The objective of the competition is to create an interesting story using comics pictures on the topic ‘Astana, the Secret Headquarters of Superheroes’ reflecting the situation and atmosphere of the capital. The competition will be held in two rounds. In the first round comic books on a free topic are presented. Work is submitted via the website www.astanafestival.kz. Authors of the best work will be invited to the Festival and their comic books will be exhibited in the Media City zone. In the second round, authors are invited to the Festival for 2 days to create a comic book on a given topic. All comic books submitted and created at Astana 2012 will be exhibited in the exhibition area of the Festival’s Media City on the specially created exhibition stands.

Terms and conditions of the competition
Comic Book competition takes place within Kazakhstan territory and also covers the East Asian countries (Japan, Korea, China). The competition has two rounds.

First round: To take part in the competition you have to register by completing an electronic form in Russian/Kazakh or English languages. You will also need to submit several pieces of your own work in the selected categories in recognised graphics or video formats. Participants will be selected by jury. Authors of the most creative and interesting works will go through to the second round.

Second round: The participants who go through to the second round will compete for the titles of Best Comic Book taking place in Astana from 1 to 3 July. All work submitted for the competitions will be shown on LED displays at the Festival and exhibited in the Media City zone. There will be dedicated co-working space zones there – open work spaces where participants will be able to prepare their work. The awards ceremony will take place on 3 July, which is the Festival Closing Day.

Who can participate in the competition
Participants must be aged between 18 and 35 years old.
Both amateurs and professionals with specialist qualifications (artists, designers, animators, directors and other creative professions) can take part in the competition.
First you should read through the Festival competition organising committee’s regulations.

Special terms and conditions of the Comic Book competition

1. Animated story – a succession of images that form a connected story.
2. Animated stories in any style and genre are accepted.
3. Contest project volume is not more than 10 pages + cover.
4. The project should be in the form of a finished story.
5. Submitted projects should be in Kazakh, Russian or English.
6. Each participant can upload 1 comic book.
7. Projects containing nudity or obscene words will be disqualified.
8. Only projects carried out in accordance with the specifications can be selected to participate in the Festival.

Technical specifications for the Comic Book competition

• Comic book page specifications: height from 5000 to 7000 pixels, width from 5000 to 7000 pixels. Resolution 300 DPI, file format jpg. Jpg compression to a quality setting of 8 (80%). Colour model – CMYK, without large margins.
• Every file should be named in Latin script, without blanks, in the following format: [title]_[##].jpg For example superhero_01.jpg, superhero _02.jpg.

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