The "Kanon" Comic Industry Award will be presented at the Comic Con IgroMir 2025 festival. Winners in 13 categories will be selected by expert professionals, including comic book writer Alex Hatzhett, artists Valentin Potkin, Rene Bartang, and others.
The Comic Con IgroMir festival will be held in Moscow (Timiryazev Center) from December 12 to 14. As always, thanks to this event, people will be able to visit the Alley of Authors, where guests will have the chance to meet artists, writers, and comic book creators.
But the comic book direction of the festival will expand significantly this year: the organizers of Comic Con IgroMir, together with the BUBBLE publishing house, will present a new professional award in the field of the comic industry called "Kanon," which will be awarded annually.
This award is designed to recognize the talents of authors and creative teams whose vivid stories capture readers around the world, evoking strong emotions and making them eagerly await new issues.
The jury will present the award to both emerging and experienced professionals. A separate nomination is provided for masters of the genre for their significant contribution to the development of the comic industry.
The name of the award was chosen deliberately: "canon" means the official version of events and characters recognized by the creators. This award will have 13 nominations, covering different areas in the industry:
- best writer, best artist, best colorist, best cover;
- best design/layout, best comic book, best comic book series;
- best adaptation of a Western comic, best adaptation of an Eastern comic;
- best webtoon, best children's comic, best new project, for contribution to the industry.
The award ceremony will feature Alex Hatzhett, author of the book "Script it", Valentin Potkin, a professor at the Synergy Faculty of Comics, artist Rene Bartang, editor-in-chief of BUBBLE publishing house Roman Kotkov, founder of Komilfo publishing house Mikhail Bogdanov, and co-founder of Chuk and Geek comic book store Ivan Chernyavsky.
