The jury has returned and the results are in for the Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award 2023, the award that honours Alison Brown, our much-missed friend and an integral part of the London comics community for many years. Check out comics’ future below courtesy of the Cartoon Museum!
The Cartoon Museum announces winner of the Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award 2023
We are delighted to announce the winners of the second annual Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro award, recognizing the most exciting comic strip talents from the UK under the age of 18 years old.
The 2023 winners are:
Sofia Deen, age 9 (winner)
Eric Caseras-Ros, age 11 (runner-up)
Zack Bennett, age 9 & Asta Haldane, age 8 (runners-up)
Sofia Deen, age 9 (winner)
The Comics Maestro Award celebrates Cartoon Museum staff member Alison Brown, who passed away from Covid in 2021 at the age of 39. Entrants submitted an original comic strip of up to three pages long (or a three-page section of a story). Each of the winners receives prize money and a certificate. The winner and runners-up, along with entries by a selection of artists receiving a Judges’ Commendation, have been collected in a digital e-comic, which is downloadable from the museum website here.
Eric Caseras-Ros, age 11 (runner-up)
The 2023 awards were judged by a panel that included Hannah Berry (Livestock, Adamantine, Comics Laureate 2019-21), Martin Rowson (The Guardian, The Daily Mirror), Laura Howell (The Beano), Tom Fickling (Editor/MD of The Phoenix), Steve Marchant (Learning Officer at The Cartoon Museum), Kate Owens (Collections Manager at The Cartoon Museum), Matt Baxter (Monster Fun), Mark Stafford (Salmonella Smorgasboard, The Bad Bad Place) and Joe Sullivan (Director of The Cartoon Museum)
Director of The Cartoon Museum, Joe Sullivan said:
“A huge congratulations to Sofia, Eric, Zack and Asta. This years entries showcased some incredible talent, and most of the entries had the judges laughing at the absurdist humor and logic on show! I look forward to seeing what they are doing in a few years time as their abilities as artists and storytellers continue to grow”
