On December 17, the 4th JAI “24-hour International Comics Marathon” competition came to a successful end. The annual comics marathon competition has become a carnival for participants to exchange skills and ideas, and an important stage for new ideas, advanced ideas and frontier exploration. This competition has 68 contestants from 11 universities, including Korean Daegu University, Kazakh National Academy of Art, Korean Kaywon University of Art&Design, China Academy of Art, Beijing Film Academy, etc.

JAI is the main venue of this competition, and the contestants from each sub competition area also participate in this “battle” with enthusiasm. Under the high intensity of creation, the contestants in each division used their own comics creation skills to draw the Amid the Pandemic: A Tribute to Our Heroic Times. In this contest of mental and physical strength, although the 24-hour overnight artists are slightly tired, they are still determined to finish their paintings.

On the afternoon of 18th, Professor Kim Byoung Soo from Korean Mokwon University gave an online lecture on “pPaper Comics and Online Comics” for teachers and students. Professor Kim emphasized the importance of paper comics and introduced his creative experience and feelings to teachers and students with vivid and humorous language.

At 12:00, December 22, the 4th JAI “24-hour International Comics Marathon” competition Master Evaluation Class and Awards Release were online at the same time. Now log in Himaker, you can also see the representative works of domestic and foreign competitors in the JAI “24-hour International Comics Marathon” competition”.

This competition is not only a double contest of mental and physical strength, but also a passionate collision between the creative inspiration and comics techniques of the contestants. While intuitively feeling the stories behind the works of comics artists, it also shows a perfect fusion of art and culture for comics lovers. Let’s look forward to the exhibition of excellent works.