TURHAN Selçuk passes away March 11, 2010 in Istanbul

The doyen of Turkish cartoonists, Turhan Selçuk dies in Istanbul early this morning March 11, 2010 at 01.30 h at Acibadem Maslak Hospital where he had two operations since he was hospitalized on March 7. He was one of the co-founders of the Association of Cartoonists in Turkey in 1969 along with Semih Balcioglu and Ferit Ongoren.
Turhan Selçuk was born in 1922 in Milas, Mugla, Turkey. His comics character Abdulcanbaz is as famous as his political cartoons. He has still been doing editorial cartoons for Cumhuriyet newspaper.
See his works at
http://www.sanalmuze.org/sergiler/contentxy.php?sergi=397&ic=90&pg=0
http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/karikaturculer.asp?id=4159
http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/?im=galeri&kid=704&sn=1#sd

Miniature CV-catalog of Sadegh Bagheri from Tabriz, Iran

Sadegh Bagheri is a cartoonist friend from Tabriz, Iran. I met him on his visit to the Association of Cartoonists in Istanbul a couple of months ago. He has a miniature catalog of selections from his graphic work, cartoons, and illustration. Several posters of international cartoon festivals in Tabriz are designed by Bagheri. Here are some cartoons from his CV-catalog of 36 pages and size 15.4x10.6 cm. More at his website: http://www.sadeghcartoon.com/

CCWPF International Editorial Cartoon Competition 2010

The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom 10th International Editorial Cartoon Competition
1. The theme for the 10th International Editorial Cartoon Competition is:
The « right » not to be offended is not a right.
In Canada, Mark Steyn is brought before three different Human Rights Tribunals for allegedly “insulting Islam”.
Meanwhile at the United Nation’s Human Rights Commission, Arab states have for years attempted to make that a crime.
What started out with a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for insulting Mohamed and was dismissed by many as an isolated incident, culminated years later with the assassination of Theo Van Gogh in the streets of Amsterdam for the same offense.
In Denmark, cartoonists still fear for their life for having drawn Mohamed in newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
Meanwhile in Ireland, blasphemy is now a criminal offence.
How can we encourage vigorous debate while being respectful of religious sensibilities?
2. Prizes: three prizes will be given: a first prize of $1500, a crystal trophy, plus a Certificate from Canadian UNESCO, a second prize of $750 plus a certificate, and a third of $500 and certificate. All sums are in Canadian dollars. Ten additional cartoons will receive an ‘Award of Excellence.’ Regrettably no financial remuneration accompanies the Awards of Excellence.
3. Only one cartoon will be accepted from each cartoonist. It may be either in colour or black & white and must not have previously won an award.
4. The size of the cartoon should not exceed A4; 21 by 29.2 cm; or 8.50 by 11 inches.
5. The cartoonist’s name, address and telephone number must be included in the e-mail to which the cartoon is attached. A short biography of the Cartoonist should also be provided.
6. The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom shall have the rights to use any of the cartoons entered in the Competition for promotion of our World Press Freedom Day Luncheon on May 3. Entrance by the cartoonist in this Cartoon competition is deemed acceptance of this condition.
7. The winners of the Cartoon Competition will be announced at the World Press Freedom Day Luncheon held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2010 and will be advised by e-mail.
The winning names and their cartoons will be posted on the CCWFP web site: http://www.ccwpf-cclpm.ca/
8. The best 30 cartoons will be exhibited at the Luncheon.
The deadline for reception of cartoon is 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 20th, 2010.
Send submission by e-mail to: info@ccwpf-cclpm.ca
The cartoon should be in jpg format at 300 dpi.

ANTE PORTAS, the cartoon project book from Macedonia

ANTE PORTAS is a cartoon-book published in Skopje in 2008. There are 92 cartoons (including the front cover caricature by Predrag Koraksic) in this book of 72 pages and size 22x22 cm. The project belongs to free-lance artist Delcho Mihajlov and the publishing of the book is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia.
In his introductory essay "Balkan Ante Portas" says Mr Mihajlov:
"I had previously designed the project Ante Portas as "Before the Gates of EU and NATO," but I soon realized that the phenomenon of the gate was rather elliptical: whose gate, in fact, would we find ourselves before? Would EU and NATO become afraid of some great threat and exclaim: "The Balkans Ante Portas!" It is much too simple to believe that by opening a gate we can find ourselves inside EU and NATO. What if we try, and to our great dismay, find the gate closed? Then we remain locked inside our own walls. We all know the key is under the mat, but the mat is Ante Portas, outside."
The second essay in the book is longer and is titled "The Cartoon Ante Portas". Here writes the author, Zarko Kujundziski:
"The project Ante Portas consists of a series of cartoons on the theme "Before the gates of EU and NATO" created by authors from the independent Balkan states that belonged to the former Yugoslav federation, which now gravitate toward Europe and the world as independent subjects.
The gate is taken as a metaphor which unites two wide categories of meaning: border/obstacle and crossing/waiting. The first divides us into Us and Them, whereas the second leaves open the possibility of Us becoming Them. It is important that the metaphorical divide is not a simple door, but a gate. One can break the door with the head, but the gate can leave one with a broken head."

