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2024 Bucheon Comics Awards

Bucheon Comics Awards

The Bucheon Comics Awards is a comics award that began in 2004 to promote the creative motivation of domestic and foreign cartoonists and to develop the Korean comics industry by encouraging comics publishing.

This award is held every year to contribute to revitalizing our comics culture and increasing the number of people enjoying comics content by selecting and awarding cartoons with uniform work and popularity.

There are award-winning works selected by professional judges and reader popularity awards that are determined by 100% independent voting for comic works that have been published in more than 30 webtoons or one book within the period.
Grand Prize

Jeongnyeon

서이레/나몬
[Introduction]
<Jeongnyeon>is a work created by Seoire and Namon, who want to shed new light on women's Gukgeuk, which has not received much attention compared to its popularity and significance. Yoon Jeong-nyeon, who wants to become rich, Heo Young-seo, who wants to become the best Gukgeuk actor, and Hong Ju-ran, who silently strives next to her favorite person. Although they want different things, they want to achieve their dreams in the art of women's Gukgeuk and through the stage. Attractive painting styles and unique female characters have been loved by many readers since the beginning of the series, and are said to have "opened a new horizon in women's narratives."

[commentary]
It is a work that is highly complete in terms of the composition of basic cartoons, such as story, writing, and character realization, and that the story was well told by the public even though the unique and Korean material "Women's Gukgeuk" was used.
Overseas Work Award

A which's life in mongol

Tomato Soup
[Introduction]
Takarajima Corporation of Japan, "This cartoon is amazing!" 2023 Women's Edition No. 1,
2024 Japan Manga Awards 5th place winner.
Tooth, a city in eastern Iran in the 13th century. Sitara, an orphaned slave girl who came to Iran. She became a witch who made fun of a powerful empire and became a "weapon" to live her life in this city. The story of a girl who fights using "knowledge" as her only power, begins!

[commentary]
In addition to delivering information on Mongolian history that people do not know well, it created an interesting story with the artist's imagination, and the painting style expressed in an old but sophisticated way is a unique work.
the Rookie Comics Award

How to get your man pregnant

노경무/쏘키
[Introduction]
Korea's Birth Rate Recorded at 0.4 in 2030. Kim Sam-shin, a genius doctor of medicine, researches male pregnancy techniques and begins to popularize them. Choi Jeong-hwan, who has been married for 10 years, couldn't overcome his wife Kang Yu-jin's torch, who was exhausted due to continuous failure of the test tube baby, and went to visit Kim Sam-shin and thread his nose...
During 2023, he invited 24 domestic and foreign film festivals and met the black comedy animation 《How to get your man pregnant》a popular male pregnant woman who was honored with eight awards.

[commentary]
It is a work that is considered a challenge and abandonment that only rookie artists can do with the outrageous satire and imagination thrown at the current Korean society with a total of 0.78 births. It is truly a work suitable for a rookie artist award.
academic award

Narrative and Emotional Capitalism of Human Managers in Korean Platform Storytelling

Yoo In Hyuk
[Introduction]
This paper analyzes the socio-cultural meaning of the "manager's narrative" that is currently popular in popular narratives such as web novels and webtoons, and examines how capitalism is mobilizing the human spiritual realm for production and how this aspect is being culturally reproduced.

[commentary]
Unlike the existing hero type, which emphasized only achievement, the success story of human managers in popular narratives is a new capitalist strategy that requires strengthening social and moral capacity as well as achievement.

Reader's Popularity Award

1 second

시니/광운
[Introduction]
A legendary firefighter with a 100% rescue rate. His special ability is that the moment he gets nervous, he sees the future!
The story of the real firefighters fighting for the edge

Selection process & judges

Recommendation of 50 people representing the Korean comic book industry·Composition of candidates for the selection committee

  • Korean
    Cartoonists
    Association
  • Woori cartoon
    solidarity
  • Webtoon
    Association
  • Korean
    Cartoon Story
    Association
  • Korean
    Society of
    Cartoon and
    Animation
  • Korean
    Cartoon
    Webtoon
    Society
  • Korea
    Webtoon
    Industry
    Association
  • Korean
    Journalism
    Society
  • Korea
    Film Critics
    Association
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