Greek Cypriot political cartoonist Yiorgos Mavroyenis dies

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Greek Cypriot Political Cartoonist Yiorgos Mavroyenis Dies

The highly-esteemed political cartoonist and multi-faceted artist Yiorgos Mavroyenis died on Saturday morning at the age of 91.
Mavroyenis was also a journalist, a sculptor, a painter, and a set designer, and served as the editor of the Greek-language publication Satirical Review, which published 618 issues between 1964 and 1985.
Mavroyenis’ funeral will be held at the Ayia Sofia church in Strovolos on Tuesday, May 28, at 11 am. Mavroyenis will then be buried in Limassol, his home town.
(CyprusMail, 25 May 2019).

Yiorgos Mavroyenis with Turkish Cypriot Cartoonists (2013)

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(Info and images from Hüseyin Çakmak).

Winners of the International Cartoon Contest on theme Submarine 2019, Serbia

SUBMARINE CARTOONS / AWARDS
Apropos 56th International Submariners Congress, Belgrade, Serbia, from May 21-26, 2019 (Crown Plaza), Union of Submariners Belgrade and Union of Cartoonists of Serbia FECO organized International cartoon contest and exhibition on theme SUBMARINE.
Received 810 cartoons from 37 countries.
AWARDS:
1st prize:300 € + diploma
Oleksy Kustovsky UKRAINE (Top)

2nd prize: 200 € + diploma
Erdogan Basol TURKEY

Special prize Nikola Otaš*: 300 € + diploma
Konstantin Kazanchev UKRAINE

Wine Cellar Bajilo prize:
Milenko Kosanovic SERBIA.
DIPLOMAS:

Valentin Druzhinin RUSSIA

Gabriel Corvi ITALY

Paolo Dalponte ITALY

Musa Gumus TURKEY

Olena Tsuranova UKRAINE

Esmaeil Babaei IRAN

Jitet Kustana INDONESIA.
*Special Prize Nikola Otas (1960-2016) is dedicated to submariner and prominent cartoonist, vice-president of FECO Serbia.
Jury members
Milan Komar, for the organizing committee of the 56th International Submariners Congress
Jugoslav Vlahović, cartoonist, Union of Cartoonists of Serbia FECO
Nikola Kostandinović, cartoonist
Asja Otaš, wife of Nikola Otas.
Belgrad 25 April 2019.

3rd International School Cartoon Festival, Tondela 2020, Portugal

3RD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL CARTOON FESTIVAL TONDELA 2020

Result of the competition cartoons Dzhmelik 2019, Ukraine

Jury Dzhmelik 2019
Result of the competition cartoons Dzhmelik 2019, Ukraine
WINNERS
Adult catedory

Grand Prix - Esmaeil Babaei Iran

1st place - Damir Novak Croatia

2nd place - Selói Peters Brazil

3rd place - Yu Liang China.
Laureate Diploma
Silvano Mello. Brazil
Cai Weidong. China
Mojmir Mihatov. Croatia
Vladimir Khakhanov. Russia
Іван Анчуков. Russia
Omar Pérez. Spain
Muzaffar Yulchiboev. Uzbekistan.
Diploma from the Cartoonists Association
Toso Borkovic. Serbia.
WINNERS
1st child age category (from 7 to 11 years):
1st place - Emir Çağan Uludağ. Turkey
2nd place - Ela Tuncer. Turkey
3rd place - Uliyana Strizhova. Russia.
2nd child age category (from 12 to 17 years):
1st place - Winde Goderis. Belgium
2nd place - Вікторія Артімошина. Ukraine
3rd place - Buse Nergiz Bakar. Turkey.
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The exhibition will open on 7 July 2019 in the town of Dolyna (Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine).

16th International Comics and Cartoon Festival Competition in Kosovo, Prizren 2019

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Theme 1: Idealist

Theme 2: Free 

Deadline: 20 September 2019

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