Delcho Mihajlov

Spiro Radulovic

Ivan Haramija

Dragan Rumencic

Dusan Ludvig

Milos Panic

Miro Stefanovic

International Aid of Snail’s Graphical Humor 2010 - Spain

Source: feco-spain

International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic Suceava 2010

The International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic, MONITORUL de Suceava, the 4rd Edition, 2010
The Bucovina Museum Complex from Suceava (Romania) invites you to participate to the International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic Monitorul de Suceava, the 4rd Edition, 2010. The Monitorul de Suceava is important newspaper from Suceava city http://www.monitorulsv.ro/ .
1. The International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic has as theme: “Journalist in 2010”
2. We address to all the professional and amateurs cartoonists regardless their age from all over the world.
3. The number of sent cartoons is maximum five.
4. Please attach in .DOC format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and first name, exact address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV).
5. The exhibition prizes is:
- Prize Monitorul de Suceava = 500 € + diploma + gold medal
- Three mentions = diploma + medal.
6. The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: contact@artboa.ro and they must be of 300 dpi minimum resolution, A4 format, realized in any technique: black and white or colour;
OR the cartoons must be sent at the address:
Complexul Muzeal Bucovina Suceava, Str. Ştefan cel Mare, no.: 33, Suceava, cod: 720003, Romania.
7. All the events of the exhibition will be published in the web page of the Monitorul de Suceava http://www.monitorulsv.ro/. Newspaper Monitorul de Suceava reserves the right to publish works in advertising purposes. All the artists who will enter the saloon will receive the virtual catalogue of the exhibition.
8. If you want to participate at this event, please send your cartoons until 15th of September 2010.
9. The exhibition will be opened for the public in November 2010.
10. The sent cartoons can be bought by the public, that is why please note the price for each original work in order to receive the equivalent of the cartoon.
Members of Jury:
Mihai Panzaru PIM - cartoonist
George Licurici - cartoonist
Ovidiu Ambrozie Borta BOA- cartoonist
Constantin-Emil URSU - Director Complex Museum Bucovina Suceava.
Source: dum-dum

Let’s comics! 2010 competition on multicultural societies

Are you ready to comic your world?!
Four Italian and Lebanese associations - COSV, Insan Association, Najdeh and Samandal - have teamed up to create a contest where professional and non-professional comic writers and artists can submit their work. The contest, named “Let’s comics! 2010” is launched today - March 2nd, 2010 - and it will be running till May 31st, 2010. The contest will channel together the creativity of Euro-Mediterranean youth, addressing cartoonists aged 18-30 years old, and it will select up to 8 winners who will be invited to Lebanon for a week.
The four NGO’s are asking the participants to comic their personal point of view about “Multicultural Societies”, in the framework of the project “A comics competition on multicultural societies”, funded by the Delegation of the European Union in Lebanon. Entries must be original and unpublished comics, and they’ll be selected by an international jury of artists and comic experts.
Winners will be invited to attend a workshop in Beirut on comics as a tool of intercultural dialogue, and their work will be exhibited during a final event organized in Shatila Camp. The best stories will be considered as well for future publications.
All interested over/underage cartoonists are more than welcome! Even if not entitled to win, their work be evaluated and it could be exhibited in the final event in Beirut in a special section, as well as judged for upcoming publications.
Find all information and download the application form on www.letscomics.org/ .
www.cosv.org/

