Internationales Comix Festival Lucerne/Switzerland 2016

Internationales Comix Festival Lucerne / Switzerland 2016

Comix competition (Int.) 2016

The competition's theme 2016 is «Temptations»
Each year, Fumetto - International Comix-Festival Lucerne holds

a competition to give comic creators the opportunity to compare their work,

present it to a broader public and to exchange views with others.

The competition's theme 2016 is Jury 2016
- Alex Baladi, comic artist, Geneva
- Christian Gasser, comic expert, Lucerne
- Jean-Pierre Mercier, curator Cité de la Bande Dessinée, Angoulême
- Joost Swarte, comic artist, Haarlem
- Kurt Weber, honorary member Fumetto Amici, LucerneExhibition
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 saturday the 16th of april 2016.

Prizes Fumetto will award three prizes in each 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 CHF 5'000.

- and goods to the same value.

Conditions    Deadline: 4th of january 2016 (date of postmark)
    Application: apply here (user number), print and enclose application
    Format: A4 or A3 (other formats enclose application will be disqualified)
    Form: only comics (stories in picture form), no digital entries
    Number of pages: maximum 4 (only 1 comic-story)
    Labelling: name, address, telephone number, e-mail, user number,

date of birth and paging on the back of each page
Packaging: sturdy envelope, no rolls
Return postage: For Swiss Nationals only:

stamps or money in the value of the stamps needed. For Foreigners: 15 Euro.

If the return postage is not enclosed or not sufficient the works will not be

sent back but kept for one year only.
Categories: Cat. 1: 18 years or older / Cat. 2: 13 to 17 years /

Cat. 3: up to 12 years of age (reference date is the deadline)
Schools: enclose a list with names and details (see «Labelling»)

of the participating students and information about school, class, teacher,

e-mail and telephone number.Address
Fumetto Wettbewerb, Rössligasse 12, 6004 Lucerne, Switzerlan