Exhibition of cartoons by Iranian women cartoonists opens in Turkey

The exhibition of cartoons by Iranian women cartoonists opened at the gallery of the Association of Cartoonists in Istanbul, Turkey on Monday, October 13, 2008. The Head of Tabriz Cartoon Association, Rahim Baggal Asgari and his wife also attended the opening party with their baby daughter Rose along with several Turkish cartoonists, the executive committee members of their association, and Metin Peker, the Chairman.
22 cartoonists with 34 works are taking part in this exhibition.
The collective exhibition of cartoons by Iranian women cartoonists is open until October 19, 2008.

Shots from the exhibition

Burhanettin Ardagil cartoon exhibition in Bulgaria

Burhanettin Ardagil cartoon exhibition in Bulgaria

Burhanettin Ardagil, the internationally famous Turkish cartoonist, is to exhibit his works in his native town Kircaali in Bulgaria between October 17 - November 16, 2008. The Ardagil cartoon exhibition will take place at the Art Gallery KRIG Trakya 3 Blv. Kircaali, Bulgaria.

Iranian cartoonist Ardeshir Mohasses passed away

Iranian cartoonist Ardeshir Mohasses passed away
Ardeshir Mohassess (also spelt Ardashir Mohases, born on 9 September 1938 in Rasht died 9 October 2008 in New York) was an Iranian illustrator and cartoonist, residing in New York.
IRANCARTOON had Mohasses’s biography in their site as follows:
Ardeshir started his work as a child, drawing the characters from his mother's bedside stories. Today he is not only a prolific Iranian graphic artist, but also one of the most distinguished artists in this field.
Ardeshir was born in 1938 in Rasht in the northwest of Iran. His mother was a poetess and his father was a judge. After receiving his degrees in political science and law from the University of Tehran, he began working with Iranian and international newspapers and magazines, such as Keyhan, Ettelaat, Ayandegan, Ferdousi, The New York Times, Harpers, Jeune Afrique, and Nation.
His work has been featured in leading art magazines, such as Agraphis, Graphic Design, Graphic & Communication Arts, and he has had numerous one-man art shows in Iran, Europe, and the United States. Recently a collection of his works was purchased by the Library of the U.S. Congress to be presented in a show in the near future.
Ardeshir works constantly. He takes his pen and paper everywhere he goes – even to the movie theater, nightclubs, or when he goes to see a circus. The people and daily events are a powerful source of inspiration for his works.
Ardeshir says:
I begin the morning looking at and making sketches from old pictures and photos, Persian miniatures, and old Iranian religious paintings that are full of scenes of beheadings, spears, and scimitars that drip blood on the flowers and grass on the hills in the background. I end the day drawing people in cafes, cabarets, and music halls, dancers and acrobats leaping and jumping.
I arrange my characters in the manner of the colored lights strung above the shops and streets of Iran during the festivals and religious celebrations. If a work requires color, I use the same colors that once decorated the handles of the old meat cleavers and carcasses of lambs in butcher shops.
While I'm drawing, everything I've read or heard goes around in my head. Sometimes I recall an anecdote of the famous poet of Iran, Ahmad Shamlou, related to me. It seems an Arab general, noted for his incredible strength in wielding a sword, could strike with such speed that his victims continued to fight without realizing that they were sliced in half. The general would call out to them, "If you're a man, move!" When they did, they fell into two pieces. Whenever I am involved with a drawing that isn't going the way it should and one of the characters isn't doing what I want him to, I lift my pen from the paper and say softly, "If you’re a man, move."(http://www.irancartoon.ir/artists/categories.php?cat_id=109 )
In his essay “The pen is mightier”, Arsalan Mohammad writes:
... it is Mohasses’s deep-seated insecurity about himself that informs the characteristic perspective of his work – the constant identification with the underdog, the distorted characters, the bitter worldview. While there is a grim humour to many of Mohasses’s pieces, it comes at a price – real flickers of hope, of affirmation or positivity barely come through from his pen and ink pieces. Only in the colour paintings, produced at various phases of his career, do we see a redemption of sorts, through the vivid colours and fleshed-out forms....
Read the complete article at: http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080922/ART/210480103/1007/rss
Also:
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=537450
http://www.irancartoon.com/mohasses/
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/
http://www.haditoons.com/analyse.php?analyse_uid=15
See Ardeshir Mohasses's illustrations & sketches at: http://www.irancartoon.com/100/mohases/index00.htm