4th Guangxi City College International Cartoon Contest

4th China Guangxi City College International Cartoon Contest 2010
1) Theme: Future - Outer Space - Technology
2) Host: Guangxi City College
Sponsor: FreeCartoonsWeb (http://www.fcwfcw.com/)
3) Deadline: September 28th, 2010 (The arrival of the works)
4) Entries:
(1) Size: min A3 (297 mm - 210 mm)
(2) Quantity: Unlimited.
(3) Works must be the hand drawing original by cartoonists, the ways of representation are free. Pictures with color or black & white are both allowed, it would be better if the works are good for exhibition. Computer working pictures are not accepted in this contest.
(4) Works must be drawn independently.
(5) Please sign the themes, author's names, address & postal code, E-mail address at the back of the pictures.
5) Mail to:
(1) Mail address: Li Lin, 2010 Guangxi City College International Cartoon Contest Committee, NO.339 Fusui Street, Fusui County, Guangxi Province, 532100, China.
(2) Please mail the original works, recommend to use the big envelope. Do not pucker the pictures! Any production which is broken during mailing would not participate in the exhibition.
(3) Please fill in the Entry-Form, mail together with the works.
6) Jury & Adviser & Secretariat:
President of Judgment Committee: Huang Qigong (China)
Members: Xia Dachuan (China), Massoud Shojai Tabatabai (Iran), Yuriy Kosobukin (Ukraine), Rudy Gheysens (Belgium).
Adviser: Xu Pengfei
Secretary General: Huang Qigong
Vice Secretary General: Jiang Lidong, Zhang Wei.
7) Choosing and Presenting works:
The contest organization committee will invite the domestic and foreign renowned cartoonists to form the appraisal committee, who will discuss and elect the excellent works, simultaneously, they will host the corresponding evaluation work on the line too.
After the election had ended, we will invite the cartoonists who got the prizes and the appraisal committee to come to the Guangxi City College or the Guangxi Museum to attend the contest presentation ceremony, please pay attention to the announcement of media by the organization committee.
8) Copyrights:
Guangxi City College has the following rights to the participative works: (1)The works will be displayed permanently on the website of Guangxi City College; (2) The works can be collected, published, and displayed or auctioned in public; (3) The works can be published in other media and publications; (4) The organization unit can authorize others' legitimate applications.
All participative authors regarded as tacitly approve this contest rule.
9) Awards:
Gold Medal (1 person): RMB 18800 Yuan+Certificate+Album
Silver Medal (2 persons): RMB 8800 Yuan+Certificate+Album
Copper Medal (4 persons): RMB 3800 Yuan+Certificate+Album
Best Network Human Spirit Prize (1 person): RMB 6800 Yuan+Certificate+Album Excellent Prize (20 persons): Certificate+Album
Being Selected (200 persons): Certificate+Album.
10) Contact:
Guangxi City College website: http://www.gxccedu.com/
Contest organization committee official website: www.gxccfy.com/cartoon
Organization committee office email: cygjmh2007@163.com
Contest organization committee address: Guangxi City College International Cartoon Contest Organization Committee, NO.339 Fusui Street, Fusui, 532100, Guangxi, China (apart from Nanning international airport 28 kilometers)
Contact person: Huang Qigong (telephone: 0086-13878868045) (China).
Source: http://www.tabrizcartoons.com/en/detail.asp?ID=1493

My entry in Jaka bede ... 2010 - Poland

Seems my entry arrived in Poland in a week's time since I posted it by air-mail on February 13 very late in the evening. Now the work is on display for the visitors of the exhibition site.
See all entries at http://jaka.krzyskow.pl/catalog,pl,prace_2010,3.html .

Water International Cartoonet (By email) contest 2010

The 1st International Water Cartoon Contest 2010 - Iran
Rules:
1.We address to all the professional and amateur cartoonists regardless their age from all over the world.
2.The Tehran province Water & Wastewater Company and Iranian house of cartoon invite you to participate in Water International Cartoonet (By email) contest-2010
3.Theme: Water / Best usage of Water
4.The number of sent cartoons is 5.
5.Please attach in .doc format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and first name, address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV).
6.Prizes:
- First prize: 3000 US$, Trophy and Honorable Mention
- Second prize: 2000 US$ , Trophy and Honorable Mention
- Third prize: 1000 US$ , Trophy and Honorable Mention
- 3 Honorable Mentions.
7.The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: watercartoon@yahoo.com and they must be of 200 dpi resolution, 1500 Pixel (Horizontal or Vertical) and JPG format. (Please do not send Zip or rar Format!)
8.The cartoons will be published in the web pages: http://www.irancartoon.com/ & http://www.irancartoon.ir/
9.All the artists who will enter the exhibition, will receive the catalogue of the contest.
10.Deadline: April 20, 2009 (?)
Thank you for participation
Tel: (+98 21) 22868600
Fax: (+98 21)22846928
Source: http://www.irancartoon.com/2010/contest/watercontest2010.htm

