Our Work
Protecting culture and heritage
The defining works of comic culture and the creators behind them permanently recorded; the next generation credited from their first work.
Led by the Culture & Creative Economy Initiative, an ISAC Foundation centre. 4 commitments for 2030.
The problem and who we serve
Most of the creators behind a generation's first heroes were never credited, paid for reprints or recorded anywhere. We give every defining work and every living creator a permanent, verifiable record, and find the next ones.
- Beneficiaries
- Comic artists, writers, filmmakers, publishers, readers
- Geography
- India first, then worldwide
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The Initiative driving this outcome: Culture & Creative Economy Initiative
The Culture & Creative Economy Initiative is the ISAC Foundation centre responsible for this outcome.
Preserving the stories that define generations. Honouring creators, safeguarding cultural heritage, and inspiring tomorrow's storytellers.
Departments
The Culture & Creative Economy Initiative works through training, services, community, research and platforms.
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4 projects need funding to meet these commitments
Creators Recorded
Honour the creators who shaped our stories.
Every creator receives a permanent, verifiable World Comic Heritage record, beginning with a founding cohort in 2027.
Our 2030 Commitment: 5,000 Creators Recorded
World Comic Heritage Centres
Build lasting homes for comic heritage.
Three centres in India, Europe, and the US will preserve and celebrate the works and creators that defined generations.
Our 2030 Commitment: 3 World Comic Heritage Centres
Defining Works
Preserve the stories that defined generations.
Recording the comics that shaped the imagination of generations, so their place in cultural history is permanent and verifiable.
Our 2030 Commitment: 2,000 Defining Works Recorded
Comic Books for Children
Help children understand difficult topics through stories.
Comic books in multiple languages that help children make sense of difficult topics in a way they can relate to.
Our 2030 Commitment: 30 Comic Books for Children
Take part: training and services
Training (3)
- WCH ID verification: Verified creator identity and credit line.
- WCH Entry orientation
- Creator rights and AI-disclosure workshops
Services (2)
- Archive advisory: For publishers and institutions.
- Rights and credit audit
Take part: community
Also in this community: Creators Club · WCH Network · WCH Awards
Platforms you can use now
- World Comic Heritage: The Global Registry behind this outcome: permanent, verifiable records of comic creators and their works, and the WCH Awards.
- ScrollControl: Hosts WCH Awards entries and ratings.
- The Comics Today: Comics news, publishing partner.
Research: the standards, reports and open source behind this work
- WCH verification standard
- AI-use disclosure
- Works register
- Livelihood survey: Annual from 2027.
- Open source: credit-line spec
- Open source: works register data
Support this outcome
Choose how you would like to help. Your enquiry goes straight to the Culture & Creative Economy Initiative.
- Individual Giving: Contribute to approved projects and causes.
- In-Kind Support and Volunteering: Contribute expertise, equipment, technology, resources or time.
- Sponsorship: Support programmes, institutions, events, competitions or awards.
- CSR Funding: Fund measurable approved projects aligned with corporate priorities.