AsiaPOP Comicon (APCC) Manila has unveiled its second batch of international guests for this year’s biggest pop culture convention in the country.
Tye Sheridan is known for his character Gunter Wade Watts from Steven Spielberg’s Hollywood film Ready Player One. He is best known for playing lead mutant in X-Men Apocalypse and starred in several drama films such Mud, Joe and The Standford Prison Experiment.
Sheridan will grace the convention together with Finn Jones, the titular character in Marvel’s Iron Fist and Loras Tyrell in Game of Thrones.
Returning to AsiaPOP Comicon is digital artist Stanley Lau a.k.a artgerm, whose works are famous all over the world for a style that perfectly blends the best of Western and Eastern aethetics.
Added to the line-up is cosplayer, model, actress and live-streamer Vera Chimera, who best known for her role as live-action Lilith in Borderlands 2 and her cosplays in several Overwatch events.
Malaysian cosplayer Yugana Senshi Uon is also returning to AsiaPOP Comicon Manila. Her creepy-cool portrayals of various pop culture characters has made her a mainstay in several events.
Joining the roster is the duo artists Amanda Visell and Michelle Valigura. Both got their big break working on stop-motion animation for the Simpsons series ad the film Elf.
More announcement of APCC’s partnership with Marvel, Disney, Netflix and other studios are expected to be out soon.
AsiaPOP Comicon Manila 2018 is slated to happen from July 27 to 29 at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.
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