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The Trek To Comic Con Africa - Update

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The Trek To Comic Con Africa - Update

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Unless you have been living under a rock, you ought to know that  Comic Con Africa is almost upon us!

There are under 100 days to go and everyone has had their feeds flooded with piece-meal information with the road map to Comic Con Africa.

We thought we would help streamline the process with a recap of whats been happening![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”28688″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]TICKET PLEASE!

We have learnt that the general access tickets are all but sold out.

As it stands tickets are available via Computicket and are selling out fast!

At the time of writing, it is confirmed that there will NOT be any further ticket releases once the general access tickets are sold out.

We are fairly certain that there will be a few scalpers with tickets at ridiculously inflated process closer to the time – but that would be valuable spending money wasted.

In summary – if you Don’t Have a ticket – finish reading this article and get along with it!

Buy the tickets – DO THE THING![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”28689″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]VIP ACCESS & CELEBRITY MEET OPPORTUNITIES

We have heard that many fans are holding over on purchasing tickets since they would like to learn more about the so called “VIP Tickets”.

Here’s what you need to know:

THERE ARE NO VIP TICKETS!!!!

Instead, you will have the opportunity to purchase add-on passes to upgrade the general access tickets.

These upgrades will include (among others)  VIP access to certain areas; entrance to specific panels, meet and greet / autograph sessions and scheduled photo opportunities with guests.

If you don’t have a general access ticket – well I’m afraid that you will be left out in the cold lamenting over how you lost out on the opportunity to attend the first ever Comic Con Africa event.

(P.S – That was us advising you to read this article a little faster and go grab those tickets!)

Details of the upgrade packages and options will be made available closer to the show date so be sure to keep up to date with developments by following us on Social Media.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”29889″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]SO YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER  – WHAT TO DO.

Comic Con Africa 2018 is likely to be the biggest event on the geek calendar with thousands of guests expected to rock up on each day.

This will also be the first Comic Con experience for the majority of guests so things are going to be a little crazy.

As a result, The Comic Con Africa Team are currently accepting applications from eligible persons to be volunteers at the event.

Full details and the application form can be found here.

Just remember, you need to be 18 years or older with a mild mannered temperament as a base line.

In other words we are looking for Captain Americas and Clark Kents.

No Wolverines or Hulks.

Capisce?[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”29890″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]CELEBRITY GUESTS – WHO IS COMING & WHEN? 

(Note: The blurb below is a Rant by the writer and not necessarily the official view of GES-SA.com)

So you probably would have noticed that Comic Con Africa (and all their media partners) are releasing the celebrity guest list in a staggered manner.

So far we know that we will be spending time with Jason Momoa, Rick Worthy & Kevin Sussman with more announcements due in the coming months.

Now sadly we (read as I, as in DarthZadyBun) have noticed a trend of trolling in this regard; which is frankly a little disappointing…

I have read everything from “Oh No. why are they not telling us about all the guests” to “Oh No, I am not going to meet Penny.”

Guys, aside from the legal implications (heard of a non-disclosure agreement bruh?) and the sheer logistic nightmare it must be to co-ordinate the first ever event of it’s kind and ensure compliance and adherance with (and to) the international standards and guidelines governing this event I think the rest of us can afford to take it easy and trust that the organisers have a lot more riding on the event being the very best it can be than we do and wait for the full list.

To those Randela-pinchers who claim that they aren’t sure if the ticket and their attendance is worth their spend, this one is for you:

The ticket price for a day is less than the price of a date for two at the movies right now (Yes – I still pay for the pop-corn combo for my dates because my Mumma raised a gentleman!). I am not able to understand how attending what is going to be a moment in South African Geek History isn’t worth the spend.

Anyway, having met the organising team (and having spent a day with them at their offices – video coming soon btw) I can assure you that they have experience with organising Comic Con Events all over the world and have it under control for South Africa.

I can also tell you that the “official” unofficial statement from the organisers is that the guest list will continue to be released on a fortnightly basis, with announcements becoming more frequent in the run up to the event.

Announcements will also be made as soon as legally possible, so the continued patience of fan is appreciated

Rant Over – back to our usual programming.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”28684″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]THE TREK TO COMIC CON AFRICA 2018

Reed Exhibitions South Africa have confirmed that there will be frequent updates on social media and the Comic Con Africa website with further details about the event.

To make life a little easier GES will provide regular round-ups of the announcements so by the time Comic Con Africa comes around you will have an up to date listing of all the awesome details and fun things scheduled.

In addition, I  will be creating exclusive video content, checklists and a series of “How to” guides from time to time to make your Comic Con Africa experience one for the books![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

Have a question or two you would like us to answer? Have suggestions for reviews/ features you would like us to investigate?

Feel free to hit us up and let’s get the dialogue going!

In the meanwhile, and for more great content  be sure to follow  Zaid “DarthZadyBun” Motala on his Social Media platforms as listed below.

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TREK TO COMIC CON AFRICA 2018 INFO SHEET

Everything you need to know about the biggest thing to hit Africa:

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DATE: 14 – 16 September 2018

VENUE: Kyalami Grand Prix

GENERAL ACCESS TICKET PRICE: R 150 pp/day

ADD-ONS AVAILABLE: Yes, details will follow shortly in respect of VIP upgrades, Photo Sessions and Autograph sessions.

