On-line voting for the PortoCartoon 2007

On-line voting for the PortoCartoon 2007

Dear Cartoonist,
We are very pleased to announce you that is open from today the on-line voting for the PortoCartoon 2007.
The public can choose its favourite drawing, independently of the choice of the jury of this festival. People all around the world could vote in the Cartoon Virtual Museum (http://www.cartoonvirtualmuseum.org/f_portocartoon_2007_vote.htm).
35 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 9th PortoCartoon-World Festival. The voting will be open until 30th September on the Portuguese Printing Press Museum and until 31st December on the Cartoon Virtual Museum.
With my very best regards
The Director
Luís Humberto Marcos.

14th International Exhibition of Alcala

14th International Exhibition of Alcala

The Alcala University General Foundation announce the 14th International Graphic Humour Exhibition of Alcala, related to the subject of Gender Equality, under the following conditions:
1. Participation is open to all professional cartoonists that publish or have published in any national or international media.
2. The work about Gender Equality will be submitted, in order to participate in the exhibition. It may be a cartoon, comic strip, or caricature. The application form below should be filled and sent together with the artwork (also available at www.humor.fgua.es/XIVmuestra). The organization reserves the right to invite some authors.
3. The artworks must be original and any technique or support can be used (for those created with computer, the artist has to prove that it is the only technique he usually employs – by signing the artwork, indicating its copy number and the amount created [for example: 2/4, if it is the second of 4 copies] -). The maximum size will be 297 x 420 mm (A3).
4. The works have to be packaged to protect the contents. It is recommended to place the entry between two plain pieces of cardboard. The organization has no liability for any eventual loss or damage during the sending. Participants will be responsible for Packaging and Postage costs.
5. The works must be submitted before July 31st, 2007 at the following address:
Fundación General de la Universidad de Alcalá
XIV Muestra Internacional de Humor Gráfico.
C/ Imagen, 1-3. 28801 Alcalá de Henares.
Madrid. España.
Respecting the deadline is essential in order to plan the catalogue and design the exhibition.
6. The works selected by the Selection Committee will be displayed at the 14th International Graphic Humour Exhibition of Alcala, and other exhibitions that may be carried out.
7. Submitted works will be part of the Alcala University General Foundation´s graphic humour funds (unless there is an opposite statement, by means of writing the word “Devolución”-Return on the back of the artwork) and may be used in its spaces, publications and in travelling exhibitions.
8. The Alcala University General Foundation has the right to reproduce and circulate the entries, whenever the author’s name appears and the main objective is the dissemination of the exhibition, or the participation in other activities of the Alcala University General Foundation in the graphic humour area, is to say, catalogues, posters, the press, web sites, etc., without generating any obligation towards the participating authors.
9. The organization will communicate through its web page or by means of letter the name of the authors whose entry has been received as well as the names of the selected works. Authors may attend exhibition opening and other parallel activities.
Further information on accommodation conditions will be sent to those who request it.
10. Once the exhibition has closed in Alcala, all the authors whose work has been selected will receive a copy of the publication made for the exhibition.
11. The organization reserves the right to not exhibit those artworks considered to be an attempt against individual or collective rights.
12. The participation to the event implies the acceptance of all the above mentioned points.
WEB: http://www.humor.fgua.es/

Celje International Cartoon Contest 2007

Celje International Cartoon Contest

TOPIC: shopping, price, sales, payment, bargain, money, bar code, action and shop.

Entries must be A3 (297 x 420 mm) of size.
Each applicant may submit an unlimited number of entries.
The drawings must not contain any text.
On the back side of each entry there must be full name and address of the applicant. Applicants should enclose a short autobiography and a self-portrait or a photo.
Deadline for submitting the entries is September 5th, 2007.
ADDRESS to send entries to:
CARTOON-SLO, p.p. 181, 3001 CELJE, SLOVENIJA-EU.
Entries will be examined by September 15th, 2007.
Awarded contestants will be informed about the Jury’s Decision.
Participants whose entries are nominated for the catalogue are entitled to a free copy.
Entrants surrender to the organizer the right to keep entries and shall not have them returned. Entrants surrender to the organizer the right to publish entries in cataloque or any other form of publication.
Entrants are expected to familiarise themselfs with above stated regulations and to be in agreement with the specifications and conditions of participation.
MAILED ENTRIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE PACKED FLAT.
Prizes:
1. GRAND PRIX 1000 €
2. SECOND PRIZE 750 €
3. THIRD PRIZE 500 €
4. Gold, silver and bronze award 250 €
Three special awards.
All prizes shall be encashed in EURO
ENTRY FORM

