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