48th INTERNATIONAAL CARTOONFESTIVAL KNOKKE-HEIST - BELGIUM

48th INTERNATIONAAL CARTOONFESTIVAL KNOKKE-HEIST - BELGIUM
Regulation 2009
1. PARTICIPATION
This contest is open to anybody aged at least 18. By the simple fact of participating, all contestants accept the conditions and provisions of these regulations and agree to abide by the decisions of the jury. There will be no correspondence about this competition. The Belgian law is applied as far as the tax on the prizes awarded to foreign participants is concerned.
2. DEFINITION
A cartoon is a humoristic drawing. It could be, for instance, a caricature of a famous person, a parody of a real situation or simply a sketch of a comical situation. The cartoon may be a single image or in the form of a short strip. The cartoon may be static (drawn) or moving (computer animated).
3. THEME: NO THEME (free)
4. ENTRIES
a. original drawn cartoons: maximum 5 submissions.
What? black and white or colour. The cartoons may not be accompanied by text. Drawings may also be made digitally and submitted on CD-ROM. They may not have been exhibited in Belgium or awarded a prize abroad. They should be packed flat and unfolded.
How? Dimensions: min. 21 x 30 cm - max. 40 x 60 cm. When submitted on a CD-ROM, the cartoon should be in A4 or A3 format at a resolution of 300 dpi in TIFF format. Works behind glass, framed or mounted with other materials will not be accepted.
b. animated, moving cartoons: maximum 3 animated cartoons with a maximum duration of 15 minutes per animated cartoon.
How? Animations should be submitted on a DVD (PAL). Submissions are not accepted via URL (YouTube, MySpace, Google Video or Quicktime uploads). No demo versions, only the complete cartoon. Works should be in Dutch or English or with subtitles in either of these languages.
c. The entrant guarantees the originality of his/her works. Disputes and potential claims in relation to all forms of plagiarism, etc. are the sole liability of the entrant.
5. ENTRY FORM
Your participation will only be taken into account if your entry form carries your date of birth as well as your signature. Every cartoon must state the surname and first name of the author on the back. Postage must be paid by the participants.
6. PROPERTY RIGHTS
By the mere fact of taking part in the contest, the participants empower the organizing association to make use of their entries for promotional purposes on behalf of the “International Cartoon festival” and the seaside resort of Knokke-Heist (cartoon book, catalogue, publicity in the press and other media, posters, folders, calendar, official gifts by the local authorities and/or the festival’s organizers, etc.)
7. JURY
Among the entries, a jury makes a selection for the exhibition and appoints the prize-winners.
8. ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION
Upon presentation of the receipt of their entries, all contestants will be admitted to the exhibition without charge.
9. PROPERTY OF THE ORGANIZING ASSOCIATION
All award-winning entries will become property of the organizing association. The organizing association will have the option to retain one drawing at the most of every contestant whose work was selected. Article 6. will be applicable.
10. CATALOGUE / CARTOONBOOK
In cooperation with the “Davidsfonds Leuven” a catalogue / cartoon book will be edited according to the technical and financial means. Selected participants are entitled to one catalogue.
11. RETURN MAIL
As from this year cartoons will only be returned if this has been indicated on the registration form. The charges for returning such works as will not become the property of the organizing association will be borne by the latter. The organizers will endeavour to handle the return with the utmost care but cannot be held responsible for loss or damages. CD-ROMs and DVD’s are never returned.
PRIZES:
Golden Hat + 3.500 €
Silver Hat + 2.000 €
Bronze Hat + 1.250 €
Knack Cartoon Award 500 €
Publics Prize 500 €
+ flight and hotel accomodation in Knokke-Heist during openingsweekend
EXHIBITION: 28.06.2009 - 27.09.2009
VERNISSAGE: 27.06.2009
DEADLINE: 12/01/2009
Address: Cultuurcentrum Knokke-Heist vzw Meerlaan, 32, B-8300, Knokke-Heist BELGIUM
Tel: +32.50.630.430 Fax:+32.50.630.429
E-mail: cartoonfestival@knokke-heist.be
Complete regulations

INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FOR THE YOUNG UP TO 18 YEAR OLD - SERBIA

INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FOR THE YOUNG UP TO 18 YEAR OLD - SERBIA
TOPIC - "TOY"
CATEGORIES
1. CARTOON
2. WRITTEN FORM (short story, poem, aphorism)
3. STRIP
PROPOSITIONS
1. CARTOON - Minimum A4 (210 x 297 mm), Maximum A3 (297 x 420 mm), free technique
2. WRITTEN FORM - maximum two typed pages
3. COMIC - original, up to eight tables, free technique
AWARDS
The Jury will award one category each and select five best participants in all three categories to attend Master Class within 15th to 17st January 2009 in Krusevac. Lecturers will be prominent authors.
Works to be signed in full name, family name, address, contact phone and e-mail.
Written works to be send exclusively under a code.
All woks to be properly packed and sent to:
KULTURNI CENTAR KRUSEVAC
MEDJUNARODNI KONKURS ZA MLADE
TOPLICINA br. 2, 37 000 KRUSEVAC, SRBIJA
TEL/FAX: + 381 (37) 423 025, 28 983
The authors will be informed on awards on December 1st, 2008. The Organizer will bear travel and accommodation cost of awarded authors. Festival official languages are Serbian and English.
DEADLINE: November 20th, 2008.

