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Comics Workbook Composition Competition 2017 Winners

Congratulations to all who created and submitted work for this contest. We really enjoyed reading each and every work.

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FIRST PLACE - Weeklong Comics Workbook Rowhouse Residency ($500 value) 

Sienna Cittadino - Girl’s Bathroom

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SECOND PLACE - $250 gift certificate at Copacetic Comics

Chris Kohler - Living Room

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THIRD PLACE - $100 gift certificate at Copacetic Comics

Sara Sarmiento - Deep Clean

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HONORABLE MENTIONS - $50 gift (each) at Big Planet Comics

Jillian Fleck - Push Thru

Louis Deux - Touristing

Simon Reinhardt - Slow Theft

Foxitalic - Hangover Haiku

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It is our hope that all of the makers who participated in this contest have been TRANSFORMED in some way – artistically, personally, spiritually, and/or physically (improved eye-hand coordination? yes!) – by the time and energy dedicated to the creation of their submissions. Everyone who took part in this exercise has completed a hero’s journey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJwPIiUPfK4

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The restrictions placed upon the contest entries were derived from The Santoro Correspondence Course for Comic Book Makers. It is my firmly held belief that restrictions such as the grid are ultimately freeing. I also believe that timing is the essential ingredient to making great comics. How do you study and practice timing in comics? You use the grid. Yadda yadda yadda.

**Last year a deceptively small and simple grid inspired over a hundred artists to make comics for the contest. This year we returned to the traditional 6-panel grid, and far fewer creators rose to the challenge (I think because of the larger size, ultimately). The test here really became about the timing. The zigzag of the six panel grid is very different than the scrolling of the three panel grid. A good sense of timing is the essential ingredient which leads to stronger storytelling and the six panel grid is very particular.

Also, the size that we recommended this year is what the pros used at Marvel and DC for over 25 years. “Print size layouts” and “twice up” originals. (It’s not quite “twice up” but that’s what it used too be called.) The 10 x 15 inch live area is much more work than last year’s smaller manga sized originals. So, something to think about: SCALE. And how scale changes how you make comics.

The judging panel consisted of two men and three women from diverse backgrounds. Some were comics makers, some were comics readers and one was a “non-comics reader” - meaning this particular judge was not a comics initiate.

Please see this post for information regarding this fall’s correspondence course. 

Thanks. - Frank Santoro

P.S. Please reblog. Thank you.

Thank you to Copacetic Comics, Big Planet Comics and the judges for contributing their efforts and financial support to make this contest possible.

And of course THANK YOU to everyone who participated. Please check out all of the entries below.

A Period Of Transition by Phillip Dokes Allen by Doctopmaru (disqualified) Are You Ready by G.R. Lear Awash by John Hexer Bloodsuckers Love Me by Jackie Kirby Canto V by Amanda Hamilton Columbus is Going to be Awesome by John Cihon Deep Clean by Sara Sarmiento Eksistensens Jeger  by Addley Walker Force Fields by Paul Frog Legs by MK Girl’s Bathroom by Sienna Cittadino Good Boy City by Jonathan Tune Hangover Haiku by Foxitalic Here Comes Racecar by Alexander Moser Here’s the Light by Tor Brandt Left Over Soup by The Formal Kid Living Room by Chris Kohler Look See by Kevin Zych Meaning by Mariana Yatsuda Ikuta Morbid Orbit by Alice Blank Mother by Evan M. Cohen (disqualified) Muse by Brandon Alexander Berry Noffi by Niall Breen Origen by Josh Bowron Overtimers by TimersTimers and K-Un Ping Pang by James Abbit Push Thru by Jillian Fleck Reaching Toward Open Sky by LM Bolger Sandbag Spectator by Jacob Breck (disqualified) Sea Saga by James Coats Shop Class by Donald Price Slow Theft by Simon Reinhardt Soft Swords by Sam Meister Sweet Marla by Alex Williams Ta Ka Ra Zu Ka by Antoine Medes Teaching English in Taiwan by Iris Yan Tech Sector Baseball by Moose The Room by Louise Aleksiejew To the Mountain, On Your Own, At Night by Tanya Guryel Tone Deaf by R.D. Addams Touristing by Louis Deux Two Girls and A Caricature by Ari S. Mulch When I Grow Up by James Wilson

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