Cartoons about the age of retirement by René Bouschet

In France many protests about the age of retirement because the government want to change the law !....
René BOUSCHET
http://erby.free.fr/
http://www.erbykezako.blogspot.com/
http://peintures-numeriques.blogspot.com/
http://navranture2010.blogspot.com/

Theme in PortoCartoon 2011: Communication & Technologies

13th PortoCartoon World Festival 2011 - Portugal
General Rules and Regulations
1.An invisible and slow revolution is happening in the world. The epicentre of this revolution lies in communication and technologies. Therefore, after twelve themes of great international impact, the theme of COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGIES is the chosen one for the 13th PortoCartoon.
Communication and Technologies penetrate so much in the everyday world that become almost equivalent to the air we breathe. Or the electricity we can not do without. They are goods we need most, and their roots are in the social essence. Despite that, they express and cause social differences, conflicts, discrimination, censorship, myths, loneliness, inequality, war, etc..
With the further development in this 21st century, will we have a world more fairly and balanced? Or will we have a more demonic, less communicative and more asymmetrical world?
In addition to participating with cartoons on the main theme, the cartoonists can also send works for the FREE CATEGORY, as per the previous editions.
2. The artists who do not wish to compete can send their works to the EXTRA-COMPETITION section informing of this decision.
3.1. Works must be originals and any kind of graphical technique will be accepted, including digital artwork, sent by Internet, if the prints are SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and if they are indicated as PRINT NUMBER ONE, or a original to this contest.
3.2. Can also be presented sculptures pieces of humour, in any kind of material.
4. The works can have at the maximum the following measures:
- in paper, 42 x 30 cm (DIN A3);
- sculpture pieces, 42 x 30 x 30 cm.
5. The works should present on the reverse the following information: author´s name and address, title, theme section and year. The author’s CV in Portuguese or English (publications, exhibitions, prizes…) should also be sent.
6. The works should arrive at the PORTUGUESE PRINTING PRESS MUSEUM until February 27th 2011 (EXTENDED UNTIL 28 MARCH 2011), with the entry form.
7. The works should be sent to:
PortoCartoon-World Festival, The Portuguese Printing Press Museum, Estrada Nacional 108, nº 206, 4300-316 Porto, Portugal.
General Rules and Regulations
8. The participation in PORTOCARTOON means automatically that the author is waving copyrights of his works in any kind of support, concerning the production and diffusion of the festival.
9. The AWARDS, including a TROPHY and a DIPLOMA, will be the following:
GRAND PRIZE PORTOCARTOON 7000 Euro (half in money and half in Port wine), travel and stay costs for the Awards Ceremony in Portugal
2ND PRIZE PORTOCARTOON 2500 Euro (half in money and half in Port wine), travel and stay costs for the Awards Ceremony in Portugal
3RD PRIZE PORTOCARTOON 1500 Euro (half in money and half in Port wine), travel and stay costs for the Awards Ceremony in Portugal
HONORABLE MENTIONS PORTOCARTOON 50 Euro, stay costs for a weekend in Portugal
10. The Jury will have an odd number of judges and their decision will be final with no subjection to any kind of appeal or reclamation.
PRESIDENT OF THE 13TH PORTOCARTOON´S JUDGING PANEL: Georges Wolinski.
11. The awarded works will become property of the PORTUGUESE PRINTING PRESS MUSEUM and will be part of the INTERNATIONAL CARTOON GALLERY.
The others will be sent to the artists, if formally requested, after its public exhibition during the PORTOCARTOON and possible exhibition in other cities and countries.
12. In case of using non-awarded works in other cases except PORTOCARTOON exhibition or its promotion, copyright payment will be made to the artists whenever it takes place.
13. All the artists whose works are selected for the exhibition will receive a catalogue.
14. The prizes will be delivered in a public ceremony.

