The Comic Exhibition yesterday opened its doors amid fanfare at the Taipei World Trade Center after the past two editions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year’s edition marked the exhibition’s first-ever collaboration with gaming, animation, visual effects and emerging media companies to boost original content creators in Taiwan, Chinese Animation and Comic Publishers Association chairman Kang Cheng-mu (康振木) said.
These industry partners include the Taiwan Gaming Promotion Association, the Taiwan Animation and Visual Effects Association, and the New Media Entertainment Association, said Kang, who is also chief executive officer at Muse Communication.
Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei Times
The cooperation resulted in the original intellectual property honor roll for distinguished domestic franchises, which would become a regular feature of future editions, he said.
Robust franchises can support content creators across multiple industries, but a significant amount of capital is required for their creation, Taiwan Creative Content Agency School chancellor Lee Ming-che (李明哲) said.
Taiwanese content creators need to work together to form an industry chain and international links to let the world hear the country’s creative voice, he said.
Adaptability is key to being competitive in the animation, comic and games sector, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Cheng Yun-peng (鄭運鵬) said, calling it an industry cluster that can change rapidly with subcultural trends.
Content creators in Japan and the US have increasingly moved from cosplaying at conventions to utilizing virtual avatars on social media, showing that the scene is changing constantly, he said.
Taiwan’s graphic novel industry has been around for about 80 years and now is the time to re-examine the country’s talent pipeline, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lin Yi-hua (林奕華) said.
Educational institutions should work with media creators and producers in training students, she said, adding that schools should also teach students to respect copyrights.
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued a sea warning for Typhoon Fung-wong effective from 5:30pm, while local governments canceled school and work for tomorrow. A land warning is expected to be issued tomorrow morning before it is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, the agency said. Taoyuan, and well as Yilan, Hualien and Penghu counties canceled work and school for tomorrow, as well as mountainous district of Taipei and New Taipei City. For updated information on closures, please visit the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration Web site. As of 5pm today, Fung-wong was about 490km south-southwest of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan's southernmost point.
Almost a quarter of volunteer soldiers who signed up from 2021 to last year have sought early discharge, the Legislative Yuan’s Budget Center said in a report. The report said that 12,884 of 52,674 people who volunteered in the period had sought an early exit from the military, returning NT$895.96 million (US$28.86 million) to the government. In 2021, there was a 105.34 percent rise in the volunteer recruitment rate, but the number has steadily declined since then, missing recruitment targets, the Chinese-language United Daily News said, citing the report. In 2021, only 521 volunteers dropped out of the military, the report said, citing
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Kaohsiung at 1pm today, the Central Weather Administration said. The epicenter was in Jiasian District (甲仙), 72.1km north-northeast of Kaohsiung City Hall, at a depth of 7.8km, agency data showed. There were no immediate reports of damage. The earthquake's intensity, which gauges the actual effects of a temblor, was highest in Kaohsiung and Tainan, where it measured a 4 on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale. It also measured a 3 in parts of Chiayi City, as well as Pingtung, Yunlin and Hualien counties, data showed.
Nearly 5 million people have signed up to receive the government’s NT$10,000 (US$322) universal cash handout since registration opened on Wednesday last week, with deposits expected to begin tomorrow, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday. After a staggered sign-up last week — based on the final digit of the applicant’s national ID or Alien Resident Certificate number — online registration is open to all eligible Taiwanese nationals, foreign permanent residents and spouses of Taiwanese nationals. Banks are expected to start issuing deposits from 6pm today, the ministry said. Those who completed registration by yesterday are expected to receive their NT$10,000 tomorrow, National Treasury
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