Comix Competition

You+Me=Us.

The competition’s theme this year is You+Me=Us.

- Between You and Me there‘s a difference, but a lot of things connect Us, both of Us live here. Especially in a globalised world cultural diversity needs to be perceived as an opportunity. This can only be achieved if as many people as possible from different parts of the world develop an understanding for each other and foreign cultures.

The Mercator Foundation Switzerland is committed to breaking down social barriers and enabling mutual respect and tolerance.

Conditions

Deadline: 1st of February 2010 (date of postmark)

Format: A4 or A3 (other formats will be disqualified)

Form: only Comics (stories in picture form), no cartoons accepted, no digital entries

Number of pages: maximum 4 (only 1 comic)

Labelling: name, address, telephone number, e-mail and date of birth on the back of each page

Packaging: sturdy envelope, no rolls

Return Postage: if the return postage is not enclosed or not sufficient, the works will not be sent back but kept for one year only / For Swiss Nationals: stamps, or money in the value of the stamps needed / For Foreigners: 5 Euro

Categories: Cat. 1: 18 years or older / Cat. 2: 13 to 17 years / Cat. 3: up to 12 years of age

Schools: Please enclose a list with names and details of the participating students and information about the school/class.

Exhibition
Forty to fifty comics will be nominated by the jury for the exhibition during the festival. Those not nominated will be shown in folders.

Awarding of prizes
The winners will be announced and the prizes
awarded on Friday the 30th of April 2010.

The prizes
The jury will award three prizes in each age-category. There will also be a prize for the best scenario, regardless of the categories. The festival‘s visitors will be able to vote for the peoples choice award. The winners will receive cash prizes totalling 5000 CHF, and goods to the same value.

The 2010 Jury
Paul Derouet, illustrators‘ agent, agency Contours; Hamburg / Paul Gravett, comic-historian & -critic, director of the Comica Festival; London / Ariel Herbez, journalist at Le Temps and author; Geneva / Alexandra Kedves, editor cultural department at Tages-Anzeiger; Zurich / Kati Rickenbach, illustrator
and comic-artist; Zurich

Send to
Fumetto Competition, PO Box 5163, CH-6000 Luzern 5