Yrrah 55/80 (Harry Lammertink 1932-1996)

Yrrah 55/50 (Em.Querido's Uitgeverij BV, 1980, ISBN 90 214 8922 8) is a collection of cartoons choosen by cartoonist Yrrah out of a period of 25 years. Yrrah began publishing his cartoons in 1955, starting in Holland. Other countries followed. In 1957 his drawings appeared for the first time in the United States.  Even Iceland and Japan had magazines that published his cartoons.

The drawing style of Yrrah is exceptionally outstanding.

Hereunder a translation of the Dutch Wikipedia page:

"Harry Lammertink grew up in Apeldoorn. He moved in 1951 to Amsterdam. He went to work as a graphic designer and developed within a short time as a cartoonist with America as example. In the early days he worked for 'Het Parool'.

Yrrah usually drew on the dark side of man. Disease, death and decay were central themes. Perhaps this was a result of poor health he had to contend with from childhood. He had a great aversion to religion and fascism, but was obsessed with women. The Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands ever asked parliamentary questions about a cartoon in which a pregnant nun walked away from a statue of Christ.

Yrrah had a production of sometimes more than fifty drawings per month but was still often afraid that he would have no new ideas in a day. His drawings are characterized by a sharp pointe and a low viewpoint. He said to draw inspiration from his frustrations and to sign and from a foxhole. Yrrah published articles in Het Parool, Vrij Netherlands , KRO Studio, Humo, Rijam-school agenda, Stern, Playboy and Esquire.

Yrrah got his final resting place at the cemetery Zorgvlied in Amsterdam. He left more than 7,000 drawings. In 2002 there was an exhibition of Yrrahs work at the Kunsthal Rotterdam. That same year, under the title "Black blood", which can be understood as a synonym for melancholy, an overview of his work and life was released by publisher De Harmonie."

Learn more:
Yrrah Dies
Yrrah on Wikipedia

Olense Kartoenale

Last summer I had the opportunity to buy 5 'old' cartoon catalogues for only 1 EUR per piece at a book market in Ghent. I couldn't resist...

The Olense Kartoenale (Olen is a Belgian village ) is a Belgian cartoon contest that originated in 1988-1989 . In 2015 the 27th edition took place. In the catalogues dated before 1994, the names of the cartoonists are not mentioned beside the cartoons.

1994 catalogue: theme "Animals"

cartoon by Khomyakov Valery, Russia

1990 catalogue: theme "The Market"

 1991 catalogue: theme "Music"

1992 catalogue: theme "Olympic Games"

cartoon by Brasser

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Olense kartonale

Winning cartoons 2014

Jerzy Gluszek and Cartoons from Croatia

A good opportunity to acquire some more cartoon catalogues are the ECC exhibitions. It was a good idea of the ECC staff to make a limited edition catalogue of the work and artists shown in the exhibition.

The current exhibitions shows work of Jerzy Gluzek (Poland ) and of a selection of Croation cartoonists.

I really like the work of the polish cartoonist and illustrator Jerzy Gluszek.
Gabriela Dragun wrote about the art of Jerzy Gluzek here.

Jerzy Gluszek and Rudy Gheysens

Bijschrift toevoegen

In Croatia there is a florishing cartoon scene as you can see in the exhibition.

Bijschrift toevoegen

the result

Learn more:
www.gluszek.com
Croatian Cartoonists Association
Croatian exhibition pictures

Qui est le chef? by Quino (Who's the boss?)

Qui est le chef? (Who is the boss) is one of three books by Quino I found a few weeks ago in Lille.
This book was published by Glénat in 1990 (ISBN 2-7234-1255-5).

I've translated the back cover into english:

"Quino observes the effects of power; those who have the power, those who use it, those who abuse it to end up losing the qualities that had made their get that power.
Quino is a formidable observer and shows us, oddly, the chief becoming a slave, men losing their sense of humor to get a bit of power over their contemporaries.
This is the book to offer to your subordinates to make them understand that you still have a sense of humor. This is the book to offer to your chief to make him regain his sense of humor."

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Quino

Les Cartes du Vatican by Pino Zac - Some more church humor...

Pino Zac (1930-1985)  whose real name is Giuseppe Zaccaria,  was a cartoonist, writer and producer of Italian animation pictures.

Yesterday I found his book "Les cartes du Vatican" (the playing cards of the Vatican), published in 1973. in which the cartoonist ridicules the Vatican polici...
He drawes priest, bisshops, monks  as corrupt and addicted card gamblers. Quite an original approach with playing cards in the lead role and lots of good humor.

Learn more:

Pino Zac on Wikipedia (italian)

Translation link Pino Zac