DESCRIPTION: Seriously? You have to ask?

(Via www.comicconafrica.co.za)

Reed Exhibitions Africa and ReedPOP, the world’s largest producer of pop culture events, in partnership with VS Gaming, South Africa’s largest independent gaming brand and the leading platform for online gaming in Africa, will be bringing Comic Con to the African Continent from 14 – 16 September 2018.

Comic Con Africa is a 3 day event showcasing comic books and science fiction/fantasy related film, television, and similar popular arts.  The exhibition will also feature a larger range of pop culture and entertainment elements across virtually all genres, including horror, animation, anime, manga, toys, gadgets, clothing, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels.

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CELEBRITY GUESTS:

Jason Momoa

Rick Worthy

Kevin Sussman

COMIC BOOK CREATORS / ARTISTS

TBA

LIST OF EXHIBITORS

TBA

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SOUNDS

Alexandre Bazin / Full Moon (2016) [Umor Rex]

“Eleven stunning compositions with a neo-classical signature, an obsessive focus on structure and a refined sense of melody. Emotional compositions serve as interludes to relaxing, post-new age moments, with plenty of space for intuitive beat journeys. An independent-minded composer attuned to the society that surrounds him, he channels the fury of the world into exceptional music marked with poetry. With a free-thinking approach to writing, Alexandre transcends context and genres. Full Moon is the meeting point of early electronic analog exploration and classical minimalism.” (---)

...

What the fuck does that quote even mean. I dunno, bruh. I'm feeling kinda sick and beat af. Need to sleep. Didn't do enough of that last night or the two nights before.

Anyway I've only listened to like four tracks off this but its a lot of fun, I think. I think its fun. I can't tell what is fun anymore, but I still try to have it. U know??

I wanna listen to this more when I have the time but rn gotta meet up with a gal, u know how it is. I honestly just wanted to include this cause it has bangin' artwork I'm very into. An aesthetic I would like to emulate for my own work, whatever or whenever that will be. A reminder to return here when the weather improves.

Burial / Rival Dealer (2013) [Hyperdub]

“Few electronic artists from the last decade have been pigeonholed like William Bevan. Since the London producer behind Burial gained widespread attention with 2007's epochal second album, Untrue, listeners and critics alike have spoken of "the Burial sound"—pitched-down vocal samples, rustling noise, blocky garage rhythms in perpetual decay—as if it were straight gospel ... As imitators big and small have lined up to pay respect, the phrase 'sounds like Burial' escaped the connotation of wishful thinking and started sounding almost like, well, an insult.

Insulting because, as this decade so far has proven, one person who doesn't sound like Burial anymore is Burial himself.” (---)

...

Burial has long been in the domain of “shit I fuck with if I ever decide to fuck with it.” I've known about him a long ass time, been in my radar, and showered with praise in every corner of the internet in which his named is dropped. Good dude, mysterious dude. Wintery dark type dude.

I don't know shit about this genre front as I may. But I like the way it makes me feel, and I want to feel like this more.

Max Richter / The Blue Notebooks (2004) [Fat Cat]

“Conceptually, Max Richter's The Blue Notebooks – German-born composer mixes contemporary classical compositions with electronic elements in a dreamscapy journalogue featuring excerpts from Kafka's The Blue Octavo Notebooks as narrated by Tilda Swinton – reads like a relentlessly precious endeavor, as new age music for grad students, the sort of record that sagely pats you on the back for being smart enough to seek it out. And yet in practice, despite the fact that it is exactly as outlined above, Kafka quotes and all, there is absolutely nothing exclusive or contrived-feeling about it.” (---)

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“[U]nlike his influences, he's not remotely interested in subverting the traditional rules of composition. Short of one very beautiful moment that plunges an electronic sublow bassline into a deep sea of harpsichords and violas (see: the literally perfect "Shadow Journal"), there is nothing here to suggest that Richter is concerned with anything other than melody and economy. It's a formula he singlemindedly exploits with staggering effect.” (---)

...

I have a problem with Max Richter. Back in college, I took a summer semester film course in which – among other things – I had to watch old ass movies. One of those old ass movies was a bit called Intolerance, which was D.W. Griffith's attempt at redemption after he massively fucked up with the famously racist Birth of a Nation**. Within, it's a handful of unconnected narratives set throughout history (Babylonia, the Renaissance in France, Jesus getting his ass whooped by a cross, and one set in “modern” times a.k.a. 1916). It's pomp, it's pretentious, it's James Cameron in the 1910s. But most importantly, it's two hours and silent. I had to watch a shitty two hour silent film for class. I guarantee u I was the only one who actually did it.

I survived by endlessly looping Richter's Memoryhouse as a quasi-score for the film. It worked incredibly well and I got very into the movie. But now, every time I hear that album or anything from it, an image of a huge and horrifically expensive historical set piece being set on firefor some weak high art film snobbery wedges itself into my subconscious.

