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Celebrating Plus Baton’s Milestone: A Creative Comic Contest

In a significant milestone, Plus Baton, the health support website operated by T-PEC Co., Ltd., has surpassed 200,000 registrants. To commemorate this achievement, the company is excited to announce the “Plus Baton Health Comic Contest.” This contest invites everyone, from children to adults, to showcase their creativity through comics and illustrations centered around health themes.

Contest Overview

The contest features three application formats, allowing participants to choose their preferred method of submission:
1. Simple Illustrations for Health Comics
2. Choosing a Theme for Health Comics
3. Free Theme for Health Comics

Whether you are a Plus Baton user or not, we welcome all submissions!

1. Simple Illustrations for Health Comics

Create a simple illustration that captures a health consultation scenario. Participants can add speech bubbles or illustrations to convey their stories. This category also encourages collaboration between parents and their preschool-aged children, making it a perfect opportunity for family bonding.

Example Themes for Illustrations:

• - “I Discovered a Lump on My Shoulder!”
• - “Ongoing Headaches…”
• - “Where Can I Get Parenting Advice at Night?”

Each participant can select one of three themes and build their illustration around it, which can be colored or in black and white.

2. Choosing a Theme for Health Comics

Participants can create comics based on their choice from ten compelling themes. You can use any format, including various panel structures and styles. Here are a few example prompts:

• - “What Should I Do if I Have a Lump?”
• - “Worried About My Decreasing Sleep Time?”
• - “How to Manage My Child's Nighttime Coughing?”

For each of these scenarios, the artists have the freedom to depict their narrative in any way they see fit.

3. Free Theme for Health Comics

In this category, artists can create comics based on any health topic they like. A key requirement is that the word