XVII CONTEST GOLDEN HELMET TITLED: SERBIA

GOLDEN HELMET ANNOUNCES XVII CONTEST TITLED: SERBIA
CATEGORIES:
1. CARTOON
2. WRITTEN FORM
- Short story
- Poem
- Aphorism
PROPOSITIONS:
1. CARTOON: ORIGINAL, MIN. A4 (210x297 mm), MAX A3 (297x420 mm), TECHNIQUE FREE
2. WRITTEN FORM: MAXIMUM TWO TYPED PAGES OR UP TO 20 APHORISMS
AWARDS:
CARTOON:
1ST AWARD: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET* ...........1500 €

ONE-MAN EXIBITION IN 2009
2ND AWARD ............................................................ 1000 €
3RD AWARD ............................................................. 700 €
WRITTEN FORM:
SHORT STORY: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET* ......... 500 €
POEM: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET*........................ 500 €
APHORISM: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET* ............... 500 €
DEADLINE: 20.11. 2008.
Only unpublished works will be taken into consideration. Author's short biography, phone number and e-mail addres are obligatory.
Written works to be sent under a code!
Jury decision will be announced on 01.12. 2008.
Awards will be handed at Final Festival Evening on April 1. 2009. The Organizer will bear travel and accommodation cost of awarded authors. Festival official langauges are Serbian and English.
All works remain property of the Festival.
CULTURAL CENTER - KRUSEVAC, INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE ,,GOLDEN HELMET", TOPLICINA 2, 37000 KRUSEVAC, SERBIA
TEL/FAX: +381 (37) 423 025
e-mail: goldenhelmet@ptt.rs ; goldenhelmet@kck.org.rs

International Cartoonfestival Zemst 2009 - Belgium

International Cartoonfestival Zemst 2009 - Belgium
Regulations:
1. Theme: EVE and SPORTS Women and sports: female athletes, female supporters, women who hate
sports etc…
2. The number
2. The number of entries is limited until 5. They shall not have been exhibited or published before.
3. The works have to be sent to the following address:
SPORTIMONIUM, Bloso-domein, for the attention of Kelly Van Laethem, Trianondreef 19, 1981 Hofstade-Zemst (Belgium).
4. The drawings shall have the following dimensions: 210 x 297 mm (DIN A4). The works shall not be provided by a passe-partout, neither be stuck on larger paper. The drawing must mention, on the reverse, the surname, Christian name and address of the participant. The drawings shall not mention subtitles.
5. By virtue of their participation, the participants authorize the organizers to publish some of their works that they have received.
6. The following prizes are foreseen:
1st place: 600 EURO 2nd place: 400 EURO 3rd place: 250 EURO.
7. The prize of public: 150 EURO.
8. By participating the participant lends his works to the organizers for exhibitions. The works received will remain at the disposal of the organizers during one year until August 2011.
9. The entries will only be sent back by the organizers on receiving a written request. The awarded works will become the property of the organizers.
10. Entry till 30 March 2009.
11. Exhibition: 3rd July - 30th August 2009. Opening Friday, 2nd July 2009 at 8 pm.
Complete regulations

Exhibition "Warm Cold" by Cuban cartoonist Alex Falco in Gallery Osijek

On 29 September 2008 opened the 74th exhibition in a row named "Warm Cold" by Cuban cartoonist Alex Falco.
He was born in 1965, Holguín, Cuba, graphic artist, illustrator, designer. He graduated in English language, graduated from various courses for drawing, art, tourism, informatics. He is a member of a couple of associations. In order brochures, promotional materials, visual identity, logos, slogans, web pages, multimedia, presentations, all kinds of marketing in digital form or printanom - his clients are renowned companies, hotels. Participated in different festivals. He had 8 independent and 16 group exhibitions, all in Cuba.

As each month in the Gallery we open exhibitions of the world-known cartoonists and the same opening embellish young people well-known from their circle of activity.
So this time we have had Marina Ban, flute, student of Academy of Art in Osijek and Dunja Paprić, clarinet, the state champion in the discipline clarinet, schoolgirl on a forth year of Music school Franjo Kuhac in Osijek.


