick-Off at Press Conference in Colombo
The Lanka Comic Con 2025 press conference, held at Paan Paan – Staple Street on July 11, 2025, presented a look at what 10 years of the LCC have achieved since its inception. The event also set the stage for what’s to come this year. Held ahead of the most anticipated weekend on the local […]
A Girl was Pressured to Commit Suicide. Pardon us for Banning these Bullies & Harassers.
The following cosplayers are banned from attending Lanka Comic Con, and any of our other events. We also won’t work with any other body that has anything to do with them: Kasun Maddumage aka Stefan Skywalker Chamini Nisansala Aka Rachel Nyx Christina Rameshi Sanadi De Silva Dilan Nimsara Chamadhi Athapuththu Evidence is in the link […]
Big Bad Wolf is Bringing Augmented Reality Books
BBW is bringing Augmented Reality (AR) books to their sale this week. Specifically, the Hippo Magic line of AR children’s books. Here’s how they work: So I tried it out. You first need to download the Hippo Magic app which is on Google Play. You turn it on, hover over the book, and it will […]
‘Geek Store’ Providing Affordable Shop Space for Artists and Small Sellers
Colombo’s new Geek venture, the “Geek Store,” offers store space to small and new vendors, and even individual artists, at special, low rates in order to get their products out to the local community. These are their rates: “There are a lot of smaller vendors in the community, like collectors or diecast merchants, and […]
“Zeelam”: a Sri Lankan Zombie Apocalypse Story
Zeelam is a Sri Lankan zombie apocalypse story. In it, a Dengue-like virus makes the jump from monkeys to humans, and then starts presenting unusual, “aggressive” symptoms. Mis-diagnosed and undetected over the distraction of three decades of civil war, it evolves into a fully-fledged, zombie virus. The World of Zeelam Zee Hunter Weapons: T-56 […]
The Arthur C. Clarke Centennial Celebration is Tomorrow
International Visitors: What you Need to Know
The Venue The SLECC is the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Center. Here it is on Google Maps. Here is a map you can download / print. pdf map (Please ignore the bit where is says “permanently closed”, I don’t know what’s up with that) If your driver seems mystified about the largest exhibition hall in […]
What’s the Asus Lanka Comic Con all about?
Lanka Comic Con Wins US Grant to start Nonprofit Comic Book Press
Work In Progress from the upcoming Extra Ordinary The Lanka Comic Con Trust has been awarded a grant by the US State Department, to start a nonprofit, comic book press in Sri Lanka. It will be an art and literature platform for local creators, in all three, national languages. “I wanted to create a sustainable […]
Yamato One: Sri Lanka’s first Anime and Manga Startup
The Yamato One Team. Arigato! There are plenty of things harder than starting a business. Going to war. Doing surgery on yourself. Watching Transformers. But few trials are as a sustained as starting a business, especially in a town with so many negative nancies. You give up a full-time income. You work 12+ hour days. Your […]