Similarity: Lubomir Mihailov 1979 - Alireza Nosrati 2016

Source: Jovcho Savov on facebook.

Results II International Exhibition of Graphic Humor of Pernambuco 2016, Brazil

Results II International Exhibition of Graphic Humor of Pernambuco 2016, Brazil
with themes "Human Rights" and "Human Rights Thinkers".

JURY:
Angel Boligan
Marilena Nardi
Cau Gomez
Carlos Amorim
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WINNERS / CARTOON

1st Prize - Silvano Mello - Brazil (Top)

2nd Prize - Alireza Nosrati - Iran

Honorable Mention - Xavier Bonilla - Equador

Honorable Mention - Konstantin Kazanchev - Ucraine.

WINNERS / CARICATURE

1st Prize - Joaquín Aldeguer - Aristóteles - Spain

2nd Prize - Junior Lopes - Ariano Suassuna - Brazil

Honorable Mention - Omar Figueroa Turcios - Stephen Hawking - Spain

Honorable Mention - José Miguel Bahena Méndez - Marx - Mexico.
Source: sihgpe & sihgpe.

Mahboobeh Pakdel, the Iranian artist, wins PortoCartoon 2016, Portugal

Iranian artist wins PortoCartoon

Mahboobeh Pakdel, from Iran, with the works "Emigration" (Top), won the Grand Prize of the 18th PortoCartoon - "The global understanding", organized by the Portuguese Printing Press Museum.
The Second Prize was awarded to Muhittin Koroglu, from Turkey.
The Third Prize ex-aequo was awarded to Plantu (France), with the work entitled "Long live Utopia!", and to Mihai Ignat (Romania). The works of Plantu, cartoonist of the front page of Le Monde, has all the text in Portuguese. Koroglu and Ignat had already won the PortoCartoon Grand Prize in 2003 (theme: Water) and 2009 (theme: Crisis), respectively.
This year's edition included two special awards caricature, in tribute to the immortal figure of the cinema, Charlie Chaplin and international model Sara Sampaio. The winners were, respectively, Cau Gomez (Brazil) and Marzio L. Mariani, of (Italy).
The high quality of the works led the international jury to award 12 Honorable Mentions to artists from different countries such as: Brazil, Spain, Iran (2), Israel, Italy, Mexico (2), Portugal, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.
In appreciation were about 1800 works of nearly 500 artists coming from 60 countries from all continents.
Iran is the country with the largest participation: more than two hundred works of 60 cartoonists, followed by Romania, Brazil, Turkey, Portugal, China, Serbia and Ukraine.
With this 18th edition, PortoCartoon strengthens its place on the international podium of competitions of humor drawing and shows the relevance of Porto as the “capital of the cartoon”, since 2008.
The International Jury of the 18th PortoCartoon had as Honorary President Georges Wolinski, Charlie Hebdo’s cartoonist murdered in January 2015 in Paris, who had been President to the Jury for a decade. The members of the Jury of PortoCartoon 2016 were: Bernard Bouton (president of FECO), Luís Humberto Marcos (Director of the Portuguese Printing Press Museum), Luís Mendonça (representative of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto), Roberto Merino (stage director) and Xaquin Marin (founder of Fene Humor Museum, Spain).
The winners of the 18th PortoCartoon will receive trophies (designed by Siza Vieira) and their prizes during the exhibition opening ceremony to be held in the Portuguese Printing Press Museum, in June.
The importance of the main theme of PortoCartoon 2016 in line with the UNESCO designation for 2016 as the Year of the Global Understanding, and the high quality of work was underlined by the members of the Jury, at the press conference held at the Portuguese Printing Press Museum.
04/April/2016.
Source: cartoonvirtualmuseum.

Caricature Exhibition in Cairo, Egypt: Tagore and Mahfouz

The Indian Embassy in Cairo in cooperation with the Egyptian Caricature Association are pleased to announce that a Caricature exhibition will be held within "Rabindranath Tagore" celebration events that the embassy is about to start.
Theme:
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore and Naguib Mahfouz
All artworks to be prepared at 300 dpi. Size A3 (297mm x 420mm) in JPG format.
Send your cartoons via the following e-mail address: egyptcartoon2014@yahoo.com
Deadline: 15th April 2016
To be held in 8th May 2016
In The Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation...

XVIII International Open Cartoon Contest - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Zielona Góra 2016

 

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Witty World founder Joseph George Szabo passed away on February 2, 2016

Joseph George Szabo of North Wales Joseph George Szabo, 65, of North Wales, PA, passed away Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 at his home, just two days shy of his 66th birthday.
Joe was born February 4th, 1950 in Budapest, Hungary to Jozsef and Erzsebet (Solyom) Szabo. He graduated from the Academy of Journalism in 1974. On July 19, 1975 he married the former Flora Toth of Budapest, Hungary. In 1980, the couple took the brave leap in fleeing the communist country in search of freedom. Joe worked as a writer and editor for various companies, including WittyWorld, an international cartoon magazine he founded.
He was a passionate risk taker, boundless world traveler, and world-class debater. He never once lost an argument. Joe’s friends described him as having an infectious personality with a continuous thirst for knowledge. He had a life-long love affair with politics, swimming and collecting artifacts from the various countries he’d visited.
Joe has launched a variety of print and electronic publications, mostly dedicated, but not limited, to the fine and diverse representation of cartoon art. The former editor, art director, and cartoonist with reputable European and U.S. national newspapers and magazines, was the organizer and chairman of an international cartoon festival that drew professionals to Budapest, Hungary, from over thirty countries.
Among Szabo’s cherished works is “The Finest International Political Cartoons of our Time” series that showcases socio-political cartoons from nearly 60 countries by many world-renowned cartoonists, including fourteen recipients of the Pulitzer Prize. His most widely recognizable publication, *WittyWorld International Cartoon Magazine*, reached 103 countries for over a decade. Szabo is the recipient of twelve international awards, including an International Press Prize from Belgium and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Mexico.
(Memories of Joe Szabo shared by his long-time close friend Joe Bekesi, excellent cartoonist and caricaturist from Budapest, Hungary).
Source: bestcartoons.