KOMÝSYONUMUZUN 41. ÜYESÝ SEVGÝLÝ ÞEVKET YALAZ. OTUZ YILI AÞKIN ZAMANDIR ÇÝZEN DOSTUMUZ, O KADAR ALÇAKGÖNÜLLÜ VE MÜTEVAZÝ KÝ, BUNCA USTANIN ARASINDA YER ALABÝLECEÐÝNE ÝKNA ETMEMÝZ PEK KOLAY OLMADI.. ARAMIZA HOÞ GELDÝN ÞEVKET YALAZ..

Sevgili Erdoðan,
Komisyon’da beni de  gormek istemen onurlandýrýcý
Çok teþekkürler,  saygýyla kabul ediyorum.
Bu kadar onemli çizerin arasina girmek benim icin de onurdur.
Saygýlar, baþarýlar…

Dear Erdogan,
I’m honoured to take part in this interesting initiative as a member of the
“Don Quichotte Cartoon Committee”.
I’m sure that opinions and point of views of cartoonists from different
countries will bring good to cartoon world.
Best wishes.    

Þevket Yalaz – Turkey

USTALARIMIZ YÜREÐÝMÝZÝ HOPLATTI..

BEDRÝ KORAMAN’IN SAGLIK SORUNUNA ÜZÜLÜYORKEN, BÝR HABER DE TURHAN SELÇUK’TAN GELÝNCE TELAÞLANDIK. EVÝNDE BÝR KAZA GEÇÝREN USTAMIZI EVÝNDEN TELEFONLA ARADIÐIMDA UYUYORDU. SEVGÝLÝ EÞÝ RUHAN SELÇUK, MERAK EDÝLECEK BÝR ÞEY OLMADIÐINI, AYAÐININ BURKULARAK DÜÞMESÝ SONUCU ÝKÝ KABURGA KEMÝÐÝNÝN KIRILDIÐINI, ALDIÐI AÐRI KESÝCÝ ÝLAÇLARIN ETKÝSÝYLE DE UYUDUÐUNU ÝLETÝNCE RAHATLADIM.. AYNI ÞEKÝLDE BEDRÝ USTAMIZA DA TELEFONLA ULAÞMAYA ÇALIÞTIM, TESADÜF O DA UYUYORDU. SEVGÝLÝ EÞÝ NÝL HANIMLA YAPTIÐIMIZ KISA GÖRÜÞMEDE, SAÐLIÐININ ÇOK ÝYÝ OLDUÐUNU, MUHTEMELEN HASTANEDEN NE ZAMAN TABURCU OLACAÐINA CUMARTESÝ GÜNÜ KARAR VERÝLECEÐÝNÝ, DUALARIMIZI EKSÝK ETMEMEMÝZÝ SÖYLEDÝ. BÖYLECE YÜREKLERÝMÝZE SU SERPÝLDÝ…
HER ÝKÝ USTAMIZA TEKRAR GEÇMÝÞ OLSUN DÝYOR, BÝR AN EVVEL ÇÝZGÝ MÜCADELELERÝNÝ KALDIKLARI YERDEN SÜRDÜRMELERÝNÝ DÝLÝYORUZ…

E.KARAYEL

(Turhan Selçuk ve Erdoðan Karayel)                                                        (Erdoðan Karayel ve Bedri Koraman)

Our mahatma’s scare us really!

While we make us worry about Bedri Koraman’s health, a news from Turhan Selçuk brought us new fears about him. We’ve heard, that in his house it happened an accidentand he would be suffered. After talking with his dear wife Mrs. Ruhan Selçuk, she told me, that except some broken bones nothing serously happened to him.
Our both mahatma’s we wish good health and please take care of yourself! We hope, they both continue to draw from there, where they’ve stopped.
Stick with the same successful path as we got used of you!

Erdogan Karayel

Again about similarity in the Art of cartoon

It is not interesting to speak about plagiarism in modern Art of cartoon. Plagiarist is a simple thief.
The similarity of cartoons is going to be the problem of every cartoonist all over the world.
The cases of the similarity of cartoons by different cartoonists will happened more and more often. The development of the Art of cartoon from the beginning of 20th century reaches a real crisis. Because:

1. The messages sending by cartoons are second hand. They depend on well-known philosophical and social ideas. For example, very popular problems for the modern humanity now are the Terrorism, global warming, Olympic games… The messages sending by cartoons contain these and other known problems very often.