The exhibition was opened by a young and successful Ana Zvonar, a student at the Economy University, Osijek.

7th LM International Cartoon Contest 2008 - China

7th LM International Cartoon Contest 2008
The Organizing Committee of the 7th LM International Cartoon Contest invites cartoonists from all over the world to participate in this contest. Beautiful tableaus, lovely sculpting, humorous content and rich sentiment are the criterion of China LM International Cartoon Contest to award prize every year.
Regulation:
1. THEME: Free (Humorous)
2. THE WORKS FOR THE CONTEST:

A) Only original cartoons are accepted. Photographs, Copy, Computer painting, photocopies etc. will not be accepted.

B) The cartoonist's name, address, telephone number and E-mail, must be on the reverse side of each cartoon.

C) Size: Preferable 21 x 29.7 cm or 29.7 x 42 cm.

D) Maximum number of entries: 3.
3. THE WORKS SHOULD BE SENT TO:

Googlm, Jin Ling Zha 21- 603, Nanjing City, p.c.210001, China

TEL: 0086-25-52202120
4. WEB: http://www.googlm.com/ E-MAIL: googlm@126.com
5. DEADLINE: December 22, 2008 (The late works will be accepted as the entries for the 8th LM International Cartoon Contest)
6. FREQUENCY: Annual
7. JURY: The group of judges consists of the organizer, cartoonists, Editor and art scholars. Participants are not allowed to raise any objections to judge determinations.
7. THE PRIZES:

* Grand prize of 1 (Gold Medal, Certificate, Album)

* Gold prize of 4 (Gold Medal, Certificate, Album)

* Silver Prize of 5 (Gold Medal, Certificate, Album)

* Bronze Prize of 5 (Gold Medal, Certificate, Album)

* Prizes for excellence of 100 (Certificate, Album)
8. THE RESULTS AND EXHIBITIONS:

A) The results of the contest will be made public in March 3rd, 2009 on our website: http://www.googlm.com/

B) We will send the medals, certificates and albums for all the winners before May 1st, 2009.

C) The exhibition will be organized from January to October in 2009 in large cities of China for three times between two LM cartoon contests.
9. RIGHTS OF THE ORGANIZER:

A) The organizer can collect the works and put them into an album for publishing, exhibition.

B) The entries can also be expressed in other publication.

C) Artworks: will not be returned. Unite the collections to the Lm Cartoon Museum.

Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions and are aware that their submissions may be reprinted and used without future monetary compensation.
Googlm_2008_Form

Russian editorial cartoonist Boris Jefimov (108) dies Oct 1, 2008

Boris Yefimov (1900-2008), Stalin’s favorite cartoonist passed away aged 108 on Wednesday.
By Nabi Abdullaev

Boris Yefimov, an eminent Soviet political cartoonist who once personally took Josef Stalin’s orders on how to depict U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower, died in Moscow on Wednesday, just two days after President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated him on his 108th birthday.
Yefimov, born Fridland in Kiev in 1900, published his first cartoon, a caricature mocking the White Army General Anton Denikin in 1918, after his elder brother, journalist Mikhail Koltsov, suggested that he start drawing.
From 1922, Yefimov regularly published his cartoons in Pravda and Izvestia newspapers and in the satirical magazine Krokodil. Curiously, Yefimov’s latest job was with Izvestia: On his 107th birthday, he was appointed the newspaper’s chief artist.
Yefimov succeeded in drawing enemies of the Soviet state — first, the top German Nazi officials and particularly Adolf Hitler, whom he drew with a swastika under a sharp nose, and then, during the Cold War, portraying American and British politicians as plump villains with sagging cheeks...
Read the complete obituary

Also:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3118013/Boris-Yefimov.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/boris-yefimov-russian-cartoonist-who-was-a-friend-of-trotsky-and-a-propagandist-for-stalin-948532.html

Final and Definite Result of 1st International Olive Cartoon Contest - Cyprus

1st INTERNATIONAL “OLIVE” CARTOON CONTEST - CYPRUS

THE FINAL AND DEFINITE RESULT OF THE CONTESTThe 1st International “Olive” Cartoon Contest Committee, after consideration of the objection of the participants M. A. from Turkey and A.F. from Russia concluded that the cartoons of the cartoonists Dechko Nikolov(Bulgaria) who won the second prize and the cartoon of the cartoonist Kürşat Zaman (Turkey) who won special award were drawn in the past. Similar cartoons of the above mentioned cartoonists can also be found in the following files and web pages:
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/thl/lowres/thln

