What opportunities are there for Vietnamese comics?

Netflix caused a global sensation with the movie One Piece adapted from the world-famous comic book. Vietnam has not yet exploited much of the potential of this industry.

According to Allied Market Research, the global comic book industry is worth $15.5 billion by 2022, and is estimated to reach $26.9 billion by 2023.

Regardless of economic fluctuations, the comic book industry has experienced significant growth over the past few decades, is widely recognized by the general public, and has a large, diverse, and loyal fan community.

Haven’t seen the pervasive power of Vietnamese comics

Speaking to Tuoi Tre Online, director Charlie Nguyen – co-founder of the COMINK comic creation contest in Vietnam – shared the difficulty of applying for sponsorship for the contest because many people have not seen the strong spread of comics. Vietnam.

“I want to build a bridge for you to have direction and conditions. I want those who care about you and comic books to see that this is a nursery for young people with creativity and passion. fascinated” – director Blood of Heroes said.

According to personal experience, Charlie Nguyen has also been a fan of comics since childhood. Thanks to this hobby, he nurtured his passion for filmmaking, approaching stories through images and later became a director and film producer. .

According to him, the Vietnamese comic book community is still small. When organizing a contest and the sponsor sees that the spread is not great, they also consider it.

Talking to Tuoi Tre Online at a previous event, director – artist Viet Max said he also cherished the dream of making comics and drawing comics.

In Vietnam, people can invest billions of dong in a movie but no one invests like that in comics because they have not realized the potential of this industry.

“In the entertainment industry, in addition to making movies, people should still think about making comics if there is a good topic. If there is a unit that invests a large amount of money like a film maker to make comics, Vietnamese comics will be very popular. good” – Viet Max said.

Comics are a source of content for cinema

“If you look at Japan, Korea or America, you can easily see the success of works originating from comics, and I believe this can absolutely happen in Vietnam.

We have worked with international partners and clearly see a potential path to building a solid content repository for filmmakers from comic book creations” – Mr. Paul Brenner, co-founder of the COMINK contest, share.

Season one of COMINK awarded awards on December 12. The first prize went to author Vu Song Toan (stage name: DaC) with the work Lion Heart. Second prize went to Phan Lam Tuong (Cearabbit) with Seed. Third prize is Pham Quynh Anh (Quy _ _) with Keeper; and there are 4 consolation prizes.

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