Saturday, April 23, 2016
Farewell to Joe Szabo
by Signe Wilkinson
Joe Szabo, the founder of
“WittyWorld” and friend of cartoonists across the globe, died suddenly while
working at his desk at home in North Wales, PA, on February 2, two days shy of
his 66th birthday.
Joseph George Szabo was born
in Budapest, Hungary, graduated from journalism school and married the former
Flora Toth before they both emigrated to the United States in 1980 seeking
freedom. They settled in North Wales where they raised 5 children in a
one-bedroom apartment where the décor was mostly second-hand furniture and lots
of books including an entire edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
As his son Sylvo wrote in
remembrance , “Joe was a risk-taker” with a “life-long love affair with
politics, swimming, ping-pong, chess, dark chocolate, and collecting artifacts
from the various countries he’d visited.” Cartoonists will remember him for his
ambitious magazine “WittyWorld”, which chronicled cartooning from around the
world, and for his many cartoon gatherings. In 1990, he convened a memorable
cartoonists’ convention in Hungary just as the iron curtain was falling. Cartoonists
from the then USSR, Israel, Ireland, the United States and elsewhere met next
to the Danube in Budapest and shared stories about their work and lives.
At the time of his death, he
was working on “Images of America”, a book using cartoons to show how people
from around the world see the United States. In addition to collecting
cartoons, he had been interviewing people for the past 15 years in preparation
for his text.
Joe sacrificed personal
comforts for his passions, scraping by on odd jobs that fueled his travels and
his publications. He was rich with friends, family and fellow cartoonists who
mourn his passing.
Memorial
contributions can be made to the International Spring Festival, Lansdale Public
Library, 301 Vine Street, Landsdale, PA. Remembrances of Joe for his family can
be sent to his former wife, Flora Szabo, hunamer@hotmail.com .
Istambul 1996 - Meeting WittyWorld — com Javad, John Lent, Mik Jagger, Osvaldo Macedo de Sousa, Joe Szabo, Sema, Effat e Polo..
Umoristi a Marostica 2016
O grande vencedor do Salão Latino-americano de Humor foi o cartunista carioca Paulo Cavalcante
O
grande vencedor do Salão Latino-americano de Humor foi o cartunista carioca
Paulo Cavalcante com essa caricatura de Vinicius de Moraes. Parabéns à todos
cartunistas que votaram nesse juri democrático. Cada um que votou receberá a
listagem de todos os votos para a transparência no processo que nosso salão
está implantando.
The winner of the Latin American Humor Exhibition was
the cartoonist Paulo Cavalcante with this Vinicius de Moraes caricature.
Congratulations to all cartoonists who voted this democratic jury. Everyone who
voted will receive a listing of all votes for transparency in the process that
our hall is implementing.
O processo de votação foi realizado entre os cartunistas
finalistas do salão, o que é inédito entre os salões de humor pelo mundo.
O 1º Salão Latino-americano de Humor reuniu trabalhos de
150 desenhistas do humor gráfico sobre o tema
Sons
da América Latina.
PAULO CAVALCANTE
Ilustrador e
caricaturista com mais de 30 anos de trabalho na imprensa. Carioca, estreou sua
carreira no Pasquim, em 1984, e publicou no jornal O Estado de São Paulo e nas
revistas Mad, Gráfica, Ciência Hoje, Vizoo, Poetry Salzburg (Áustria), entre
outras.
Teve diversos
trabalhos premiados e expostos no Brasil e no exterior. Desde 1993 trabalha na
Editoria de Arte do O Globo, ilustrando com regularidade as páginas de Opinião,
Segundo Caderno e Prosa, as colunas de Fernando Henrique Cardoso e Lauro
Jardim, entre outras artes para especiais do jornal impresso e da web.
JÚRI DE SELEÇÃO INTERNACIONAL
O júri foi
composto por Ana Von Rebeur, Arturo Kemchs (cartunista e presidente da União
Latino-Americana de Humor Gráfico - México), Sonia Bibe Luyten (jornalista,
escritora e estudiosa da área), Luís Avelima (poeta, jornalista, historiador e
diretor de atividades culturais do Memorial da América Latina), Gualberto Costa
(presidente do Instituto Memorial das Artes Gráficas do Brasil) e José Alberto
Lovetro (presidente da Associação dos Cartunistas do Brasil).
