This year's collection of New Year and Christmas greetings from cartoonists and cartoon fans from home and abroad has just been published on the Cartoon Gallery website: http://www.cartoongallery.eu/englishversion/happy-2025/.
12.1.25
8.1.25
The color catalog of the International Cartoon Festival in Saitama 2024, Japan
Saitama City is the place where Rakuten Kitazawa - the father of modern cartoon in Japan - spent his later years. The Saitama Municipal Cartoon Art Musem in the home to Kitazawa in his later years hold the Saitama-City Rakuten-Kitazawa Manga Awards competition each year. In 2024 they held the 39th edition and the winning cartoons are included in this collection book of "The Best Cartoons of Nippon" which are also displayed on the museum website here.
The standard A4-sized (21x29.7 cm) catalog of "The Best Cartoons of Nippon 2024" has almost 100 pages, about 70 of them covering the color and the monochrome cartoons participated in the festival and selected for the catalog. The remaining pages are the lists of the Japanese and the Foreign artists with their personal histories in both Japanese and English. With this perfectly designed book of art in hand, it is possible to compare the style and wit of the native and overseas manga/cartoon artists and enjoy the great humour in their works.
From Turkey are published the works of the following cartoonists in the catalog: Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu, Erdoğan Başol, Kamil Yavuz, Kemal Özyurt, Muammer Kotbaş, Musa Gümüş, Oğuz Gürel, Seyit Saatçi, and Hüseyin Çakmak from Cyprus.
Thank you to the festival organizers and the staff of Plaza North who sent me this great collection of manga/cartoon art.
3.1.25
The 30th International Cartoon Exhibition, Zagreb 2025, Croatia
30th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION ZAGREB 2025
A. PARTICIPATION
The organizer of the 30th International Cartoon Exhibition ZAGREB 2025 is Croatian Cartoonist Association. The exhibition is open to all authors over the age of 18, regardless of nationality, gender or profession.
B. THEME: MEDIA
TV, RADIO, NEWSPAPERS, WEB PORTALS, JOURNALISTS, PRESENTERS, EDITORS...
C. ENTRIES
Conditions of entry:
1. Only digital artworks will be accepted: A4 size, 300 dpi, jpeg.
2. Entries can be either black and white or coloured.
3. The works should be named as follows: name.surname.country.number
(in case of more than one work).
4. The cartoons must not have been previously awarded on festivals.
5. Maximum 3 entries may be submitted.
D. DEADLINE
Entry deadline is March 7th, 2025.
E. ADDRESS
Send your cartoons to:
E-mail: hdk.entries@gmail.com
Within the e-mail participant should provide informations as follows:
Name and Family Name
Address (street and house number)
Postal code and city
Country
Phone number
F. PRIZES AND AWARDS
First Prize - 1.000 EUR
Second Prize - 500 EUR
Third Prize - 300 EUR
Five Special mentions
G. OTHER CONDITIONS
Every author whose work is included in the exhibition will receive a catalogue.
The organizer reserves the right to reproduce the works sent to the Zagreb 2025 festival as the advertising material without being obliged to pay a fee to an author whose work may be used.
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More on source: hdk.hr.
31.12.24
Results International Cartoon Competition on the subject of "Earthquake", Boyabat 2024
BOYABAT YOUTH CENTER/BOYABAT ACADEMY SPORTS CLUB
INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION RESULTS:
The international cartoon competition on the subject of "Earthquake", organized in order to draw the attention of the young people of the world to the "Earthquake" problem and to raise awareness about earthquakes through the language of art, has concluded.
429 cartoonists from 42 countries participated in the competition in the youth and adult categories with a total of 698 works.
As a result of the evaluation made by the cartoon artists Ali Rastroo (Iran), Altan Özeskici (Turkey), Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu (Turkey), Erhan Yaşar Babalık (Turkey), Fawzy Morsy (Egypt), Makhmud Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan), Musa Keklik (Turkey), Youth Center Manager Halil Emre Kaya (Turkey) and Academy Sports Club President Kesim Yıldız (Turkey), the award-winning cartoonists were determined as follows.
Youth Category:
First Prize: FATMANUR ATICI-Turkey
Second Prize: DEFNE DEMİRCİ-Turkey
Third Prize: ADA YILDIZ-Turkey
Achievement Awards:
AMIR ALI OMIDI-Iran
ECE VAYISOĞLU-Turkey
EMİR ALBAYRAK-Turkey
DASHA GROMOVA-Russia
MEYRA RAHMAN HOCA-Turkey
ASEL ADA OLCA-Turkey
ASYA ATAMAN-Turkey
BELINAY GÜNGÖR-Turkey
MUSTAFA NASUH AŞIK-Turkey
VESILE ADA AKTAŞ-Turkey
Special Jury Awards:
ALEKSANDR EFREMOV-Russia
UMUT BERKEN DAYAN- Turkey
(See the prize-winning cartoons in Youth Category on kozyurt.)