1st Istanbul International Comics Festival - Turkey

More info: http://www.istanbulles.com/

International Cartoon Exhibition in Hymettos, Greece

Announcement - Invitation
The Progressive Club of Hymettos (F.O.Y) and the Cartoon Friends’ Association
organize the International Cartoon Exhibition
Theme: “Global Financial Crisis”
3 -18 December
at the Progressive Club Hall of Hymettos
Lentaki -Amissou - Smirnis st., Hymettos
Rules:
The cartoons will be black and white or color.
Up to 3 projects, size A4 or A3, per participant.
Drawings must be using JPEG file at 300 dpi.
We prefer drawings with no text but if a drawing has text, this text must be written in English or in Greek.
The original drawings will be returned to their authors after the 01-01-2011.
Projects will be evaluated by The Artistic Committee.
Must be accompanied by brief bio of the artist.
The drawings that participate to the exhibition will be exhibited in Greece and abroad after the main exhibition.
The artist's participation implies accepting the rules above
and the submission of respective author's rights, only to be used
to promote and inform about the event as well as the edition of
the catalogue and the itinerary exhibition. As there is no profit
involved in these procedures, no payment will be made to any
of the participants.
Submission of drawings until October 30
We kindly ask the authors to notify us about their participation to the exhibition until October 30 by e-mail.
Mailing Address for the cartoons:
F.O.Y.: PO Box 79029 172 37 Hymettos - GREECE
or e-mail: info@foy.gr
All participants will receive a digital catalog of the exhibition.
Organization:
F.O.Y.,
Cartoon Friends’ Association
With the support of Feco Group Levadia.
Request to those who received the invitation by snail mail : if you have an e-mail please send it to us to keep you informed. Use the e mail: info@foy.gr or , alternatively, geroulias@ath.forthnet.gr
For F.O.Y.: John Kaltsas, Chairman of the Board
For A.F.C.: John Geroulias, Chairman of the Board
For more information:
John Kaltsas
21075625856 (7-9 pm)
6984106117

24 Hour Comics Day at Lambiek from Sat 2 October 11:00 AM

24 Hour Comics Day at Lambiek
Saturday 2 October, at 11:00 AM local time, Lambiek will host 30 artists who dare to fight fatigue and sleep in the enduring battle called ’24 Hour Comics Day’!
It’s possible to see the results of this event online by visiting
www.lambiek.net/24hourcomics/index.htm
Wondering about comics made in the rest of the world? Please watch
http://www.24hourcomicsday.com/sites.html
Of course you’re welcome to witness this event in store. Please come and encourage your favorite artist!

On-line voting for the PortoCartoon 2010 until December 31

Dear Cartoonist, Dear Friend,
We would like to remind you that is open the on-line voting for the PortoCartoon 2010.
The public can choose its favourite cartoon, independently of the choice of the jury of this festival.
People all around the world can vote in the Cartoon Virtual Museum at
http://www.cartoonvirtualmuseum.org/f_portocartoon_2010_vote.htm
37 artists are in contest, and each cartoon can be seen in detail.
The candidates are the awarded, the honourable mentions and the finalist ones
of the 12th PortoCartoon-World Festival.
The voting is open on the Portuguese Printing Press Museum and on the Cartoon Virtual Museum until 31st December.
Your vote is very important for the better decision!
With my very best regards,
Luís Humberto Marcos
Director, PortoCartoon and Portuguese Printing Press Museum.

Results 38th Osten World Gallery of Cartoons 2010

Osten, 38th World Gallery of Art on Paper
World Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 2010, Macedonia
The international jury met from 02 to 05 September year 2010 and made their decisions for the awards and reproductions.
The international jury, consisted of:
1. Dr. Midhat Ajanovik Ajan – president; professor of visual communications – Gothenburg, Sweden.
2. Joze Ciuha – academic painter – Slovenia
3. Mice Jankulovski – artist, director of Osten, World Gallery of Art on Paper – Skopje, Macedonia
4. Dragoljub Milicevik – president of Kandinsky foundation – Moscow, Russia
5. Momcilo Mosha Todorovik – galleryst and publicist – Belgrade, Serbia
6. Venceslav Antonov – director of international graphic biennale – Varna, Bulgaria
7. Vlado Gjoreski – art director of international graphic triennial - Bitola, Macedonia
has made the following decision:
Winner of Gran Prix for life work award: Darko Markovik – Macedonia
First prize for satiric drawing: Dushan Ludwig – Serbia
First prize for comic(strip): Afsun Azimi Modhadam – Iran
First prize for cartoon: Bozo Stefanovik – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Winners of Special awards:
Kostadin Ustapetrov – Macedonia
Tosho Borkovik – Serbia
Stane Jagodik - Slovenia
Masafumi Kikuci – Japan
Vladimir Kazanevski – Ukraine
Aleksey Mihalushev – Ukraine
Oto Lothar – Germany
Grigori Katz – Israel
Angelo Campaner – Italy
Ivan Haramija – Croatia
Traiko Popov – Bulgaria.
The awards will be personally handed on the formal opening on 14th October at 20.20h in Osten gallery in Skopje.
http://sgk.osten.com.mk/index_k.php?page=1

