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Comic Strip World Championship 2021 launch
The Comic Strip World Championship competition will start with the announcement broadcast of the theme. Oulu Comics Center streams the broadcast from Malmö, Sweden on 26th of October starting at 5:00 p.m. (Finnish time).
You can take part in the competition right after the theme announcement and until the 30th of October 4:59 p.m. (Finnish time). In other words, the contenders have approximately 95 hours to create and publish a comic strip from the given theme and according to the instructions. You can find more detailed instructions from the webpage: https://www.oulucomics.com/cswc2021/
The broadcasting venue is provided by Tusen serier publishing, whose goal is to open paths for new creators to the comics industry and to support development of comics as an independent art form. Comic artist Mattias Elftorp (Sweden) tells the latest news from him and from the comics community at the beginning of the broadcast.
The invited guests and interviewees are internationally acclaimed comics artists Peter Snejbjerg (Denmark), and Mari Ahokoivu (Finland).
The ceremony is hosted by the Oulu Comics Center producer and cartoonist Sami Nyyssölä (Finland). The director of Oulu Comics Center and cartoonist Harri Filppa (Finland) operates as a director in the background.
More information:
Oulu Comics Center, https://www.oulucomics.com/en_US/keskus/
Tusen serien, https://www.hybriden.se/en/tusen-serier/
Mattias Elftorp, https://www.elftorp.com/
Peter Snejbjerg, https://www.snejbjerg.com/
Mari Ahokoivu, https://mariahokoivu.com/
Sami Nyyssölä, https://www.nyyssola.com/
Harri Filppa, http://filppa.com/