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Cultural Icon of Bucheon
Bucheon Cartoon Information Center
Korea Comics Museum of Bucheon
Kim, Yong-ik / Comics Industry Team Leader, Comics Industry Department, Bucheon
(Bucheon Cartoon Information Center has won several awards in the field of popular arts at the Korea Cultural Arts Awards)
I believe our rewards to be in recognition of our contribution to the expansion of comic culture, such as the operation of the Comics Museum, Comics Library, Comics Festival, and International Cartoonist Competition Bureau; and also our support of creative work projects, despite the harsh conditions of the comic industry.
(Could you tell us about Bucheon Cartoon Information Center?)
Bucheon Cartoon Information Center was founded in 1998 as an active player in the cartoon culture base expansion project of the Korea Comics Museum, Comics Library and Comics Gyujanggak; as well as the opening of the Bucheon International Comics Festival, running of the International Cartoonist Competition, and comic education industry. In addition, to create industrial value for comic content, we are expanding a variety of comic creative support projects, including overseas exchanges and domestic comic market exploitation, as well as the operation of a comic general industry support center for comic-related enterprises and artists.
(Could you tell us about the Korea Comics Image Agency currently being built in Bucheon?)
The Korea Comics Image Agency is a collaboration of various comic infra facilities of the Comics Museum, Comics Library, Corporate Support Center, Pisaf, Comic Creation Room, and Academy. It constructs a general support system linked with comic planning, creation, display, production, distribution and consumption, to form a business that strengthens the international competitiveness of domestic comics.
(What are the plans for Korean comic content in 2009? // Foundation of the Korea Comics Image Agency within 2009)
Firstly, we will be pouring all our administrative efforts into preparing to open the Korea Comics Image Agency, which will be the center of the comic content industry and an expansion of comic culture and artistic value.
(Strengthening of marketplace function of Bucheon International Comics Festival)
Secondly, the Bucheon International Comics Festival will exceed the artistic value expansion of the country culture by strengthening the marketplace function to form a business market of domestic comic content.
(Promoting comic industry through creation of Cultural Industry Promotion Zone)
Thirdly, we will center on Bucheon Image Cultural Complex to create the Cultural Industry Promotion Zone, to actively attract comic artists and content-related enterprises. This zone will aid the comic industry in it reinforcement of the Bucheon economy.
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