DC Thomson Competition
DC Thomson Comic Strip Competition 2011
The competition below has closed. The winners were as follows:
1st prize: "Dennis and Gnasher and Oscar in Video Games R Us!!" by Oscar Brittain
Runners up: "Sausages for lunch" by Rosi Bowers and "Dennis and Gnasher in Game World" by Poppy Conway.
Are you age 13 or below? Would you like the chance to win some awesome prizes courtesy of DC Thomson (creators of The Beano and The Dandy) and Dare to be Digital?
To celebrate Dare ProtoPlay coming home to Dundee, we have partnered with one of the major Dundee creative forces DC Thomson to run a comic strip competition and we are calling for your entries! Over its 106 year history, DC Thomson has created many memorable comics such as The Dandy and The Beano as well as iconic comic characters such as Dennis the Menace and Desperate Dan.
We want you to get your creative heads on and produce a 10 frame video games related comic strip. Pick one or more of the DC Thomson characters below and create your own characters to come up with an exciting story that expresses your passion for gaming.
Enter now and you could see your work on display at Dare ProtoPlay, Scotland’s biggest Video Games Festival!
The characters you can use:
Character images are © D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 2011 and reproduced here with kind permission
Click here for an example of how to layout your comic strip
Beano Editor Mike Stirling and Dandy Editor Craig Graham recently talked to The Courier about our comic strip competition, offering some helpful advice about the recipe for a great comic strip. Click here to read.
The Prizes
All shortlisted entries will be displayed at Dare ProtoPlay in the Caird Hall, Dundee between the 12-14 August. All winners will be invited to the Dare ProtoPlay awards ceremony to collect their prize.
1st Prize - The winning storyboard will be displayed on the Beano / Dandy and Dare websites. The winner will have the chance to visit the Beano/Dandy offices to see how the process works and help put together pages for the comic, with the winner having his/her comic character polished into something that could appear in the pages.
Runners up - Will have their storyboard displayed on the Beano / Dandy and Dare websites and will receive Beano/Dandy merchandise.
The Dates
| 31 July | Submission Deadline |
| Early August | Final 10 shortlisted entries notified via email |
| 12 - 14 August | Finalists displayed at Dare ProtoPlay, Caird Hall, Dundee |
| 14 August | Awards Presentation at Dare ProtoPlay |
The Rules
-You must be age 13 and below to take part
-Participants will create a maximum 10-frame storyboard.
-Comic strips must be submitted as a jpeg, no bigger than 5MB.
-At least 1 character will need to be chosen from the DC Thomson characters listed above (you can re-draw the image) and at least 1 original character created by the participant.
-The story has to be video games related
-You must include your name, age, city and submission title at the beginning of your comic strip
-The closing date for the competition is 31st July. Winners will be announced at the Dare ProtoPlay Awards ceremony on 14th August in Dundee.
Finalists will need to arrange their own travel, accommodation and visa (if required) to attend the Awards Ceremony at Dare ProtoPlay.
This competition is closed
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