TOURISM IN BUCOVINA 2007

Tourism in Bucovina

The international exhibition of satirical graphic “Tourism in Bucovina”, the 1st Edition
The Bucovina Museum Complex from Suceava invites you to participate to the International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic: “Tourism in Bucovina”, the 1st Edition.
Bucovina is a region from Romania (the East Europe) of a rare natural beauty.
The picturesque sceneries, the touristic objectives: the museums, the natural reservations, the mountains with running waters, the historical monuments, and the worship places constituted hundreds of years ago, all these represent a touristic potential. The people of these places are cheerful, hard working and very hospitable. Although all along their history they have encountered lots of pressures, foreign occupations, wars, they kept their identity and the cultural traditions.
By this exhibition we would like to acknowledge the tourism passionate from all over the world of the natural potential and of the touristic and economic objectives.
Even though, the inhabitants of these regions bump against the carelessness of the tourists, who often leave their negative marks upon the touristic zone, the regional authorities do not concentrate their efforts to develop the infrastructure and to develop some facilities for the touristic development.
Further details regarding to the Bucovina region could be found at the following web pages: http://www.muzeul-bucovina.ro/, http://www.bucovinaturism.ro/, http://www.bukovina.ro/, http://www.vacanteinbucovina.ro/, etc.
The International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic has as theme: “Tourism in Bucovina”.
We address to all the professional and amateurs cartoonists regardless their age from all over the world.
The number of sent cartoons is unlimited.
Please attach in .PDF or .DOC format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and first name, exact address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV).
The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: arta@muzeul-bucovina.ro and they must be of 300 dpi minimum resolution, A4 format, realized in any technique: black and white or colour.
The cartoons will be published in the web page of the Bucovina Museum Complex Suceava http://www.muzeul-bucovina.ro/
All the artists who will enter the saloon will receive the virtual catalogue of the exhibition.
If you want to participate at this event, please send your cartoons until 31st of August 2007.
The exhibition will be opened for the Bucovina public in September 2007.
The sent cartoons can be bought by the Bucovina public, that is why please note the price for each original work in order to receive the equivalent of the cartoon.
The Bucovina Museum Complex Suceava
Romania
Directory
Constantin-Emil URSU
http://www.muzeul-bucovina.ro/arta@muzeul-bucovina.ro

