Results Cartoon contest Zielena Gora 2011, Poland, with theme "Library"

Cartoon contest Zielena Gora 2011 - Poland / Results:
Thema: BIBLIOTHEK.
743 cartoon / 334 cartoonist / 51 country.
Jury:
Julian Bohdanowicz (Polska) - cartoonist (pres. jury)
Ryszard Błażyński (Polska) - LSMDK DEBIUT, honor. director Contest
Andrzej Buck (Polska) – WiMBP Zielona Gora / director City Bibliothek
Jerzy Głuszek – cartoonist
Lubomir Lichy (Czech rep.) – cartoonist
Michał Ogórek (Polska) – journalist
Krzysztof Rutkowski (Polska) – journalist
Alicja Błażyńska - LSMDK DEBIUT (jury sekretair).
Results:
GRAND PRIX - Witold Mysyrowicz (Poland)
I. prize - Grigori Katz (Israel)
II. prize - Paweł Kuczyński (Poland)
III. prize - Kfir Weizman (Israel)

Winning Cartoons:

GRAND PRIX nr 703

I . prize. nr 454

II prize. nr 467

III prize nr 235.
(Alicja Błażyńska - Sekretarz LSMDK DEBIUT)
This report forwarded by i. h. Many thanks Ivan.

Ginger Meggs coin celebrating 90 years

This report from Australian Cartoonists' Association http://www.cartoonists.org.au/:
The Perth Mint have today released a commemorative 1oz Silver Australian $1 coin to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Australia's favourite boy, Ginger Meggs.
It's not everyday an Australian comic strip character is featured on a coin. Ginger Meggs, created by James C Bancks, first appeared in 1921 and remains the longest-running and most popular comic strip in Australian history, running in 34 countries worldwide.
The coin features an homage to Bancks' 1945 Sunbeams Annual (Series 22) cover, which featured Ginger Meggs on the back of a kangaroo with his dog, Mike and his pet monkey, Tony.
The obverse portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2011 year-date and is issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965.
Check out the Ginger Meggs coin at http://www.perthmint.com.au/

International Cartoon Contest: 4th Salon of Humour Bacau 2011, Romania

Source: licurici

Master Turkish caricaturist, painter, and architect Gungor Kabakcioglu passes

The famous Turkish caricaturist, painter, architect, and writer, Gungor Kabakcioglu passed away in Istanbul today, June 27, 2011.
Born in Serik, Antalya, Turkey, on Sep 9, 1933, Gungor Kabakcioglu was educated in Izmir and Istanbul, graduating as an architect from the National Fine Arts Academy in 1961. He worked for BP and Kervansaray companies for 20 years as an architect. Then he co-owned the advertising agency Hasajans where he was also the art director for 18 years. He received awards in architecture, painting, poster, and cartoon competitions.
First work of cartoons published in 1949 in Izmir (Anadolu newspaper) and in Istanbul (Dogan Kardes, the children’s magazine). He painted a lot of children’s books (Varlik publishing) and book covers (Dost publishing), also large pictures and cartoons on walls of hotels, restaurants, cinemas, and other social buildings.
Gungor Kabakcioglu had several solo exhibitions of caricatures, cartoons and paintings. Made political cartoons for the newspapers Tercuman, Aksam, Gunes, and strip cartoons for Yeni Yuzyil and Gunes as well.

A hardworking and prolific artist, he published his work in many periodicals and collected some in books: Karikatur Albumu (1955, 2002), Portreler (1994), Karikaturcu Portreleri (2002), Sakipname (2002).

See a few images of his works at http://karikaturculerdernegi.com/2011/01/bir-sanatci-agabey-gungor-kabakcioglu/

Results 16th International Cartoon Exhibition Zagreb 2011 with theme "Vices"

The 16th International Exhibition of Cartoons ZAGREB 2011, Croatia, has seen the arrival of 744 works of 331 authors from 61 countries.
WINNERS
1st Prize: SAŠA DIMITRIJEVIĆ, Serbia
2nd Prize: MIKHAIL ZLATKOVSKY, Russia
3rd Prize: GRAHAME ARNOULD, Canada
Special Mentions:
DARKO DRLJEVIĆ, Montenegro
VLADIMIR STANKOVSKI, Serbia
NIK TITANIK, Croatia
MIKHAIL ZLATKOVSKY, Russia
HUGO NEMET, Serbia.
See all prize-winning cartoons at http://www.hdk.hr/ soon.

Israeli prize-winning cartoonists boycott Haifa International Cartoon Contest

Leaving the Haifa International Cartoon Contest
For more than 15 years we took part at the Haifa International Cartoon Contest as participants or as judges.
With a great sorrow we note that during the last years, this event gradually deteriorated from professional and organizational point of view.
It's impossible to list here all faults caused by bad selection and careless judging, but results are talking by themselves.
A lot of our friends, well known cartoonists, agree with our feeling, position, and with this statement.
Members of Israeli cartoonist association will not participate in this event.
We tried to discuss those issues with the organizers, but they were not willing to do so.
Therefore we've decided not to take part at the Haifa International Cartoon Contest this year.
Israeli prize-winning cartoonists
Boris ERENBURG
Sergey SICHENKO
Ilya KATZ
Grigory KATZ
Gennady LITINSKY
(June 21, 2011 http://cartoonall.blogspot.com/).