4th International Zagreb Exhibition of CARicature 2010

4th International Zagreb Exhibition of Car Caricature 2010 - Croatia
Honored Caricaturists (and all those who want to become one)
This year 4th International Zagreb car caricature exhibition 2010 marks the 112th anniversary of the car`s first appearance in Croatia. The car was driven by Count Marko Bombelles to his home in Vinica near Varaždin. Since those early days, in all its guises, the car has become an essential part of everyday life. “His Majesty”, the car, has become so necessary for work and play that it is difficult to imagine any activity which does not involve the use of an automobile. From basic functions such as travelling to and from work, to every other type of economic, sport, cultural, political, recreational, tourist, health, military, police or “romantic” pursuit. It is omnipresent, ever desirable and IRREPLACEABLE! Life without a car is unimaginable. We ask ourselves how did we manage to live without the car for thousands of years.
With message and slogan of this years exhibition: ”WITH CAR INSPECTION YOU CONTRIBUTE IN PRESERVATION OF OUR ECOLOGY”.
So our focus this year as well as a theme is going to be
CAR INSPECTION AND CAR VALIDATION CHECK.
With this theme we want to interest authors from around the world to warn public of a need to preserve nature.
This is a fantastic opportunity for caricaturists from all around the world to “speak up” through their drawings and show advantages and disadvantages of their majesty – the Car.
The main sponsors for this year 4th International Zagreb Car Caricature Exhibition are the City Government. They will be presenting the Grand Prix prize. Croatian Automobile Club (HAK) – Zagreb Branch will be awarding the First Place Prize. There will be two more prizes (special acknowledgement) and 7 special recognitions. The other sponsors will be revealed on the opening day.
This exhibition provides Zagreb and Croatia with an annual cultural and artistic show which is rapidly attracting international followers - with a theme instantly recognizable by all – cars in our daily work and life.
Opening of 4th exhibition will take place in Zagreb in a lobby of City Government as a part of World Environment Day celebration. Please send your caricatures and application forms to the following address:
Huna d.o.o, SREBRNJAK 55, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
To be submitted by 23rd of April 2010.
We are looking forward to receiving your entry and meeting you at the exhibition. Thank you for your participation and cooperation. We hope your caricature will be selected for the exhibition and the catalogue!
Full details, terms and conditions and application forms are available on the organi zer’s web page www.huna.hr, and in co-operation with the Croatian Caricature Association, at www.hdk.hr.
Contact information:
Phone: 385(1)2430 302, Fax: 385(1)2430 217, e-mail: info@huna.hr
Ivan Palatinuš (English, German, Spanish)
Kind regards
Ivica Palatinuš
For HUNA d.o.o.
Zagreb, 12th of February 2010.
Propositions / Terms of participation
1. All caricaturists (and those wishing to be one) on the planet Earth have the right to participate.
2. Each participant may submit maximum of two (2) caricatures.
3. All caricatures must be made on either A4 or A5 paper size (but not smaller than A5 or bigger than A3).
4. Caricatures must be submitted on paper as originals. If a caricature was made on a computer it has be signed by the author. Photocopies and other forms of duplication will not be accepted.
5. Selection of caricatures that will be part of the exhibition will be done by officials appointed by the Organizer, Huna d.o.o. Zagreb. The following awards will be presented:
GRAND PRIX 4000 E or 30,000 Kn
1st PRIZE 1000 € or 7,500 Kn
2nd PRIZE 800 € or 5,500 Kn
3rd PRIZE 500 € or 3,500 Kn
2 special acknowledgements 300 € or 2.200 Kn
In addition to monetary prizes, each winner will receive a certificate.
Five (5) special recognitions without the money prize but with a certificate.
Jury can decide to give more recognitions, but not more than 10 recognitions.
6. Each participant in the exhibition will be represented in the exhibition catalogue with one caricature selected by the Organizers.
7. Every artist whose work is exhibited is entitled to a free copy of the exhibition catalogue.
8. The subject matter of the exhibition is: Our everyday car – CAR INSPECTION and CAR VALIDATION CHECK
9. Prizes will be awarded by a committee of at least seven people, of whom five will be sponsor representatives and two will be experts appointed the Organizer.
10. Caricatures which are awarded prizes become the property of the sponsor awarding the prize to the artist or remain the property of the Organizers.
11. Caricatures which are not awarded any prizes will become the property of the Organizer. At the explicit request of the artist caricatures can be returned (shipping cost is paid by the author of the requested caricature). Also caricatures may be collected in person from Huna d.o.o. 30 days after the exhibition.
12. All artists give the right to the Organizer to use, publish and exhibit caricatures, without compensation or payment, for the promotion of future exhibitions and projects.
13. The Organizer reserves the right to utilize caricatures with third-parties to promote the artist and the exhibition.
14. By submitting caricatures to the 4th International Car Caricature Exhibition Zagreb 2010 the artist automatically agrees and accepts the terms of participation.
15. All caricatures that will be submitted by 23th of April 2010 will be accepted for inclusion on the exhibition. You may send your work to the following address:
HUNA d.o.o. Srebrnjak 55, 10 000 Zagreb - Croatia
The exhibition will take place in the lobby of the Zagreb City Government on start of june 2010 in cause of World Environment Day.
Zagreb 16th February 2010.