Comink Comic Contest – The hotest contest for Vietnam Students

On July 24, the Comic Creation contest COMINK Comic Contest 2022 officially kicked off to find young talents in the field of comic creation in Vietnam.

The contest impresses with the desire to bring the potential of Vietnamese comic art to reach far in many fields such as movies, animation, video games…

This year’s theme is “The Journey Begins”, COMINK Comic Contest 2022 promises to be the most exciting arena in 2022, where talented artists in the field of comics begin their journey to shine and bring success. His works come closer to the public. This is also the first comic creation competition to organize training courses on skills related to comic creation and experience sharing specifically for participants, with guidance from experts in the field. branch. The contest started accepting registrations and entries for the first round – Moderation Round from July 24.

To participate in the contest, contestants will choose to register individually or in groups and can register more than one work. At the censorship round, authors need to prepare a drawing of at least 3 main characters and main details of the work (maximum 200 words). Authors will continue to develop their works by completing story pages in the Preliminary and Final rounds. During each round, the contest will organize training workshops on script content creation skills and comic drawing skills for contestants to hone their skills and experience in developing their submission.

Specifically, the prize for the winner is worth 100 million VND, including 70 million VND in cash, an XP-Pen drawing board, an intensive comic drawing training course at Comic Media Academy Vietnam… The second prize is worth 60 million VND. VND, third prize 40 million VND, 4 consolation prizes 20 million VND each. In particular, the winning contestant will have the opportunity to sign an official contract to work for 1-3 years with attractive remuneration at COMINK. Here, COMINK will continue to train and develop the skills of contestants, creating opportunities for contestants and their works to be widely communicated to the community.

The judges are experts and directors in a variety of fields of comics, cinema and fine arts such as: Director Charlie Nguyen, Director Le Thanh Son, Mr. Danis Nguyen – Founder Saigonink Tattoo Studio, Master Ho Dang Bach Ly – Deputy Head of the Department of Basic Fine Arts & Lecturer in Graphic Design at Van Lang University, Master Pham Nhu Linh – Deputy Director of the Center for Applied Arts, Informatics & Foreign Language from Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts, Master Nguyen Thi Bao Khanh – Director of the basic art program & Lecturer in Graphic Design at Hoa Sen University, Master Phan Vu Linh – Lecturer in the Department of Fiction painting from Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts, Artist Can Tieu Hy, Mr. Thierry Nguyen – Founder of VFS at Bad Clay Studio, Mr. Tuy Gentry Buckner – Artist at 2E Collection.

“From folk tales, we see unique artistic creativity bearing the spirit of the Vietnamese nation. Comic artists in Vietnam have enough potential to create worthy art stories. Through the competition, we hope outstanding individuals will receive recognition from the public along with financial benefits worthy of their talents.

All COMINK partners are eager to share their knowledge, expertise and experience with prospective authors. Our goal is to grow a community of Vietnamese comic lovers, thereby giving winners the opportunity to share their art and stories. If you can draw and have a good story to tell, this is where you shine!”, shared Mr. Paul Brenner, founder of the contest.

Recently, the COMINK Comic Contest 2022 was introduced to the Vietnamese comic community at the Manga Comic Con 2022 event with more than 20,000 spectators participating. Director Charlie Nguyen was present at the event to share about the contest as well as answer participants’ questions about the program. The contest has been causing a stir in the comic artist community, promising to be an attractive playground that creates opportunities to exchange and learn between artists while also producing comic works with bold Vietnamese identity.

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