17th Ricardo Rendon International Cartoon Festival 2010

17th RENDON INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL 2010 - COLOMBIA
RICARDO RENDÓN: The Outstanding Colombian caricaturist born in Rionegro-Antioquia (1894-1931), called "The Emperor" of the Cartoon. One of the most penetrating and fine Latin American humorists in the XX century, in whose work the humor was satire, it was characterized especially by the political cartoon. His cartoons were true x-rays of the facts and of the individuals. He was pioneer of the graphic publicity in Colombia.
The Conditions :
1) The contest is open to all cartoonists all over the world.
2) The deadline for entries is October 30, 2010.
3) The themes of the competition are Three:
Theme 1. DEPENDENCE, (The situation of dependency as a person can not be used for political purposes.The political concept of Dependence is opposed to that of Independence.
Dependence Emotional, Economic, Psychological dependence and everything what relates him).

Theme 2. PERSONALITIE General Josè Marìa CÓRDOVA, Illustrious of the Independence Acquaintance as the " Heroe of Ayacucho ", was the general antioqueño more emphasized during the period of Independence. (See biography and images http://www.cartoonrendon.com/),
And theme 3. FREE.
4) Each participant can present in the competition a maximum of Three cartoons for theme.
5) You can participate with cartoons in white and black or in color.
6) The size of cartoons will not exceed 30 x 40 cms maximum.
7) You can also participate in the competition with cartoons that have already been published or rewarded previously, all the presented cartoons will be original. Photographs, photocopies etc, will not be accepted, and the transport of the cartoons in charge of the participant.
8) Participants are requested to send, together with their cartoons, a short curriculum vitae and a photograph.
9) In the reverse of each cartoon he/she should go the name, surname, address, telephone number and country of origin of the participant.
10) The selected Caricaturist will receive free a catalogue.
11) The jury composed of Colombian and foreign cartoonists.
12) The results will be announced in the month of December of 2010.
13) The cartoons presented in the competition won't be returned.
14) By filling in the entrance form attached, the participant declares and accepts in advance that (s)he has turned over the financial rights (s)he holds over the cartoon or cartoons vis-à-vis the public to Cartoonrendon without limitation on location, time period and number the intellectual property all rights for publication. (S)he agrees that Cartoonrendon may use such cartoons, exhibit them, keep them in its archives and publish them on the internet or through other media.
15) The organization is reserved the right of exhibiting those works that he/she understands they can attempt against individual or collective rights.
16) The Participation in the competition supposes the entire acceptance and without reservations all the conditions.
The Prizes:
1° Grand Prix Theme “DEPENDENCE”: US 2.000
2° Prize Theme “JOSÈ MARÌA CÒRDOVA”: US 500
3° Prize Theme FREE: US 600
4º Special Prizes offered by various institutions.
Address:
The works should be sent to:
17° FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CARICATURA Fernando Pica, Palacio de la Cultura / Cr 50 # 48 - 05, Rionegro Antioquia COLOMBIA
Entry Form at http://www.cartoonrendon.com/
E-mail: info@cartoonrendon.com

Results Bostoons International Humor Festival 2010 - U.S.A.

BOSTOONS INTERNATIONAL HUMOR FESTIVAL 2010
CARTOON CONTEST AWARDS
JURY: John Lent, President; Angel Boligán, Arturo Kemchs, Raúl de la Nuez, Omar Zevallos.
MAIN THEME AWARDS: FREEDOM
FIRST PRIZE Xiaoqiang Hou, China

SECOND PRIZE Hicabi Demirci, Turkey
THIRD PRIZE Lubomir Kotrha, Slovakia
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Pepe Sanmartín, Perú

Ahmet Ozturklevent, Turkey
Magdalena Wosik, Poland
Cau Gomez, Brazil
Aleksandar Forkapic, Serbia
Farhad Bahrami Reykani, Iran
COMPLEMENTARY THEME AWARD: PERSONAL CARICATURE TED KENNEDY
Omar Figueroa Turcios (Turcios), Colombia/Spain
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Iván Prado, Perú/Germany
Matías Tolsá, Argentina/Spain.
All winners: http://bostoonsfestival.com/

Deadline extended for Salon International Against Racism

Salon International Against Racism
Extended the applications and increased prizes.
Join!
Join the International Humor Against Racism. Send your cartoons to: infobrazilcartoon@gmail.com until October 20.
More details in the regulation.
Source: http://www.brazilcartoon.com/

