Comics Workbook Composition Competition 2016 Winners
Congratulations to ALL who created and submitted work for this year’s contest!
http://comicsworkbook.com/comics-workbook-composition-competition-2016/
First Place - $500 cash prize
Cameron Nicholson - For a Lack of Better Words
Second Place - $250 credit at Copacetic Comics
Shee Phon - I Know It’s Not About Me, But I Don’t Want To Die
Third Place - $100 credit at Copacetic Comics
Honorable Mention - $50 credit at Big Planet Comics
Lisa Wilkinson - The Last Time I Saw Tate
Janne Marie Dauer - Blame It On the Night Moves
Luke Howard - Extragalactic
Special Prize - $25 credit at Copacetic Comics
Jillian Fleck - I Got A Job.
This competition saw more entries than the last three years combined, proving once again what we have said from the beginning: that comics is THE ascendant art form. The sheer amount of energy and talent that poured into this competition during its relatively brief window provides ample testimony to this.
It is our belief that artistic creation is a two way street. An artist, or any other creator, grows in the process of creating; the greater the efforts, the greater the growth. By this measure, comics creators in general – and those who submitted work to this competition in particular – are growing by leaps and bounds, and so, by definition, is the comics form; as in the final analysis, the value of a form is coincident with the work that it contains.
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 – 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
Duality. Interiors/exterior. The SECRET SHARER. Reflections of self. Self-portrait.
What I liked about the three winners is a strong sense of reflection and duality. and how those feelings are expressed visually as a journey and a portrait. I see this aspect in the work of the honorable mentions and the special prizes. This year the judges looked at the entries and tried to frame the winners in a way that reflects the multifaceted jewel that is the world of comic book making in 2016.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s contest. And to everyone who may have begun their comic but did not finish it or enter it, please finish it and post it, and we will do our best to get it seen.
xoxo Frank Santoro, Pittsburgh PA
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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.
Thank you to Copacetic Comics, Big Planet Comics, and the judges for contributing their efforts and financial support to make this contest possible. (Extra thanks to RM Rhodes for making the lists!)
P.S. Please reblog. Thank you.
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Please check out the complete list of entries for 2016 below:
(Blame it on the) Night Moves by Janne Marie Dauer
2 Frogs on a Log by Alex Williams
A Boy’s Guide to Wilderness Survival by Ron Hotz
A Quick and Easy Guide to Finding a Husband by Hannah Kaplan
Abandoned by Preston Pettigrew
Aerial Boundaries by Andy Rench
All Imp a Days Work by Jeff Schwartzbauer
Any Mood From the Feel Cart by Joan Reilly
APPLE EXPLODES by John McGuire Olsen
At the Base of the Statue of God by Drew Lerman
Bad Smell by Fion Fitzgerald
Bananas by Amanda Kay Baker
Beauty is Eveywhere by Corey Bechelli
Between Water and Air by Jason Hart
Body Work by Harry Deane Willmott
Carnivalence by Graeme Shorten Adams
Carrion Cheese by Jayro Lantigua
Cedar Grove Community Hall Circa 2002 by Josh Hicks
Cock of the Walk by Erik Nebel
Cold Sands by James and Adam Norfolk
Crazy Straw by Paul Daniel
CYMKA by Matthew McDaniel
Death Mask by Ioan Morris
Diamond Comix by Danny Ceballos
Did it hurt… by Mark Wang
Dim Sum by li xu (disqualified)
Disappoint by Jonx Rainer (disqualified)
Dr. Dracula by Kalen Knowles (disqualified)
Dream Sequence by Nicole Johnson
Dry Season by Heron Prado
Extragalactic by Luke Howard
Eyes Out On Stalks by Karneeleus
eyes wide shut // the intangible beauty of dreaming by Dennis Stratmann
First Performance by Ann Lewis
FISH IN A TUB by Serene Lusano
for a lack of better words by Cameron Nicholson
Frisky in a Godless Universe by JOMM
Frog.TV by Mateus Gonzales
Fulfillment by Veronika Hanáková
Gathering Dust by Wesley Russell (disqualified)
glos·so·la·li·a by Louis Deux
Half the Fun by Chris Anderson (disqualified)
Hammer Lock by John Shields
Heavy Mettle by Nicole Pergue & Jackie Kirby
Hibiscus Vigilate by Nicolás Méndez Palacios
I Called You My Peony by Tor Brandt
I Got a Job by Jillian Fleck
I know it’s not about me, but I don’t want to die. by Shee Phon
I Love Trees by Rui Soares
In The Grass by Reilly Hadden
Jeremy Meets the Forest Cow by Sienna Cittadino
Kiddie Pool Bummer by Alicia Rose Obermeyer
Kissing Scrapes by John Hexer
La Petite Mort by Guarazú
lo priestess by Courtney Loberg
MAD DOG by Michael Kennedy
Man in a Furnished Cell By Jon Aye
mister poppers came running by emil brahe
MOON CHILD by Carlos Bergfeld
Muse by Alex Idei (deleted)
Mxgical Gurl Xhristina by Tommy Kempen
My Only Remembered Dream by Sam Meister
New Beginnings by Ephameron
Night Swimming by Shannon Durbin
Notes for Improvement by Mark Wang
Old Friend by Kimball Anderson
Patience by Shannon Durbin (disqualified)
Pest, written by Zach Buil and drawn by Robert Rusch
Post Sappy Update by Patrick Allaby
reflection by lina madöry
Respawn by Amanda Hamilton
Self by Mariana Yatsuda Ikuta
Shell Creature by Faith Wiley
Shellacking by Jackson J Edge
Soap Star Joe by Juan Fernandez
Sombra by Sebastian Valbuena
Splitting Heirs by Finn Jordan
SUB OMNI TROPICA by daniel tuucaan starflower (disqualified)
Summer Session by Steven Arenius
Summer’s Cauldron. Story by Jason Das (disqualified)
Sweet Success by Alexis Johnson
Swimmer’s Dilemma by Casey Kolodin
The Blue Framework by Louis Deux and Graymoon
The Child by Cesar Erhard
The Devourer of Kingdoms by Carla Acácio
the Eating of the Wolves by Ward Zwart
The Grass Eater by Emy Peyret
The Investigation by Graham Mason
The Kind Of Cat I Am by Lauren Flinner
The Last Time I Saw Tate by Lisa Wilkinson
The Legend of the Nipple Story by Devon (age 27)
THE MORPHOGENESIS by Dana
The Rialto Variations by Louis Deux
The Savage State by Alice Blank
The Story About The Succulent, The Suspect, The Sailor, The Ants And Me by Ronja Paffrath
The Sword of Souls by Ryan Holgersen
The Tontine Ten by Sara Sarmiento
The Toxic Land by Maya Templer
Twenty Eight by Drew Lerman
untitled by Louise Aleksiejew
Urania’s Atelier by Rachel M Thornton
VERTICAL ZERO by Lucas S. Teixeira
Waiting Room by Ghadi Ghosn
Warsan the Warrior by Hugh Madden
Where Does Your Money Go? by Stella Salumaa
White Bones by Clarissa Hart (disqualified)
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