The 13th Golden Comic Awards of the Ministry of Culture, an annual event in Taiwan's comics industry, held an awards ceremony today (6).

(Photo by reporter Chen Jiayi)

[Reporter Chen Jiayi/Taipei Report] The annual event in Taiwan's comic industry, "The 13th Golden Comic Awards of the Ministry of Culture" held an awards ceremony today (6).

Moonsia said that because this work was serialized for a week, he had to bear the pressure of rushing drafts for a long time, and his body and mind suffered from it.

When she won the award, she said, "Tai Man is really excellent and deserves to be seen by more people in the world." At present, in addition to the Chinese version of "Star Mantra", it has also been translated into English, French and other languages.

Moosia said that drawing comics is very hard, especially "The Curse of the Stars" is a web comic serialized by Zhou. He is urging himself to hand over the files within the deadline every day. Suddenly feel nauseous and nauseous.

Therefore, he decided to extend the sabbatical period, give himself a long vacation to travel around, and also read previous comic works and readers' encouragement, and slowly regained the original intention and fun of creating comics.

He advises creators not to think that the deadline is more important than their physical condition. "I think if you can't do it, just admit that you can't do it. There's nothing to be ashamed of."

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Moosia said that she liked to tell stories and read comics since she was a child. She was determined to be a cartoonist at the age of 13, and later went to Canada to study and work in New York, while continuing to create comics.

Influenced by foreign cultures, he reconsidered his creative views, "Those small flaws can actually become a style of his own", and he should not be stuck on details all the time.

In 2018, she decided to leave her job, and followed the lead of her previous work, "The Voice of the Ocean Tide", and traveled all over the world.

During her travels, she often draws the scenery along the way into comics, and absorbs the cultures of different countries as her creative nutrients.

And the award-winning work "The Curse of the Stars" was also inspired by her travels in the Mediterranean from Croatia to Morocco.

In his speech, Minister of Culture Li Yongde said that the Golden Comic Award is a good platform to allow excellent Taiwanese comics to attract international attention, and to export copyrights and comics in multiple languages.

For example, the work "The Book House where the Lion Hides", which won the Golden Man Award last year, will be published in French next year at the Angouran International Comics Festival.

He also said that Taiwan is a place with a high degree of creative freedom and is the most suitable place for cartoonists to play. He looks forward to more creators participating in the future and making the Golden Comic Awards better year by year.

This year's comics of the year award-winning works are: "Wedding War", "The Curse of the Stars", "Surge and Waves: The Free China", "The Legend of the Cat Demon", "Priceless Painting: The Light Chasing Boys in Paris" ", "1624 Man and the Island", and won the Golden Man Award from "The Binding of the Star Curse".

In addition, the Golden Comic Awards also awards other awards, including the Comic Newcomer Award: "Divorce Before Fighting Monsters?

"; Comic Editing Award: "DAY OFF" editor Huang Simi; Cross-domain Application Award: "Duckby".

The "Special Contribution Award" was won by Hao Mingyi, chairman of Dazhuo Culture, who has been deeply involved in the comics industry for more than 30 years.