About Works

Works rules

  • All goods must be created by the seller(s) and must not be under any companies, organizations, or publishers, otherwise it will be considered official work.

  • Avoid using designs that are similar to official’s to reduce the risk of being disqualified.
    **Judgement depends on staff members’ perception. In case a complaint is made by other attendees or booth owners, concerned goods may have to be removed from the booth.

  • NO displaying and selling works created using Ai Generate programs.

  • DO NOT sell or give away official’s and others’ original and fanmade goods, including translation works as it would automatically be considered piracy.

  • DO NOT copy, modify, or duplicate logos, patterns, designs, images, and texts from official’s or others’ original and fanmade works.

  • DO NOT sell or give away books or goods that are prohibited by officials.
    (For more details, please see ‘Fanwork & Fandom’)

  • Kindly label your rated goods according to the rating rules. (For more details, please see ‘Rating System’)

  • To prevent any unlawful acts, every activity has to be settled on the event day, that is no payment or shipping will be done after the event.

Regarding ‘Commissioned work to sale’

Due to our commitment to supporting and providing a space for artists to showcase their own creations in the Comic Avenue, we do not endorse commissioning others to produce “Main Contents” (such as commissioning entire comic stories or novels) or commissioning fanwork in various formats to be sold at our event.

However, we are more lenient in the case of “Support Contents,” such as commissioning artwork for book covers or illustrations within a novel.

Types of works

Works for sale at Comic Avenue are divided into 4 categories as follows:

  1. Books that come with contents inside
    • Comics : telling stories with photos
    • Novels (both original and fan fiction) : telling stories with texts
    • Combination of various works, such as illustration books, photo books, etc.
    • Pocket books.
    • Magazines and journals
    • Flip books with 50 or more pages **Otherwise, they will be considered “goods”.

  2. Software products : goods that come in a soft file format whether in a form of a CD, DVD, USB drive, or online digital file
    • E-books (comics, novels and illustration/photo books)
    • Games
    • Songs

  3. Goods : tangible goods, but cannot be categorized in ‘Books’ due to its lack of contents.
    • Notebook
    • Calendar
    • Planner
    • Keychain
    • Standee
    • Postcard-Poster

  4. Crafts : into new, uniquely designed works. This includes activities such as wood carving, sewing dolls or doll outfits, resin casting, and shrink plastic art.
    **Please note that items without additional crafting techniques, such as the use of purchased beads, stones, or any other materials are not considered handcrafted as they don’t meet our creativity criteria.

PROHIBITED GOODS

  • Works explicitly affiliated with legal entities, organizations, or publishing houses in terms of creators, copyright holders, or distributors.
  • Works generated using AI programs as integral components.
  • Goods over 75 x 90 cm. in size.
  • Clothing
  • Bedding goods, such as pillow cases, bedding sheets, etc.
  • Big towels
  • Items that contain substances that come into contact with the body and/or enter the body
    such as food/beverage, antiseptic/alcohol, products made from bee excrement that are biodegradable and all kinds of essential oils, perfume
  • Hybrid goods :
    Works that are not totally created by exhibitors but use parts of official goods as components
    such as photo books that contain photos of official goods, such as Nendroids, figurines, plushies, etc. This includes hybrid dolls that use parts of Nendoroid/Puchi to combine with other body parts.
  • Plant & any living creatures.

**Judgment depends on staff members’ perception. In case a complaint is made by other attendees or booth owners, concerned goods may have to be removed from the booth.

**The event organizers reserve the right to suspend the distribution of works that violate the rules, and will not be responsible for any damages incurred in any case.