2. The methods of the creation of cartoons are similar for every artist. The theory of the Art of cartoon means that exist only limited ways of creation.
For example, according to the Suls, J. (1972) exist a two-stage model for the appreciation of jokes and cartoons.
Basic concepts in conceptual integration theory by Fauconnier & Turner (1994; 1998) include mental spaces, frames, or cultural models, and mappings.
The research by Alan F. Blackwell and T.R.G. Green (1999) suggests that graphical metaphor should increase the usability of visual programming languages by providing an instructional aid when learning to use the language.
Very interesting is An Affordance Theory Analysis of Cartoon Humor by Dean H. Owen (1990). General Theory of Verbal Humor by S. Attardo and V. Raskin (1991) means joke similarity. We can use the main ideas of this great theory for cartoon art with success, etc.

3. The images using in the field of the Art of cartoon are stereotypical. These images have to be well-known for the spectators. The Dove of Pease, Pizza tower, Knight, terrorist etc. are the symbolical images for cartooning.
In conclusion, we can speak about real crisis in the Art of cartoon. The methods of creation of cartoons are the similar for every cartoonist, the messages, sending by cartoons are similar and the images of cartoons are similar. And they are limited! So, in time we will find more and more often the cases of the similarity of cartoons more and more often. And the crisis will go on deeper and deeper…
We have to find a new ways in cartooning world.

Vladimir Kazanevsky – Ukraine

SIMILITARY- IMITATION

I RECEIVED MANY MAILS ABOUT THE IMPORTANT THEMATIC-

WITH VERY GOOD  THOUGHTS- THANK YOU!!

1)AS INTERNATIONAL HUMOR ART  JURY MEMBER,I NOTIFIED, AND I RESCUED “THE ORIGINALITY LEVEL” OF THE CARTOON IN THE CONCEPTUAL  IMAGINATIVE  EXPRESSION ,AND ALSO IN THE  RENEW DESIGN PROPOSAL-

TO ME IS IMPORTANT  TO GATHER THE CREATIVE  INTENTION OF THE AUTHOR,IT MEANS, THAT THE DESIGN MUST BE FLUID, ANSWER OF THE OWN INTERNAL DEVELOPPMENTS- GENERALLY, THE AUTHORS THAT CREATED SUCH KIND OF CARTOONS ARE  ADULTS MASTERS, OR NAIF CHILDREN-

SO,  THE DEFINITION OF THE DESIGN, IS AUTHENTICALLY  HARD,WITHOUT IMITATION  OR SIMILITUDES INTENTIONS-

2) THE IMITATION IS VERY BAD ,IT IS A PUNTUAL  WAY, AGAINST COPYRIGHTS  IS A LEVEL OF PLAGIARISM-

THERE ARE CULTURAL ICONS ( LIBERTY STATUE ,FAMOUS PAINTINGS mona lisa- , SCIENCE SIMBOLS ….) THERE ARE  FIX REFERENCES, TO CREATED OVER THEM , WITH ORIGINALITY  IN THE THOUGHT  AND THE DESIGN, IN THE ASSOCIATIONS,OR IN THE  NEW TECHNICAL METHODS-(COMPUTER-OPTICAL PENCIL that give a new focus,)

A JURY MEMBER MUST BE VERY INFORMED ABOUT  THE PUBLISHED CARTOONS AND THE DIFFERENT THEMATICS PROPOSALS THROUGH  THE TIME- IT IS HER / HIS RESPONSABILITY-

3) PERSONALLY, I WOULD RATHER PREFER , MASTERS CARTOONISTS  HAS JURY MEMBER, IS THE GUARANTEE. TO A GOOD  HUMOR ART, APRECIATION.