Adults Category:
First Prize: DARKO DRLJEVIC-Montenegro
Second Prize: HİKMET ÇİL-Turkey
Third Prize: SAEED SADEGHI-Iran
Special Jury Awards:
ÖNDER ÖNERBAY-Turkey
MEHMET ZEBER-Turkey.
The award ceremony and exhibition opening of the competition will be held at Boyabat Cultural Center on Thursday, February 6. The awards of those who cannot attend the ceremony will be delivered to their addresses. Additionally, digital certificates will be sent to everyone who participated in the competition.
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(See the prize-winning cartoons in Youth Category on kozyurt.)
28.12.24
Winners in the Annual Cartoon Contest, Olen 2024, Belgium
Maim theme: Road Signs
They have received 1.823 entries, sent by 495 different participants from all over the world. The participants are from 70 different countries. In the downloads you will find the cartoonists who took part in the competition in 2024.
Winners category adults:
1st Prize: Ali Paknahad (Iran)
2nd Prize: Gabriele Corvi (Italy)
3rd Prize: Jona Jamart (Belgium)
4th Prize: Peter Radacina (Canada)
Prize of the city of Bialogard: Pawel Kuczynski (Poland)
Special Prize Amnesty International: Ali Miraee (Iran).
Winners category youth:
Best international work: Fatih Dursun (Turkey) (Top)
Best Belgian work): Griet Stijnen (Belgium).
You can view the winning cartoons on their facebook page and watch their Youtube video for a nice overview of all winners and the cartoons that were selected for the exhibition and catalog.
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Olense Kartoenale 2025
The main theme 2025 is 'The artist'.
The theme of Amnesty International 2025 is
'Right to everyone who needs shelter'.
You can sign up your participation on
starting the 1st July 2025.
27.12.24
X International Festival "SMILE OF THE SEA", Novorossiysk 2025, Russia
Conditions for the X International Festival "SMILE OF THE SEA 2025" in Novorossiysk, Russia
The themes of the Festival "SMILE OF THE SEA 2025":
"Multipolar World";
"O Sport, are you Peace?"
1. Competition works are accepted from January 1, 2025 to August 15, 2025.
2. Authors of all age groups are allowed to participate in the competition.
3. The author may submit no more than 5 (five) works on each of the announced themes.
4. Works that have received prizes in other competitions are not accepted for participation.
5. Competition works are sent only to the email address: imeempravo@mail.ru In the subject of the letter you must indicate: “For the competition.”
6. Requirements for competitive works:
• Format: A4 (210 x 297 mm) or A3 (297 x 420 mm), JPEG, 300 dpi
• Works must be original.
• The technique is free, works can be either black and white or color.
• Works should not contain text.
• The author, along with the work, sends: his photo in a separate file, a short autobiography in a separate file (in English only), indicates his last name, first name, age, postal address (required country of residence), e-mail.
7. All participants will receive a festival catalog in electronic format.
8. Authors of works that take prizes will be awarded certificates, diplomas.
9. The organizers of the competition reserve the right to further use the competition works for exhibition and information purposes. And also in order to popularize the genre of caricature and the festival “SMILE OF THE SEA”.
We are waiting for your works! See you in the new year 2025!
Sources:
Text: cartoonblues .
Image: Walex Alexandrov .
27.11.24
Being a tourist in Istanbul: 16th International Tourism Cartoons Competition 2024, Turkey
Click on the image to enlarge.
Theme: Being a tourist in Istanbul
Deadline: 31 December 2024
Mor info on tourismcartoon.org
15.11.24
Freedom: 10th Cartoon Contest, Caminos de la Libertad 2025, Mexico
Call for Entries
10th Cartoon Contest
Deadline: April 30, 2025
Caricature is an act of provocation, of criticism; capable of defending freedom through humor. Caminos de la Libertad invites reflection and discussion on the different aspects of freedom, to generate thought around it and to make those who have not yet realized the value it has in their lives aware.
Freedom is the fundamental right of the human being, but efforts to limit it have become systematic in the contemporary world.
There is no more direct and effective form of communication than the caricature. Since its inception, it has been a tool for criticism and analysis of the reality of our world.
In the search to encourage debate around freedom, Grupo Salinas calls for the caricature contest.