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Cervantes y Cervantes, de Agustín Sciammarella en la Casa de América (Plaza de Cibeles s/n). Madrid
Cervantes
y Cervantes, de Agustín
Sciammarella
La
exposición de caricaturas de todos los galardonados con el Premio Cervantes,
creadas por el artista Agustín Sciammarella, se inaugura hoy 19 de
abril a las 19 horas en la Casa de América (Plaza de Cibeles s/n).
La entrada a la inauguración y a la exposición es libre hasta completar aforo.
Del 19 de abril al 27 de mayo de 2016.
Sala Oswaldo Guayasamín. Casa de América (Madrid)
Hora: de lunes a viernes de 11.00 a 19.30.
Sábados de 11.00 a 15.00. Domingos y festivos cerrado.
Entrada libre hasta completar aforo.
La exposición se compone de un conjunto de 42 caricaturas a todo color en diversas ténicas de los literatos que han sido galardonados con el Premio Cervantes, incluido el de este año, Fernando del Paso.
Sciammarella sabe pintar lo que no se ve y a los ilustres escritores que pone ante nuestros ojos, les ha retratado el perfil del alma. Estos “Cervantes” contienen la esencia misma de lo que son y además de contemplarlos también se les puede leer. Después de visitar esta “galería de eximios”, uno sale con la impresión de haber compartido con ellos el territorio incontaminado de la literatura... Tal es su naturaleza.
El artista ha hecho posible este inventario de premiados desde su propio fervor literario, como si fuera un lector empedernido que ha trocado el vuelo de la palabra en retrato furtivo, apelando a técnicas mixtas que van desde el pastel al collage. En el fondo, esta exposición es un homenaje a una pasión mayor, la palabra.
La entrada a la inauguración y a la exposición es libre hasta completar aforo.
Del 19 de abril al 27 de mayo de 2016.
Sala Oswaldo Guayasamín. Casa de América (Madrid)
Hora: de lunes a viernes de 11.00 a 19.30.
Sábados de 11.00 a 15.00. Domingos y festivos cerrado.
Entrada libre hasta completar aforo.
La exposición se compone de un conjunto de 42 caricaturas a todo color en diversas ténicas de los literatos que han sido galardonados con el Premio Cervantes, incluido el de este año, Fernando del Paso.
Sciammarella sabe pintar lo que no se ve y a los ilustres escritores que pone ante nuestros ojos, les ha retratado el perfil del alma. Estos “Cervantes” contienen la esencia misma de lo que son y además de contemplarlos también se les puede leer. Después de visitar esta “galería de eximios”, uno sale con la impresión de haber compartido con ellos el territorio incontaminado de la literatura... Tal es su naturaleza.
El artista ha hecho posible este inventario de premiados desde su propio fervor literario, como si fuera un lector empedernido que ha trocado el vuelo de la palabra en retrato furtivo, apelando a técnicas mixtas que van desde el pastel al collage. En el fondo, esta exposición es un homenaje a una pasión mayor, la palabra.
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Sunday, April 17, 2016
PRERAG, association, announce the international cartoon competition Brain Sneezing - from kalokagathia to hypochondria and back.
Topic 2016 : FREE FEELING
Freedom of Thinking, Speech and Movement
Deadline: 31th May 2016
Competition terms :
1.
Each author can send maximum 5 original works.
2.
The competition is open to everybody and is not
restricted in terms of artistic design methods.
3.
The format of works should not exceed the A4
dimension.
4.
The competition is non-anonymous.
5.
The works can be sent either online, by filling the
electronic application form, or via regular mail, with each work signed on the
reverse with the author´s name and their address.
6.
The rewarded works will become the property of the
organiser.
The results will be announced on the 1st July 2016 and the
winners will be awarded the following prizes:
Awards:
1st prize: 500.00 EUR
2nd prize: 300.00 EUR
3rd prize: 200.00 EUR
The competition Jury reserves the right to grant other special prizes or
not to grant some of the prizes.
The organisers will accept all the works that will be delivered online at
the web address:
The organisers reserve the right to publish selected works in promotional
materials and to re-install the exhibition. The catalogue will be sent to each
competitor whose works will be published in the catalogue.
The authors agree that their works become the property of the organisers at
no charge, that copies of their works might be made and used in re-installing
the exhibition in other venues and that their works might be published free of
charge in order to promote the exhibition.
The international competition and exhibition "Brain Sneezing -
from kalokagathia to “hypochondria and back" is organised under the
patronage of the Slovak Presidency in the Council of the European Union and is
financially supported by the International Visegrad Fund.