Dong-A·LG International Digital Cartoon Competition 2007

Dong-A·LG International Digital Cartoon Competition 2007

Guideline
1. Eligibility
■ All Individuals and Groups or Teams
■ One entrant can register on both sections.
■ This competition is open only to digital cartoons & caricatures that made in the form of digitalization originally. Scanned works of non-digital cartoons & caricatures are not eligible.
■ The entrant should be the copyright holder of the works. The works should not have been awarded in the other competition nor used commercially.
2. Section and Theme
A. Cartoon – Election
B. Caricature – Politician
3. Entries
A. Digitalized works in black-and-white or color
B. Number of entries per each section: minimum 3 ~ maximum 5
C. Limitation of Cartoon cuts: maximum 5 per one work
D. Each entry should be submitted in the form of both original digital file and jpg file.
1) original file – resolution size: A4, 300 dpi or higher (2480 x 3508 pixel)
2) jpg file – resolution size: the same as the original one with the best quality setting.
4. Registration
A. No Entry Fee
B. Deadline – All files including entry forms and entries should be submitted by 18:00(Standard time for Seoul, Korea: UTC/GMT +9hrs) September 3, 2007, and works submitted after this cannot be accepted for the selection.
C. Required Document – Entry form: Only completed and confirmed entry form will be accepted. * Official language of the competition is English and Korean.
* Use separate entry forms per each section you submit.
D. For Further Information & Question
■ e-mail: dcartoon@dcartoon.co.kr
■ Tel.: +82-2-2020-1610 Fax. : +82-2-2020-1639
■ Official Website: http://www.dcartoon.co.kr
E. Entry Guideline
■ On-line Entry – Upload all the files on the following internet hard.
http://www.kthard.com/ (Click English)
Membership Login
ID : artdonga
PW : kthard.com
– Choose your entry section folder between Caricature / Cartoon in Upload Folder
– All the files including entry forms and works (original files and jpg files) should be compressed in a .zip file, saved as “entrant’s name. zip.”
– Upload “entrant’s name. zip”
■ On-line Entry only
■ All entrants will receive a confirmation by e-mail.
5. Prizes
(In parenthesis is the number of awardees)
Grand Prize(1): Cartoon/Caricature 5,000 USD (1)
Gold Prize(2): Cartoon 2,000 USD (1), Caricature 2,000 USD (1)
Silver Prize(2): Cartoon 1,000 USD (1), Caricature 1,000 USD (1)
Bronze Prize(4): Cartoon 500 USD (2), Caricature 500 USD (2)
Promotion Prize(20): Cartoon 300 USD (10), Caricature 300 USD (10)
Fine Work Prize(40): Cartoon 100 USD (20), Caricature 100 USD (20)
(Tax is included)
6. Process
■ Registration: Aug. 20 ~ 18:00 Sept. 3, 2007
■ Selection: Sept. 10 ~ Sept. 14, 2007
■ Announcement of Prize Winners: Sept. 20, 2007 (Winners will be announced on the official website http://www.dcartoon.co.kr/ and contacted in person by e-mail.)
■ Exhibition: Oct. 6 ~ Oct. 14, 2007 / Seoul Animation Center
(■ According to the circumstances of the organizer, the above process can be changeable.)
7. Exclusive on Selection and Annulment of Award Decision
A. An entry will not be considered for selection when:
– The entry form is not completed and the entrant’s information is not clearly written.
– What is written in the entry form is different from what really is.
– The entrant is not the copyright holder of the work.
B. Award-winning decision will be annulled when:
– The entrant is not the copyright holder of the work.
– The winning work has been awarded or selected at any previous competition.
– The winning work is found to be a plagiarism of, or closely similar to other works
8. Copyright
■ All rights of prize-winning works – such as copyright, property right and the right of use etc. – belong to the organizer of Dong-A·LG International Digital Cartoon Competition 2007.
9. Others
– Each entrant should hold all the right license and permission to use the materials and softwares used to create the entering work, including graphic software packages for creating artworks.
– All the files submitted for selection will not be returned.
– Matters not mentioned in these regulations will be decided by the Organizer of Dong-A·LG International Digital Cartoon Competition 2007.- By submitting the entry form and participation in the competition implies agreement by entrants to all conditions and regulations of this article.

NASREDDIN HOCA’DA BÜYÜK ÖDÜLÜ KAZANAN KARIKATÜR CALINTI MI?

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27. ULUSLARARASI NASREDDIN HOCA  KARÝKATÜR YARIÞMASI’NDA  BÜYÜK ÖDÜLÜ KAZANAN IGOR NIKITIN’ÝN KARÝKATÜRÜ, 1995 YILINDA ÝRAN BÝENALÝ’NDE ÖDÜL ALAN ÝTALYAN ÇÝZER MARKO DANGELIS’ÝN KARÝKATÜRÜYLE BÜYÜK BENZERLÝK TAÞIYOR. ÝRAN CARTOON SÝTESÝ, HER ÝKÝ KARÝKATÜRÜ DE “ESÝNLENME, ÇALINTI VEYA KOPYA” OLDUÐU KONUSUNDA YORUM YAPMADAN YAYINLADI…

WAS THE CARTOON WHICH WON THE GRAND PRIZE IN NASREDDIN HODJA PLAGIARIZED?
Igor Nikitin’s cartoon which won the biggest prize in 27th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest is very similar to Italian cartoonist Marko Dangelis’s cartoon which won an award in Iran Bienal in 1995. Iran cartoon website published both cartoons without any comments such as “inspiration” or “plagirism or copy.”

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