B A S E S
1. People from anywhere in the world may participate in this contest.
2. The works must be completely original and unpublished and if they contain words, they must be in Spanish. They must not be participating simultaneously in any other contest. Adaptations of other originals will not be accepted.
3. Freedom must be the theme of the caricature. The winning works will be those that best capture, analyze, contrast, promote and disseminate freedom, those that offer proposals to expand the options for freedom in Mexican society or that present examples of success and failure in the application of this right.
4. Each contestant may participate with as many works as they wish.
5. The works must be submitted in JPEG format in the best possible resolution.
6. The works must be signed with a pseudonym.
7. The author must send, in the same email as his work, a file in which he will write down the pseudonym, the title of the caricature, the full name of the author, his address, occupation, telephone number, email address and a brief biographical summary.
8. The works must be sent by email to the following address: caminosdelalibertad@tvazteca.com.mx
9. This call will be valid from today until April 30, 2025.
10. The composition of the jury will remain secret until the publication of the decision.
11. The results of the contest will be announced on the website www.caminosdelalibertad.com. The winners will be notified directly to the address, telephone number or email provided.
12. Those contestants whose works are chosen to be published are obliged to sign the necessary documentation that will be delivered to them at the time.
13. The jury's decision will be final. The prize may be declared void if the jury considers that none of the works submitted is of sufficient quality. The jury will be empowered to resolve any situation related to the contest that is not specified in these rules.
First place: MX$ 30,000
Second place: MX$ 20,000
Third place: MX$ 10,000
These prizes may be collected upon compliance with the tax requirements of Mexico and the contestant's country of origin.
15. Up to seven honorable mentions will be awarded, without a cash prize, for works that, in the opinion of the jury, are of sufficient quality.
16. In the event that the prize published in this call is not claimed within three months from the date of publication on the official Caminos de la Libertad website (www.caminosdelalibertad.com), as well as on its social networks, Caminos de la Libertad may use the amount of said prize for its own purposes, without the winner being able to make any subsequent claim of any kind.
17. Any work that does not comply with the provisions of these rules will be disqualified.
18. Participation in this contest presupposes acceptance of these rules. No awards or prizes will be given, nor will the works of contestants who do not comply with the rules established in this call be published.
For more information, contact: caminosdelalibertad@tvazteca.com.mx or visit the website www.caminosdelalibertad.com (More info on this site).
10.11.24
The madness of war in cartoons 2025, Belgium
The madness of war in cartoons
Participate
All persons over the age of 16 can participate in this event. Anyone who participates in the event agrees to the terms and conditions of the regulations and the decisions of the jury.
Participation is free.
Deadline for entries is: Friday, January 31, 2025, midnight.
Participation conditions
A cartoon can consist of a single image or take the form of a short comic strip. No moving images are allowed.
Maximum 5 entries per person in black and white or colour.
All graphic and photographic techniques are permitted.
The submitted works may already have been published or exhibited.
The entrant remains responsible for the originality of his works.
Discussions and any claims regarding all forms of plagiarism, etc., are the responsibility of the submitter.
Publication right
By participating the cartoonist agrees that the submitted cartoons will be used for an exhibition, video recordings and distribution via Humorratatata ‘s publications & social media . All works, including award-winning works, remain the property of the organizers and will not be returned.
The jury
The jury will only see the cartoons that correspond to the entries that meet the conditions listed under: ‘PARTICIPATION A/ and B/)’.
A professional jury consisting of cartoonists and representatives of our partners will judge the cartoons on the following criteria: artistic value, topicality and content (the theme: the madness of war in cartoons.
Digital submissions
Cartoons can be sent by the submission form (see source)
The names of your cartoons include: artist name, surname, first name, title, email address
The cartoons may have the maximum size of w.3507.9 px x 2480.3 px – DPI: 300 , in .JPEG and .TIFF.
Submissions by post
The cartoons must be drawn on sturdy paper, size 21 cm x 29.7 cm (A4)
On the back of each cartoon you state: the title of the work + surname, first name and address.
Your participation is ONLY VALID if we receive your fully completed form together with your cartoon(s).
You will find the registration form here, so you can fill it out and print it and send it along with your cartoons by post.
Announcement of the selection
The list of selected cartoons will be published on the website in February 2025. The cartoonists will also be able to view their cartoons and those of their colleagues on the website in a virtual exhibition.
Registration Form on source: https://www.cartoontt.org/submit-cartoons/ .
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WORLD PEACE WITH TRUMP!!!???
