Global Comic Awards 2024
In partnership with the drawing software Clip Studio Paint, this competition involves producing an 8 to 16 page one-shot on the theme of "Legend".
Each project will be judged by the readers and then by a jury made up of the French author Romain Lemaire and Frédéric Toutlemonde (Manager at Euromanga).
International one-shot contest :
Manga, Comics.
Theme : "Legend"
One shot : Colour or black and white
Number of pages : From 8 to 16 pages max + 1 cover (i.e. between 9 and 17 pages including cover).
Style : Free
Tools : Free (choice of traditional or digital).
Dimensions : Minimum width of 800px required for uploading to Mangadraft
Reading direction : No obligation - your choice
General public : Your project must be suitable for an audience of all ages (no erotic or pornographic scenes).
Language : French or English
Other : A 600 x 600px avatar/thumbnail should be added for your project sheet. You can crop a page of your project to use it as an avatar instead of creating one specifically for your project.
No art tools? No problem!
We are giving away three-month Clip Studio Paint EX codes to everyone who completes our survey!
Anyone who doesn't have drawing tools and participates in this contest can request a single-device three-month Clip Studio Paint EX code. Please use it when creating your contest entry.
Answer the survey to claim itAfter finishing the survey, the code will be sent to you via email. Please note that it may take a few business days for us to contact you.
Entry Deadline: October 17th, 2024, 17:00 (UTC/GMT)
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How can you take part?
Then you can complete your project file and start adding content.
Details and conditions
Registration is free
The same author may submit only one work. It must be original, made for this competition and for all ages.
The use of AI is prohibited and will result in disqualification.
Entries that have been featured in commercial magazines or won prizes in other competitions will not be accepted. We also ask that works submitted to this competition not be entered simultaneously in other competitions.
The consent of a parent or guardian of a participant under the age of majority is required to enter the contest.
The winning works may be used by CELSYS and the other sponsoring partners for the promotion of the competition (excluding sales. No commercial use will be made without your agreement).
An entry will not be valid in the following cases:
- If the content infringes the rights of others.
- If the content infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party.
- If content contrary to public order and morality is included.
The prize in Euros will be transferred to each winner's bank account by BAKOLAB (Mangadraft) within 15 days of the jury's final results (December 16th, 2024) and after communication of the winners' contact details.
Charges (deducted from the amount transferred) may apply if the transfer is made outside the SEPA zone. Your bank account must accept international payments if your bank is outside SEPA.
The winners' prizes
5 honourable mentions will be awarded.
# 100 € (Euros)# 1 CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX activation code, 1 device, 6 months
Selection of winners
An initial selection will be made by the public, with readers able to vote for their favourite projects. These votes, together with various interaction statistics, will be used to determine the PUBLIC PRIZE.
Then will come the jury votes, where each member will choose their top 2, leading to the selection of the GRAND JURY PRIZE and the JURY’S FAVORITE, as well as 5 honourable mentions.
If one of the jury's choices is the same as the Public Prize, the jury will prevail and the Public Prize will be awarded to the 2nd Public Prize. This is to ensure that the Public Prize can still reach the top podium if the jury so decides.
The jury
The jury is made up of French author Romain Lemaire, published by PIKA Edition with his manga Everdark, and Frédéric Toutlemonde (Consultant Celsys, Inc, manager of Euromanga L.L.C, publisher of Tezucomi magazine).
Romain Lemaire
Born in 1984 in Montpellier, he discovered a passion for drawing at a very early age, which lasted right through to secondary school. After taking his baccalaureate in literature with an option in visual arts, he spent four years at university, two years in LLCE English and then two more in visual arts. It was during this time that his cousin Reno Lemaire asked him to help out on Dreamland, the perfect opportunity to learn the trade. At first, he only worked on certain panels, but over time he took over entire chapters, working on the sets, certain designs and the screening. This work as an assistant on Dreamland continued for 8 years until volume 13, then he concentrated on his own Everdark project, the first volume of which was released in 2018 by Pika édition. Today the series is still ongoing and already has 7 volumes.
Manga Everdark Instagram X / Twitter TiktokFrédéric Toutlemonde
Born in France in 1978. Has lived in Tokyo since 2003.
Manager of the Japanese publishing house Euromanga.
Freelance editor for the Japanese magazine Tezucomi.
European representative for Tezuka Productions.
Consultant for Celsys, Inc.
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Tokyo International Comic Festival
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