VAHIT AKCA (TURKEY)

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bu secimlerden herkesin farkli beklentileri ve umudu
var… herkes sempati duydugu, guvendigi, bir seyler
bekledigi parti yonunde oyunu kullanacak.. tahminler,
kuvvet dengeleri, kamuoyu yoklamalari vs. bir yana
ilginc sonuclarla karsilacagimiz bir secim atmosferi
yasayacagiz..

issizligin, yoksullugun, terorun kol gezdigi,
muhtiralarin ve uzaklardan surekli duyulan savas
tamtamlarinin golgesinde, sadece iktidarin degil,
sistem sorunlarinin da surekli kurcalandigi sevgili
ulkemizde, nelerin degisip-degisemiyecegini hep
beraber gorecegiz… lakin; "ayni tas, ayni hamam"in
otesinde, bu secimlerden sonra parlamentoda en azindan
tellaklarda degisiklikler olacagi kesin..
 
benim umudum, yeni parlamentoda bir nebze de olsa,
ezberci soylemlerin karsisina dikilecek ve onyargilari
yikacak farkli soylemlerin olusacagini gorebilmek
yonunde.. demokrasinin, ancak farkli seslerin ve
renklerin yanyana gelerek gerceklesebilecegini ve
birarada yasamanin mumkun kilinabilecegini
gorebilmek…

ozledigimiz baris’in ilk adimi atmanin, umuda
ozgurlugunu vermenin tam zamanidir..

sevgi ve saygilarimla.
vahit akca

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ERCAN AKYOL (TURKEY)

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SEÇÝM ÖNCESÝ YAPILAN ANKETLERDE OY ORANLARI BÝRBÝRÝNÝ TUTMUYOR..
HER KAFADAN BÝR SES, HER ANKETTEN DEÐÝÞÝK ORANLAR ÇIKIYOR..
KONUYLA ÝLGÝLÝ ERCAN AKYOL’UN MÝLLÝYET’TE YAYINLANAN SON KARÝKATÜRÜ..

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BIRA DANTAS (BRAZIL) NEWS…

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HQ MIX, THE BRAZILIAN COMICS OSCAR
I received 2 prizes: by my participation in the Comics magazine Front (Via
Lettera) with my comics The invisibles and by the Fanzine Mosca no copo de
vidro (where I have published the Comics strips: Sigmoide Frund, with Fernando
Moretti script) and a mention by my brazilian Cartoonists caricatures (Angelo
Agostini, J. Carlos, Storni, Max Yantok e Luiz Sa) on the book 100 Years
of Tico-Tico (a great book that shows the early days of  brazilian Comics
-1905- published by Opera Graphica).

The party hapenned at Sesc Pompeia (Sao Paulo)
http://www.fotolog.com/biradantas/23578732

I was very happy. Prizes are always wellcome and meeting great brazilian
cartoonists and Comics artists too. I met Angeli, Laerte, Orlando, Gazy Andraus,
Sidney Guzman, Fábio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Baptistao, Samuel Casal, Otto Guerra,
Ziraldo, Sergio Macedo (he went to Paris in the 70s and became a Metal Hurlant
artist, he got his prize rock  and rolling, while his Tahitian wife danced
a Hula-hula style), Jal and Gual?
It was a fantastic party!
I also met other cartoonists as Spacca, Gilmar, Claudio, Mastrotti, Prof.
Gerson, Gonçalo Jr, Xalberto, Mariza, Cedraz, Cadu Simoes (Garagem Hermética),
Leonardo Melo, Harriot Jr, besides my family (wife, 7 years daughter, mother,
brothers and cousins)
I have made a homage to a great brazilian cartoonist who died last year,
Conceiçao Cahu. I played a song called Asa Branca in my mouth harp. My daughter
was very ashamed and she did not talk on the mic, when she was asked by Serginho
Groissman, who has a very popular TV program here in Brazil. You can see
the video here. Sorry but it is in Portuguese (laughs).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFYotLswlf4&mode=related&search=

The other photos can be seen here:
http://blogdosquadrinhos.blog.uol.com.br/

Best wishes!

Bira Dantas