International Exhibition, Cyprus: "Naci Talat" Portrait Cartoons

INTERNATIONAL “NACI TALAT” PORTRAIT CARTOON EXHIBITION (CYPRUS)
THEME: “Naci Talat Portrait Cartoons...”
NACI TALAT BIOGRAPHY:
He was born on March 10, 1945 in Buyukkonuk Village in Magusa. After completing his primary and secondary education in Nicosia, in 1962 he went to University of Ankara Law School. He married Vesile Usar in 1969 and had a daughter and a son. He then graduated from Law School in 1971. He was fluent in English and Greek and while he was a student, he took part in various positions in student organizations. He was the first president of the Cypriot Turkish National Student Federation.
When he was elected as a deputy of the Congress in June 1976, he took a break from his job as a lawyer which he started in 1972. He was a representative of Cumhuriyetci Turk Partisi in the Founding Assembly of KTFD (Turkish Federative State of Cyprus) in 1975 and (Northern Cyprus Parlementer Assembly) in 1983. Without any breaks, he was re-elected as a deputy after the June 1981 and June 1985 elections. After the May 1990 election, even though he was elected as a deputy, he boycotted the anti-democratic practices and did not join the Congress.
Between 1972 and 1991, Naci Talat was the Secretary General of Cumhuriyetci Turk Partisi, and he dedicated his life for the peace and democracy struggle of the Cypriot Turkish Community.
This legendary leader, who was one of the most important politicians that guided Cypriot Turkish political life, said his goodbyes to the struggle and the people who loved him, on June 26, 1991 in London.
Even though years have passed since he passed away, Naci Talat's thoughts, voice, and image still continue to affect tens of thousands of people.
DEADLINE: 15 October 2010
TECHNICAL INFO:
A4 Size… Max. 100-300dpi... Max. one entry…
Black & white or colored, any style, any technique will be accepted…
Name, address, tel, e-mail…
All cartoonists can participate in festival through your own E-mail by submitting your cartoon to: yeniakrep@kibris.net
The cartoons will be displayed at or may be used for promotional purposes: cards, posters, catalogs, newspapers, magazine and books etc. Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions and are aware that their submissions may be reprinted and used without future monetary compensation.
PRIZES:
First Prize (Plaquet) To a person
Second Prize (Plaquet) Two persons
Third Prize (Plaquet) Three persons.
EXHIBITION:
October 2010 Naci Talat Foundation (Nicosia - Cyprus)
ORGANIZATORS:
TURKISH CYPRIOT CARTOONISTS’ ASSOCIATION (FECO-CYPRUS)
NACI TALAT FOUNDATION
Naci Talat photos, please visit the following web page: http://www.nacitalat.com/

International Cartoon Exhibition theme "DIGNITY", Portugal

FECO PORTUGAL (Cartoonist association) and Amnesty International - (Portugal), are co-organizers, of a cartoon international exhibition, whose topic and title is : “Dignity”.
It is the intention of this initiative to call the attention of society for a crisis in values which we have been witnessing, where “HAVING” is being overestimated as up against the undermining of “BEING”.
For more information about the theme, see Demand Dignity Campaign in http://www.amnesty.org/ .
This event is not a contest; consequently there will not be any prizes or classifications.
RULES
1 - Theme: “Dignity”. Each artist is free to approach the concept of Dignity (or the lack of it….), having in mind the positive side of such a concept.
2 - The exhibition is opened to all nationalities, professionals or amateurs.
3 - All the proposed drawings must be original creation of each authour, irrelevant of the fact that they might have already been (or not) published or exhibited in any way.
4 - Only one work is allowed per artist in one of the following: cartoon, caricatures and graphic story (the last one, not exceeding one page). Any technique is allowed, including the usage of a computer, in black and white or in color.
5 - If a drawing has text, this text must be written in Portuguese.
6 - Drawing size permitted is A4 (21 x 29,7 cm). Drawings must be sent by e-mail using JPEG file at 300 dpi to: presidente_dir@feco-portugal.org
7 - Each work must be accompanied by a file containing: the title of the work, the author’s name, telephone number, e-mail address, (not forgetting to mention the country).
8 - Short curriculum must be included in another computer file.
9 - Entry deadline is September 30, 2010.
10 - Drawings will be selected by a Jury composed by 5 elements, after which the works will be framed, exhibited and reproduced in a catalogue. The jury is entitled to the right to select a number of works extra-catalogue, which will also be exhibited and their authors will be also mentioned in the catalogue. The jury is composed by a representative of FECOPORTUGAL, one representative of Amnesty International, one guest-cartoonist, one cartoonist-researcher and one text expert.
11 - Every artist who has been selected will be given a copy of the catalogue.
12 - The exhibition will be inaugurated at the “Sociedade Artística Guilherme Cossoul, Rua Prof. Sousa Câmara, n.º156” (Lisbon - Portugal) October 21st, 2010. The exhibition will stay on place for about two weeks after which it will go on an itinerancy through Portugal and other countries.
13 - The artist’s participation implies accepting the rules above and the submission of respective author’s rights, only to be used to promote and inform about the event as well as the edition of the catalogue and the itinerary exhibition. As there is no profit involved in these procedures, no payment will be made to any of the participants.
14 - No media or other entity will be authorized to use for publication or any other use, any of the works submitted to this event, with the exception of rule 13.

