THE MALTA Comic Con - This Christmas!
THE MALTA Comic Con (MCC) returns for its eight consecutive year over the weekend of Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December 2016 and take place at the Malta Fairs and Convention Centre (MFCC).
The Malta Comic Cons are renowned for their intimate and friendly atmosphere, fans can look forward quizzes, sketch challenges, workshops, informative and entertaining talks, and discussion panels featuring guests, some of artwork will also be exhibited during the show, alongside the promise of a plethora of comics related memorabilia from the likes Pandora’s Box Collectibles on offer, assorted cosplay competitions and a gaming area.
Chris Le Galle, co-founder of Wicked Comics who put the show together, commented:
“The Malta Comic Con continues to be the most popular pop culture event on the Island and the biggest platform for Maltese creators to showcase their skills, sell their creations and interact with their fans. The continuous presence of some of the leading names in the comic industry and up and coming creators form all over the world continues to aid the development of the Maltese Comic Scene. The Malta Comic Con has also developed a reputation for being one of the most exciting destinations for comic symposium and each year more creators seek to be part of this event.
“Thanks to all those who were and continue to be, in some capacity involved with the Malta Comic Con, the convention has grown to the extent that finding the right venue to host it in has become a challenge worthy of an Avengers and Justice League cross over. Although help from fictitious characters was never going to materialise one thing we could count on was the understanding and support offered by Ms. Anita Mifsud and the rest of the MFCC crew who provided us with the perfect venue to host our convention in. We’re super excited about the possibilities the new venue offers us and would like to take this opportunity to thank both Ms. Mifsud and the rest of MFCC crew as well as all those who hold the Malta Comic Con at heart and promise to do our best to deliver the best show yet”.
Roger Langridge one of the guests announced so far said: “I’m delighted to be a guest at the Malta Comic Con, about which I’ve heard so many good things over the years, and am greatly looking forward to spending some time in such a beautiful part of the world!”
Other guests include Chris Thompson, creators Dan Watters, Enrica Eren Angiolini, Caspar Wijngaard, Giulia (Juiz) Sulsenti, Tom Foster, David Hitchcock, Collette Turner, Sean Azzopardi, John Fleming, Cliodhna, Andreas Michaelides, Tim Perkins, PJ Holden, Aris Labos, Guillermo Ortego, Mr. Massy81, Samantha Scuri, Raul Allen, Patricia Martin, John Royle and Chiara Cordello.
Some Guest Biogs in Brief:
Roger Langridge is a New Zealand-born comic book writer and cartoonist currently living in the U.K. He is probably best known for his work on Marvel's Thor: The Mighty Avenger; his web strip and self-published series Fred the Clown; Boom! Studios' The Muppet Show Comic Book; Jim Henson's Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow; and his Eisner-winning series, Snarked!, an original adventure inspired by the works of Lewis Carroll.
He has also worked on The Rocketeer, Doctor Who, Popeye, Mandrake the Magician, John Carter of Mars, Rocky and Bullwinkle, among others. His most recent works are the all-ages graphic novels The Baker Street Peculiars and Abigail and the Snowman and a return to his signature character, Fred the Clown, with a new book, The Iron Duchess, that amongst other things he’ll be promoting during the Malta Comic Con.
Tom Foster is a relatively new face in the comics world, best known for his work for 2000AD. He did his first work for the publisher after winning their 2013 Portfolio Competition and has since gone on to work on number of their most iconic characters, including Judge Dredd, Sinister Dexter and Bill Savage, as well as co-creating the series Storm Warning for The Judge Dredd Megazine.He is also a regular contributor to Imagine FX, having produced a number of tutorial articles, videos and an extensive workshop on his process. He currently lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
David Hitchcock is the writer/artist of his gothic-styled Spirit of the Highwayman, Whitechapel Freak and the Eagle Award winning Springheeled Jack, amongst many other self-published tales. He has also worked with writers Leah Moore and John Reppion, on various short stories for Accent UK comics.
Other projects include Gothic, a collection of his short stories, he illustrated the two-volume graphic novel Madam Samurai, David Lloyd's digital magazine Aces Weekly and he has also worked with comics legend Pat Mills on tales for 2000AD and Above the Dreamless Dead - a WW1 trench poem anthology. Recently he has just completed the artwork for an adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic ghost story The Signal Man, adapted for comics by Jason Cobley. David and his wife live in a crumbling gothic building hidden in the woods.
Collette Turner is a UK born artist. Following graduation she moved to Northern Canada, where she took up wildlife art, but soon found herself gravitating towards sequential art and storytelling. She’s quickly building ground in comics, working on her personal project Badassical, the Rothic books Southern Nightgown and REM-8, and a number of other comics as a cover/guest artist. She’s also very active in the collectible art card community, working with Upper Deck, Perna and other companies. Currently, she can be found living and working in Atlantic Canada. Collette will be promoting the first issue of her new project Badassical and Southern Nightgown #5 at the Malta Comic Con 2016.
“Foster, Hitchcock, Turner and Langridge have all been making big waves in the industry and we’re proud to welcome them to our Island and offer the Maltese community the chance to catch up and learn from them” said Le Galle.
Wicked Comics have designed a number of packages for fans wishing to travel to the Malta Comic Con from abroad. These include heavily discounted accommodation rates and local transport from hotel to convention centre. They also have a number of packages tailored for foreign creators who wish to exhibit at the Malta Comic Con including heavily discounted tables.
For more information visit the Malta Comic Con website by clicking here.
