Comics by the winners in both age groups of the youth contest "GENERATION 2026: Drawing Bulgaria" will be on show from 17 November to 4 December in the Hristo Fotev hall of the Morsko Casino Cultural Centre in Burgas.

Four students from Bishop Konstantin Preslavski High School entered the 11 to 18 age group, led by Aliya Kazandzhieva. Three of them took first, second and third place.

Entrants had to tell the lives of Yaroslav Věšín, Ivan Mrkvička and Josef Pitter in comic form. The three Czech artists lived and worked in Bulgaria.

The theme was picked to mark anniversaries linked to the three men. In 2025 it was 165 years since Věšín's birth and 110 years since his death, and 100 years since Pitter's death. Mrkvička, who was also chairman of the Czechoslovak "T. G. Masaryk" Club in Bulgaria, was born 170 years ago this year.

The contest ran in spring 2026. The Czechoslovak "Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk" Club and the Bohemia Club organised it, with the Czech Centre in Sofia as partner. Children and young people entered in two groups: up to 10 years old, and 11 to 18.

Petar Stanimirov judged the comics. He is creative secretary of the Comics section of the Union of Bulgarian Artists and a member of the Duga Project association.

The hall is open every day from 10:00 to 18:00, and entry is free.