Cuban cartoonist Tomás Rodríguez Zayas (TOMY) dies at 61

TOMY & TURHAN in the Cartoon & Humour Museum in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2008

Hello Everyone.
Today we woke up with the sad news of the physical disappearance of the Cuban cartoonist Tomás Rodriguez (TOMY), a significant loss for the Latin American humor... (26 April 1949 - 6 September 2010)
In 2001 he won the Coruxo Award given annually by the Museum of Humor Fene, northwest Spain.
Here I attach the winner drawing... and send the article by Jose Alejandro Rodriguez (Juventud Rebelde).
A hug.
Francisco Puñal.

(Tomás Rodríguez Zayas was the member of Grand Jury for the 28th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest in 2008:
http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=7189 ; http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=7184 ; http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=7186 ; http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=7187 .
Some of his work was exhibited in the association gallery along with the illustrations by Paolo Dalponte, the member of the jury as well:
http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=7185 .)

Tomy: de Barajagua a la eternidad
El miocardio feraz de Tomás Rodríguez Zayas, ya fatigado de tanta entrega, fue incapaz de emular con esa voluntad mítica que lo empujaba como un jinete incansable del humorismo gráfico cubano
José Alejandro Rodríguez - períodico Juventud Rebelde - Ciudad de la Habana
pepe@juventudrebelde.cu
7 de Septiembre del 2010 0:44:35 CDT
Se cansó ayer el intrépido corazón de Tomy, el gran caricaturista cubano. Sus diástoles y sístoles no pudieron seguir marcando el compás de una vida tan inquieta. Sus arterias desafiaron ese talento artístico imparable, que barrió cuanta zancadilla se le atravesara.
El miocardio feraz de Tomás Rodríguez Zayas, ya fatigado de tanta entrega, fue incapaz de emular con esa voluntad mítica que lo empujaba como un jinete incansable del humorismo gráfico cubano desde aquella mañana en que, con el monte y la tierra en sus zapatos, partió de su natal Barajagua y se apareció en Juventud Rebelde con los sueños casi adolescentes de dibujar la vida y reírse de ella. O al menos sonreírse, con mucha agudeza y hondura.
Tomy fue un artista insólito en el envoltorio de un impenitente muchacho campesino. Un verdadero labriego de la belleza y la verdad. Y su inmensa obra gráfica, que hace rato ancló en la posteridad, fue una cátedra silvestre sin academias ni retoques: A pura vida, y con una sed de saber y sentir que fue saciando autodidactamente por todas las guardarrayas y autopistas de este mundo.
No escatimó su talento, así como fue fecundo en el amor y la amistad. Su generosidad le hizo postergar muchos empeños mayores para embellecer la inmediatez, el aquí y el ahora del periodismo, en el antológico DDT de Juventud Rebelde, y en cuanta publicación cubana o foránea le incitara.
Más que laureado y respetado por tantos artífices del pincel, Tomy nunca dejó de ser el eterno caminante de la caricatura, con esos silencios a cuestas que le permitían observar el mundo para captar sus latidos. Y no hubo proyecto artístico, político o social que le convocara y no lo tuviera en zafarrancho por Cuba y por la Revolución. Hombre leal a toda prueba, fiel a sus ideas y a la vez eterno inconforme hasta el resabio. Limpio de ambiciones y montaraz ante las mediocridades y conveniencias.
Como en toda su vida, mostró mucha entereza y calma en todos estos días en que estuvo internado en el Cardiovascular. Cada vez que le llamaba por teléfono para darle ánimo, él terminaba convenciéndome de que disfrutaba una suerte de «reservación turística» para descansar. «Chévere», como acostumbraba a decir. Y soñaba, hacía proyectos ahora que se había jubilado del diario, para pintar sin las urgencias, junto a sus dos hijos varones.
Aun cuando le falló ahora, habrá que bendecir siempre el corazón de Tomy, que resistió tantos arrestos y lo llevó tan lejos y tan cerca a la vez. No lo imagino yerto, sino caminando sudoroso por una vía celestial, urgido por llegar a una nube y allí comenzar de nuevo a dibujar la vida.