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/mgu00901.jpg

http://www.burdurmuzesi.gov.tr/
Due to this situation and result the awards of the above mentioned cartoonists had been cancelled. The cartoonists cartoons which had the highest scores, in the evaluation minutes of the Committee after the above mentioned cartoonists, are decided to get the awards, instead.
The final and definite result of the contest is as follows:

First Prize: Anton Buzetti (Slovenia)
Second Prize: Vladimir Stankovski (Serbia)
Third Prize: Atilla Ozer (Turkey)

SPECIAL PRIZES

"International Journal of Comic Art" Special Prize:

Valentin Georgiev(Bulgaria)

Allesandro Gatto (Italy)

Pavel Constantin (Romania)

“Cartoon Foundation” Special Prize:
Muammer Kotbaş (Turkey)
Igor Vartchenko (Cyprus)
Shirin Gholipoov (Iran)
Yuri Manaev (Russia)
Paolo Dalponte (Italy)
Heidi Trautmann (North Cyprus).

MUNICIPALITY OF GIRNE
CYPRIOT-TURKISH CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
See more prize-winning cartoons on
http://kozyurt.blogspot.com/2008/10/1-uluslararas-zeytin-karikatr-yarmas.html

16th Dutch International Cartoonfestival - The Netherlands

16th Dutch International Cartoonfestival - The Netherlands
Theme: Feeding & Education (2000 years Men & Education)
Number of works: Max. 7 works. Each entry must state the name and address of the author on the verso of the drawing.
Originals as well as computer prints, screen prints or good quality copies are welcome. Originals will be sent back on request.
Size: Maximum A4 (19 x 28 cm)
Prizes:
First Prize: € 1000 + trophy
Secon Prize: € 750 + trophy
Third Prize: € 500 + trophy
Public Award: € 250 + certificate
FECO Award: € 250 + trophy
TULIP Award: € 250 + trophy
KEVER Award: € 250 + certificate
4 Special Mentions: certificate
Markiezen Award 2009
The works received will be insured by the organizers, equal to the value indicated by the cartoonist on the entry-form. If the value of the cartoon is not indicated, the works will be insured for € 40 Euro each.
Selected cartoonists will receive a free sample of the catalogue.
Regulations & Entry Form
Deadline: December 31, 2008
Address: 16th DUTCH CARTOONFESTIVAL, POSTBOX 2180, 1180 ED AMSTELVEEN, The NETHERLANDS

Exhibition "Masters of ZEMUN and Collection Crihana"

Exhibition "Masters of ZEMUN and Collection Crihana" 15-29 October 2008

The exhibition brings together ten cartoonists, illustrators of domestic and international politics in Serbia and Romania. The works come from two private collections of the two countries, namely, Salon International Caricature Zemun collection and collection of Galatean cartoonist Florian Doru Crihana.

International cartoon Saloon Zemun was founded in 1995 and quickly became known in the world, and now is living in a selective manner, that is participation is based on special invitation. Thus, the event was posted by salons and festivals in the cartoon world, dominated debut artists and amateurs.

"Collection Crihana" was founded in 2000, through acquisitions and exchanges of works that cartoonist Florian Doru Crihana did with Romanian authors in particular, but also with colleagues abroad. In only 4 years, the collection was presented to Cartoon Museum in Warsaw and the House of Humor and Satire in Gabrovo. Florian Doru Crihana organized with his collection over 80 exhibitions in Galati, Bucharest, Warsaw, Gabrovo, Bielefeld, Istanbul, Urziceni, Gura Humorului, Oostende.

Ten cartoonists who exposed in the Romanian Literature Museum are particularly active in Serbia and Romania. They are: Slobodan Srdic, Dusan Gadjanski, Vladan Nikolic, Vlado Volas, Slobodan Obradovic, Devis Grebu, Octavian Bour, Constantin Ciosu, Mihai Panzaru-PIM, Dan Silviu Turculet. Among the Serbian artists are the great masters Slobodan Obradovic and Slobodan Srdic with over 50 years of activity in every area and the Romanian cartoonists Devis Grebu, Octavian Bour and Constantin Ciosu with a long activity in Romania and the West - Devis Grebu, for instance, the illustrator and a columnist at the daily newspaper with a presence for decades in famous publications Le Monde, The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and more.

The exhibition is the third in the series of Serbo-Romanian presentations. The first two took place in 2006 the "Exhibit Serbia - Romania" and in 2007 the "Serbia vs. Crihana" exhibition.

See works at: http://colectiacrihana.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/artistii/