Dear cartoonist, It goes without saying that the new president of the United States does not mean progress for world peace. The genocide in Gaza will continue to be supported, the lives of migrants in the US will not improve, how the war in Ukraine will be resolved in 1 day remains unclear and the threat of war in Taiwan and against China will not diminish.
HUMORRATATATA does not find this funny and continues to emphasize
“THE MADNESS OF WAR IN CARTOONS”.
During the major exhibition in May 2025, we already anticipate this sub-theme:
WORLD PEACE WITH TRUMP!!!???
We are now launching a call to cartoonists worldwide to submit their cartoon vision on our theme after what has now happened in the US. We look forward to a stream of new cartoons. For submissions all information on how to submit can be found here. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know at info@cartoontt.org .
FYI: So far, more than 80 cartoonists worldwide have submitted more than 300 cartoons.
Looking forward to your response!
Many greetings from the cartoontt team
8.11.24
Similarity / Healing the target: Kudin - Vyaznikov - Khalil
Victor Kudin
Special Prize of The Association of Caricaturists.
Lev Vyaznikov 2014
Filed on Humor Planet.
Raed Khalil
2013 Kragujevac
Filed on Humor Planet.
More similars on source: Karcomics Mizah.
44th Int. Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest 2024 Public Statement Regarding the Results
Sajad Rafeei – Iran (2015)
Mojmir Mihatov – Croatia (Cancelled)
44th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest Public Statement Regarding the Results:
In the 44th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest, which has been organized for 44 years without interruption and has attracted great interest worldwide, it has been determined that the cartoon awarded the grand prize bears a great similarity to a work previously published by another artist. Since this situation is incompatible with the basic principles and ethical values of the competition, the prize of the relevant artist has been canceled.
We apologize to the art community and the public for this situation.
In line with this development, the work ranked second in the competition has been deemed worthy of the grand prize. The other ranked works will be awarded in the same order.
Until today, the aim of our contest has been to support the art of cartooning, to build a bridge between the artists of the world, and to contribute to peace and friendship through the critical power of the art of cartooning. We will continue our work in this direction.
With our deepest regards
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Source: Karikatürcüler Derneği.
Similarity: Licurici - Ciosu
1.11.24
The 13th International Cartoon Contest Exhibition on "Olive" and "Free" themes in Bulgaria
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THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST 2024 EXHIBITION
OPENS IN THE CITY OF GABROVO, BULGARIA
A compilation of cartoons that won awards and were exhibited in the Olive Humor Festival – International Cartoon Contest, which has been traditionally organized by Kyrenia Municipality and the Cypriot Turkish Cartoonists Association for 13 years, was opened with a ceremony on October 24, 2024, under the name of "13th International Cartoon Contest Kyrenia – Cyprus 2024" at the International Humor and Satire Museum, one of the world's most important cartoon and humor institutions, in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.
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Girne Municipality Council Member and Culture and Arts Committee President Ziya Egemen Sencer and Olive Humor Festival Organizing Committee member cartoonist Zafer Tutkulu were present at the opening of the exhibition as guests of the International Humor and Satire Museum.
Representatives of the Gabrovo Municipality; film director, screenwriter and producer Prof. Henri Kulev, member of the Cartoons Department of the Humor Museum Chavdar Georgiev, Bulgarian cartoonists and a large number of guests attended the opening of the exhibition.
The opening of the exhibition was made by Svetlana Mihailova, Public Relations Specialist of the International Museum of Humor and Satire. Deputy Director of the Museum Nela Rachevits, President of the World Federation of Cartoonists' Organizations (FECO - BULGARIA) Ivailo Tsvetkov and Girne Municipality Council Member Ziya Egemen Sencer gave speeches at the opening of the exhibition. The presentation titled "History of the International Olive Cartoon Contest and Reasons for the Transition from Color to Black and White Cartoon" in the exhibition was written by Hüseyin Çakmak.
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Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria)
First Prize (Free Section)
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Following the opening ceremony, Bulgarian cartoonist Ivailo Tsvetkov, who won the Golden Olive Award in the "Free" section of the 13th International Cartoon Contest 2024, was presented with his award by Girne Municipality Council Member Ziya Egemen Sencer.
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The exhibition titled "13th International Cartoon Contest Kyrenia – Cyprus 2024", which includes a total of 50 cartoons, will remain open at the International Museum of Humor and Satire in Gabrovo until February 28, 2025.
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Christakis Skoufaris (Cyprus)
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Hassan Omidi (Iran)
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Konstantin Kazanchev (Ukraine)
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Peter Niuwendijk (Holland)
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Veselin Zidarov (Bulgaria)
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Victor Skopintsev (Russia).
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