The Blue Notebooks wholesale revisits some melodic motifs here and there, which instantly conjured up my past woes. That being said, it was still a killer, moving album. It has Tilda Swinton reading some excerpts from Kafka's journals, which teeters between “ooh this is fun” and “try-hard city.” Generally it is the the former, and upon multiple listens, maybe its always the former.

**ok looked this up actually an urban myth, he apparently made this film in reaction to the intolerance he perceived the NAACP and others had for him after making the famously racist Birth of a Nation. deadass this is Griffith's “you're the real racist for calling me racist.”

UPDATE: briefly checked out Richter's 24 Postcards in Full Colour and its probs my fav thing by him so if u wanna fuck with this dude start there, is what I say.

The Pharcyde / Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992) [Delicious Vinyl]

“Nearly two decades after it was released, Bizarre Ride's dizzying mix of SoCal 420 culture, jazzy bohemianism, self-conscious rap smarts and postmodern pop-cult potpourri is still as entertaining and emotionally satisfying as ever, and with the benefit of hindsight, stands as a perfect snapshot of rap's rapid, diverse ascent to pop status in the early 1990s.” (---) ___

“"We're serious about certain things, but everything is basically a joke. We live through hard shit, but we can laugh about it." (---) ___

“She keeps on passin’ me by”

...

The landscape of the 90s rap canon is some shit. People cite The Pharcyde among the secretly smart, playful-type about-some-regular-shit school of rap, as opposed to the hard, violent and larger-than-life drama of gangsta rap. But there are holes in that view and p much everyone got down w/ Pharcyde despite or because of their foolish fun times. The group is class clowns with classics. “Oh Shit” is one of those transphobic “found out she had a dick, DAAAAAYUM” rap songs that really don't hold up in 2017. Or rather, you can forgive it as a relic from a less-informed time, but it still sours a room if u play it in mixed company.

Anyway, my boi Jesse sometimes reminds me of The Pharcyde (very much without the transphobia), and every disciple of REAL RAP knows wassup. I think I'm getting a fever or some shit can't think straight at all rn. Oh well, I'm still chugging forward. Progression n shit.

Royal Headache / High (2015) [What’s Your Rupture?]

“The ferocity of punk intimidates some. For those entering the field, High is a pair of training wheels. Even the album’s title track, a good-natured romp through the park with friends at your side, sounds like a muted clink of beers in celebration of revolt to come. It’s cheap, sure, but mediocre songs level out the uproar on others.” (---)

...

Another thing involving my boi Jesse. When he was in Budapest he ran into an Australian dude in the Hungarian equivalent of Staples. They became buds and he was visiting him the other weekend. We talked music for a minute and I name-dropped one of the few Australian bands I was legitimately about and the dude lit the fuck up. He was a huge fan of Aussie garage rock and his sister was a pretty big name in the Melbourne scene. Every time the conversation veered back to Royal Headache, I mentioned how huge they were in the US in terms of the scene. Every time he would say, “Royal Headache? Really? Of all bands??” He showed me some music and a lot of it was just Australian versions of Wavves and videos of dudes drinking and smoking. Nothing I was wild into but I saw the appeal.

Later on, high af w/ him and some dudes from my friend's pop punk band and the frontman/drummer asks if the Australian dude knows Royal Headache. Once again, Australian dude was like “of all bands??” People who know whaddup know that Royal Headache is one of a kind. Pop punk frontman tells me Joyce Manor fucks with them. And that's some cred right there.

Soulful croon-shouts, lo-fi power chords, sweat + beer.

Sleater-Kinney / Dig Me Out (1997) [Kill Rock Stars]

“A life-or-death seriousness is omnipresent with Sleater-Kinney, but they never rejected rock's base desires—sex, dancing, proverbial milkshakes—although sometimes they vaguely mocked them. Sleater-Kinney stole from men what men had in turn stolen from the margins: electrified blues that all still made girls scream.” (---)

...

While it's not going swimmingly, I continue my reacquaintance with quintessential guitar rock of the 1990s. I banged through the first couple of Sleater-Kinney albums and was semi-into em. Not something I would reach for immediately but something I would be down with if I was in the right mood.

This is the first album I listened to that sounded like it was made by a band as revered as Sleater-Kinney. The vocals are a clear precedent to the howling vibrato of Screaming Females (Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein share vocal duties and I'm pretty sure the aforementioned howl belongs to Tucker?), and the guitar-work sounds deft and deliberate, something by people who knew what they were trying to do. This is in contrast to the earlier albums I had heard, which were good but banked more on raw guitar slamming and ~rebellious~ lyrics. I get the feeling that once I poke around Sleater-Kinney's catalog more and get a real feel for their sonic world, I'll be able to confront older albums I was mixed on with new insights and appreciation. Let’s see what happens.

Sleater-Kinney is a monumental band and I wanna do them justice.

Other shit:

Mobb Deep / The Infamous

DJ SVYATOPOLK / Original Moscow Sound

DJ Camgirl / Problems

Merchandise / A Corpse Wired for Sound

Swum / Runway

Saiko / Breezin’

Jinsang / Gratitude

Jinsang / Solitude

Especia / Gusto

Mounika / Basket Sound