Between the catalogues on my bookshelf, there is a catalogue with a dramatic theme: Theatre.
Slawomir Luczynski (Poland), member of the jury writes:
"All of us play roles in life, as in theater. We are balancing between reality and fantasy. We are actors of one play called life... Some deal with the roles assigned by fate better than others.".
Enjoy some theatre cartoons out of this catalogue (Mesto Pisek, Czech Republic, 2009, ISBN 80-85616-08-4):
Behzad Ghafarizadeh informed us about (t)his nice exhibition in Québec:
The Musée des Maîtres et Artisans du Québec will hold the exhibition of the cartoons and illustrations of Behzad Ghafarizadeh and Oleg Dergachov with title of Artoon (Art+Cartoon) from 8th Jan. to 8th Feb. 2015. The exhibition includes 50 cartoons and illustration of these two artists with different techniques.
Opening of the exhibition : January 8th, 2015 at 6:00 pm.
(The attachments are the exhibition poster, photo of the museum and some images of artists and their cartoons)
Oleg Dergachov
Oleg Dergachov was born on 18th July 1961 in Rostov, Russia. He graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts with Master in Arts degree in 1984. He has also studied bronze and granite sculpture from the INTEGRART in Warszaw, and through his studies with Walter Kaune, Phd, in Goslar, Germany. In 2005 he moved with his family to Canada. He had over 20 personal cartoon exhibitions in 13 countries. Many of his works are parts of major international public collections such as the National British Library in London, the Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture in Paris, the Tretyakov State Gallery in Moscow and the collection of Cirque du Soleil in Canada. His artworks have been awarded in many important international cartoon competitions such as Aydin Dogan (2005), Nasreddin Hoja (2000), Youmiuri (1998-1995) and more than 60 other competitions.
Behzad
Ghafarizadeh
Behzad
Ghafarizadeh was born in September 1983 in Tehran/Iran. He graduated from
University of Tehran in 2009 with Master’s Degree in Materials Science and
Engineering. He and his wife moved to Montreal in 2011 In order to continue
their education. Currently, he is PhD candidate in mechanical engineering
department of École de technologie supérieure (Université du Québec).In 2006,
his first individual cartoon exhibition was held in the “Iranian House of
Cartoon” in Tehran. His works have already been exhibited in many international
cartoon exhibitions and published in many cartoon books. His cartoons also are
awarded in many important cartoon competitions such as Global Editorial Cartoon
competition (2012), Diogenes, Taborda
festival (2009), Medplan (2014) and etc.
I found a nice clip of one of my favourite bands Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. The song is a "Rockabilly Christmas" and in the first minute of the video some nice Santa cartoons appear...
Lyrics:
Well, Santa's got his hair all piled high
Swingin' his sleigh right through the sky
For the Christmas, Rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
Santa's got his creepers red and green
Swingin' his sleigh while the kiddies dream
For the Christmas, Rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
Santa's got his hair all piled high
Swingin' his sleigh while the kiddies cry
For the Christmas, Rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
T'was the night before Christmas
And all through the land
All the cats were jumpin' to a big swing band.
Way past midnight till a quarter of two
Jumpin' to the sounds of Big Bad Voodoo.
As the singer explains steppin' up to the mic
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat Yeah.
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
Merry Christmas Baby!
George van Raemdonck may be considered as one of the first Flemish ambassadors of cartoon art. In 1914, the artist fled, as many other Belgians, with his family to The Netherlands where he was engaged by De Nieuwe Amsterdammer to publish his satirical drawings.
George followed the news of the war on foot. Although he was not in the middle of the action, he showed the different events of the Great War as an excellent observer: from the Big Bertha (howitzer), the Wire of Death (between Belgium and Holland), the Armenian Genocide to the famine and poor life in occupied Belgium... nothing escaped his sharp pen.
100 years after the beginning of WWI, this books wants to commemorate not only the great artist that George van Raemdonck was, but also the circumstances of the millions of refugees 100 years ago and at the present time.
Enjoy some of the cartoons (special thanks to Ronald Vanoystaeyen for the images):
Big Bertha
The Dutch- Belgian border
What shall we eat?
for the potatoes...
X-Mas 1917
The books is published by the city council of Bouchout Belgium ,I.H.A. and the local history society Het Speelhof. It counts 80 pages, containing 75 cartoons is still available at € 15 + shipping cost. Please send an email to Ronald Vanoystaeyen, president of International Humour Art: iha@yucom.be.
And to all the rest: here are some Sinterklaas cartoons from "De Beste Cartoons van Sinterklaas"(Belgium, 1980). The cartoons in the book were published in the Belgian newspapers De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad and The Gentenaar in favor of The Sinterklaasfonds, a fund rising organisation for disabled children.
Sinterklaas (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪntər'klaːs]) or Sint-Nicolaas (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnt 'nikolaːs] is a traditional figure based on Saint Nicholas. Other names for the figure include De Sint ("The Saint"), De Goedheiligman ("The Good Holy Man"), and De Goede Sint ("The Good Saint") in Dutch; Saint-Nicolas in French; Sinteklaas in Frisian; and Kleeschen and Zinniklos in Luxembourgish.
Sinterklaas is celebrated annually with the giving of gifts on the night before Saint Nicholas Day (5 December) in the Netherlands and on the morning of 6 December, Saint Nicholas Day itself, in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Northern France (French Flanders, Lorraine and Artois). He is also well known in territories of the former Dutch Empire, including Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao.
He is one of the sources of the popular Christmas icon of Santa Claus.
Since 34 years now I receive the Knokke-Heist catalogue (ISBN 9789059085695) at about this time of year.
It's an opportunity to see the most recent evolution in gag cartooning. Which cartoonists have a cartoon published? Who won a prize? How good are the cartoons? These are questions I always question myself.
What strikes me more and more is the use of Photoshopped cartoons. Some cartoons have a real digital look. To be honest, not my piece of cake, but who am I to judge. Am I old school?
Fortunately, most cartoonists stick to the ancient art of drawing and painting, with only a little touch of Photoshop...
I've posted some Quino articles earlier on this blog, but I'm still amazed by the astounding humor of the artist. Quino cartoons have a Buster Keaton-esque quality... Study the cartoons below and you'll notice Quino understands as no other the behaviour of mankind...
Cliche, cliche, cliche... the desert island cartoon has been overused. But it still arouses my curiosity.
Can a desert island cartoon still be funny? Can one be creative with desert island cartoons? Are there new funny island situations to draw? How funny are desert island cartoons? What kind of desert island cartoons exist?
For that reason I created the facebook page Desert Island Cartoons . The page wants to pay tribute to the cartoonists who were creative with the island and the palm tree. I will post fun desert island cartoons on a regular base. But you can help.
Please post the desert island cartoons you know on the facebook page and share.
Don't forget to mention the name of the cartoonist, the publication and the publication year if you know it. I prefer caption less cartoons. These are the most creative. Have fun and enjoy the world of desert island cartoons.
1020 pages. The catalogue of the 22nd International Salon of Cartoons (Montreal Canada) is one of thickest books in my collection. Compared with some other catalogues of the contest, the 1985 species is obvious THE thickest, but other years publications aren't thin at all. The competition started in 1964 and ended probably in 1988 was the last year of this memorable contest. There is a list of the winners on WittyWorld. I couldn't find more info on the internet.
The catalogues are in black and white. Many famous cartoonists were selected for the catalogue over the years...