RAQUEL ORZUJ– URUGUAY

KARÝKATÜR KOMÝSYONUMUZUN 40. ÜYESÝ RUS KARÝKATÜRCÜ MIKHAIL ZLATKOVSKY.. UZUN YILLARDAN BU YANA ÝLGÝYLE ÇÝZGÝLERÝNÝ TAKÝP ETTÝÐÝMÝZ USTA SANATÇI, GÖNDERDÝÐÝ MAÝLDE KOMÝSYON ÇALIÞMALARINI VE TARTIÞMALARINI ÝLGÝYLE TAKÝP ETTÝÐÝNÝ BELÝRTMÝÞ. ZLATKOVSKY’E “DQ-KARÝKATÜR KOMÝSYONU”NA “HOÞGELDÝN” DÝYORUZ…

–      The great Turkish Cartoonist ERAY OZBEK – If we want to determine a definition of plagiarism , what can we say?
     

“Someone steals and uses an original idea of an artist”, this is plagiarism.

–      The most prominent reasons that may come to the mind against Plagiarism, is to protect the intellectual property of the artist, does it so only, or the Plagiarism affects what is deepest in the art of cartoon? In other words, what are the reasons that make us stand against Plagiarism?

-Every honest man is against robbery and injustice, this is normal. Especially young cartoonists are spending more time for phobia of plagiarism  instead of drawing their new cartoons. This is the most important effect of  plagiarism.

3-    What is the structure of cartoon painting in your opinion, and when might call the two cartoons similar or plagiarism, compared to those structures?

I can’t say: “This is plagiarized or not!”. Only the author can know it. I can say only: “It is more or less similar”, “Probability of plagiarism is high or low”. There are such elements as idea, style and technique,  and message in  classical cartoons. Those can help us to estimate the existence of plagiarism. But I think that all cartoons still don’t have the same structure. In current artistic cartoons (We see those mostly in competitions)- idea and technique can  be interconnected, the message can be uncertain or completely absent.

4-                  – The great Romanian cartoonist Julian Pena Pai had discussed four specific states in measuring the cartoon painting according to another, (Copy or plagiarism- Similarity with the same message – Similarity with different message& Original idea.) what do you think of such division, and is it possible to adopt theoretically in a form of law where the search frame of the plagiarism issue stands on?

The classification of dear Mr Pena-Pai is a concrete and precious idea. It is useful until a better one is found. I prefer to call our problem “similarity” instead of “plagiarism”. I think that we must determine by two identically similar cartoons :

 ” Which one has priority ? ” but not : ” Which one is plagiarist ? “. And we can search the rules for these determinations.

5-    How do you evaluate the internet role against the issue of plagiarism? is it a negative role or a positive one? and how?

– Now in internet, there are many cartoons to be stolen, but there are also many many witnesses. The internet is a very useful tool to find the similar cartoons and to determine the priority. Because  to forward the news (denunciations) is very easy by internet.

6-    Do you think it’s possible to go after the issue of plagiarism in order to end it? and what are the most important difficulties that may stand as obstacles in the face of canceling on plagiarism.

– We recognize the plagiarists, but it takes time. The number of  similar cartoons is very high, in spite of this, we know that the plagiarist-cartoonists are very rare. It’s able to stop theme partly, with some punishments, but the most important difficulty for fighting against the plagiarism is the danger of injuring the innocents.

7-    After this, how do you evaluate the work of (D Q) committee in general, and regarding its debates about  the plagiarism issue in specific?

– I’m waiting for the concrete results. I think that we must declare our opinions about : Which properties are necessary  to call a “second similar cartoon” is also “original” ? Or, in which level similarity, is a “similar second cartoon” a death birth ?   

8-    Have you ever passed in a situation of plagiarism for your cartoons yourself? And what was your reaction towards this? 

– Yes, it happened a couple of  time (both situations). Those were no’t so pleasent . But I’m not angry or unhappy, because such accidents can happen to everybody.

9-    One last word you would like to say?

 – I tried to speak shortly, hopping that the people listen to it.

The Great Turkish Cartoonist ERAY OZBEK thank you very much

Interview By: Nizar Outhman

Interview with the great Turkish Cartoonist Eray Ozbek – By: Nizar Outhman