Bucheon City and Korea Manhwa Contents Agency, 'Post-Pandemic City' Manhwa Contest

Selected Works to Tour UNESCO Creative Cities Worldwide Including Angoul?me Exhibition

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Bucheon City in Gyeonggi Province and the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency are holding a comic contest in collaboration with the UNESCO Creative Cities Network worldwide from the 24th to the 31st.

The contest, themed "Cities After the Pandemic," was proposed by Angoul?me (France), a City of Literature. It aims to share experiences between cities related to COVID-19 and to contemplate the future of cities through the creative perspectives of comic artists.

Up to two works will be selected in this contest, each receiving a prize of 1.5 million KRW. The award ceremony will be held at the opening ceremony of the Bucheon International Comics Festival next month on the 19th.

Selected works from each city will have the opportunity to be exhibited while touring UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) cities, starting with the 2021 Angoul?me International Comics Festival in France.

In the future, a multinational panel will be formed in Angoul?me to judge and select the final winning work among the submissions from each city. The final winner will be honored with an invitation to the Angoul?me International Comics Festival next year.

For more details, please visit the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency website.

Meanwhile, Bucheon City and Angoul?me City, the representative comic cities of Korea and France, signed a four-party business agreement in January this year with the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency and the International Comics Image Complex (CIBDI), pledging to promote exchange and cooperation in the fields of literature and comics.

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