Visual Intifada: exhibition of Palestine cartoonist Naji Al Ali in Ravenna, Italy

Visual Intifada: exhibition of Palestine cartoonist Naji Al Ali http://visualintifada.blogspot.com/
From 16th January 2009 to 14th February 2009
Open: Monday to Sunday, 10 am to 1 pm \ 4 pm to 8 pm. Closed Thursday afternoon.
Opening Friday 16th at 6 pm. The debate on Palestine with Tahar Lamri, Alessandro Taddei, Elettra Stamboulis will follow
Galleria Mirada – Libreria Interno 4 Via Mazzini 83 Ravenna
National Council of Palestine - In: Tom, Dick, Harry, Huey, Dewey Louie. Out: Democracy
Naji Al Ali is the creator of Handala, the young Palestine boy who always turns the shoulder to the reader.
Naji Al Ali (Palestine 1937 – London 1987) did more than 40.000 illustrations published in several Arab countries. He was killed under mysterious circumstances in summer 1987, in London where he was in exile. The exhibition shows some works translated into Italian by Tahar Lamri, Algerian writer who lives in Ravenna.
You can buy the reproductions of his works. The money will be donated to the hospitals run by Mustafa Barghouti - “The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees” http://www.pmrs.ps/last/index.php - in Cisgiordania and Gaza Strip. People who wish use the exhibition for the same purpose can contact Associazione Mirada.
You can download Naji Al Ali’s works here. http://www.inguine.net/visualintifada/vignette.zip
Visual Intifada is a project born after the invasion of Israel and its army into Palestinian territory and denounces the widespread and devastating silence of the last weeks. http://visualintifada.blogspot.com/
This report by Gianluca Costantini.

Meeting of Cartoon Museum Directors 2009, Eskisehir - Turkey

It is planned to hold an international meeting between 30 September - 2 October 2009 to enable communication and interaction among the directors of cartoon museums in the world by Anadolu University Research Center for Cartoon Art, Eskisehir, Turkey. For details: http://www.krk.anadolu.edu.tr/karw/muze/

First International Cartoon Competition of Ethiopia with free theme

ETHIOPIA CARTOON
First International Cartoon Competition of Ethiopia
Subject: Free
Number of works: max 3 - 200 dpi
E-mail to send work: ethiopiacartoons@yahoo.com
Rewards:
First prize: 3000 $ and statue
Second prize: 2000 $ and statue
Third prize: 1000 $ and statue
Five of best works will get 500 $ and statue.
Deadline: January 30th
The book will surely publish and will be sent to all of contestants.
The website of this competition will come soon.
Source

14th International Cartoon Exhibition ZAGREB 2009 - Croatia

THE CROATIAN CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION 14th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION ZAGREB 2009
A. PARTICIPATION
The organizer of the 14th International festival of cartoon ZAGREB 2009 is the Croatian Cartoonist Association. The festival is opened for everyone regardless of nationality, age, sex, or profession.
B. THEME: BASIC HUMAN NEEDS (food, drink, clothing, sex ...)
C. ENTRIES
Conditions of entry:
1. Original works and digital artwork will be accepted. Digital artwork is to be numbered in pencil on the front and pencil signed.
2. Entries can be either black and white or coloured.
3. There should be the name, the surname and the adress on the reverse side of cartoons.
4. The cartoons must not have been previously awarded on festivals.
5. Maximum 3 entries will be submitted.
6. Size of entries is A4 or A3 format.
D. DEADLINE: Entry deadline is the 25th of April 2009.
E. ADDRESS: CROATIAN CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION, SAVSKA CESTA 100, 10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA
F. PRIZES AND AWARDS:
First Prize: 1.000 EUR
Second Prize: 500 EUR
Third Prize: 300 EUR
Five Special mentions
G. EXHIBITION: The exhibition will take place in Gallery Klovićevi dvori in Zagreb on the 16th of June 2009.
H. OTHER CONDITIONS:
Authors of works that qualify to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition cataloque.
Only on explicit request will remaining (original) works be returned to the owners at the expense of the organizers.
The organizer reserves the right to reproduce the works sent to the festival, Zagreb 2009, as the advertising material without being obliged to pay a fee to an author whose work may be used.
The prize-winning works become property of the organizer.
Entry form on http://www.hdk.hr/
E-mail: hrvdrukar@gmail.com

Results XIII Salon of Humor "Santa Clara 2008" - Cuba

Meeting in the city of Santa Clara (Cuba), on the twentieth day of December 2008, the jury made up of Isel Chacon Diaz, director of the Museum of Humor, Aristides Hernandez Guerrero (Ares), cartoonist, and chaired by Thomas Rodriguez Zayas (Tomy), cartoonist, after analyzing the works, decided to grant the following awards:
International participants
- Third Prize: Jurij Kosobukin, Ukraine
- Second Prize: Omar Figueroa Turcios, Colombia
- First Prize: the author signed TC (Tawan Chuntra?)
National participants
Humor general
- Second Prize: Enrique Lacoste Prince
- First Prize: Martirena Alfredo Hernandez
Erotic Humor
- Mention: Pedro Mendez Suarez
- Third Prize: Douglas Nelson Perez (Chispa)
- Second Prize: Miguel Angel Mora Mendoza
- First Prize: Adalberto Linares Diaz
Report: Melaito Suplemento Humor
Source: NANDO
Translation support: Google Language Tools

This e-card for the New Year 2009 by Laco Torma is from Ivan Hanousek

Laco Torma