Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Mell Lazarus 1927-2016 May 24th

Caricature of Mell I did in honor of his “roasting” at the
2004 NCS Reuben Awards Weekend in Kansas City.
http://www.tomrichmond.com/2016/05/24/mell-lazarus-1927-2016/
The world lost a true cartooning legend today with the passing of Mell Lazarus. Mell has been ailing for some time now so we all knew this was coming, but it’s still hard.
The word “legend” gets tossed around a lot these days, but in Mell’s case that title is well bestowed. Of course he is best known as the creator of the long running daily comic strips Momma and Miss Peach, but that was just a part of what made Mell such a giant in the cartooning industry.
Mell was one of the pioneers in securing creators right of ownership of their comic strips, something that had a profound impact on the livelyhoods of hundred and hundreds of cartoonists over the years.
As you would imagine, Mell was extremely funny. His comics aside, he had a tremendously charming personality and sharp, quick wit that made talking with him thoroughly enjoyable. He’d been doing cartooning professionally since the early 1940’s, and he had a seemingly endless reservoir of stories that were as fascinating as they were funny. It was a real joy to be in his company.
He was also one of the smartest cartoonists I’ve ever met. A member of MENSA, Mell was probably a certifiable genius… he would have said he was certainly “certifiable”.
Mell served two terms as president of the National Cartoonists Society from 1989-1993. He planned and presided on two of the most talked about Reuben awards weekends ever, both on the high seas on a cruise ship! Mell was also one of a group of NCS members who went to Vietnam during the war to meet and draw for the troops. He won numerous awards including The Reuben Award in 1981, the Silver T-Square in 2000 and the Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in 2016. He was a huge part of the NCS, and a source of advice for me in my years as president.
He was a terrific writer, and not just on his comic strips. Mell wrote two novels, The Boss is Crazy, Too(1963) and The Neighborhood Watch (1986). I’ve never found a copy of The Neighborhood Watch but I am very familiar with the The Boss is Crazy, Too, for reasons I’ll get to shortly. It is an extremely hilarious story about a small comic book company in the 50’s and the antics that went on, based on Mell’s experiences as an editor at the Al Capp-family owned Toby Press.
I met Mell and his wonderful wife Sally through the NCS. Living so far from them (they lived in LA) we didn’t get to see them as much and get to know them as well as we would have liked, but I did get the opportunity to get to know Mell over the years. In fact, he will always be part of one of my biggest regrets as a cartoonist.
A number of years ago Mell asked me to collaborate with him on a graphic novel adaptation of The Boss is Crazy, Too. I readily agreed but after a while realized I was never going to be able to find the time to do it. I eventually had to call Mell and tell him I just couldn’t do it. I’ll always regret that, even though there really was no way I could have made the time to do the graphic novel no matter how much I wanted to. The story was great, at the time the TV show “Mad Men” was huge and 60’s nostalgia was “in” so it had a chance of being a hit, but what hurt most of all is I felt I was letting Mell down.
This weekend is the annual NCS Reuben Awards, being held in Memphis. You might think that Mell’s passing would put a damper on the event, but I think it will be the opposite. Mell’s contributions to the world of cartooning in general and the NCS in particular were bigger than life, and so was he. Rather than mourning I think we’ll be celebrating Mell’s life this weekend, remembering how special he was to all of us and how grateful we all are for having been privileged to know him.
I know I am grateful to have had the chance to have some of the wonderful talks we had over scotch and cigars, and to have been able to call him friend.

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Em 2016 o Museu Bordalo Pinheiro festeja 100 anos e vamos começar as comemorações com a exposição Diálogos Imaginados, Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro e Paula Rego. A inauguração será no dia 26 de Maio (feriado do Corpo de Deus), pelas 11 horas da manhã.




Monday, May 23, 2016

Murió reconocido caricaturista payanés José María López Prieto 'Pepón'


Publicó sus caricaturas en medios como El Tiempo y El Espectador. Falleció tras un infarto.
En horas de la noche del domingo se conoció la triste noticia de la muerte de José María López Prieto ‘Pepón’, quien se encontraba en Sao Paulo, Brasil, visitando a sus hijas como lo hacía de costumbre año tras año. Según informaron allegados en Popayán, un infarto fulminante fue la causa del fallecimiento del querido caricaturista, de 77 años.
“Con tristeza recibo la noticia de la muerte del reconocido caricaturista payanés José María López Prieto, más conocido como ‘Pepón’. Lo recordaremos por su talento en el humor político y por permitirnos conocer y analizar desde diferentes puntos de vista el acontecer diario del país. Dios lo tenga en su santa gloria. Elevo oraciones por su alma”, señaló César Cristian Gómez Castro, alcalde de Popayán.
José María López Prieto nació en Popayán, en 1939. Estudió bachillerato en el Liceo de la Universidad del Cauca y en el Liceo Luis de Camoes de Lisboa, Portugal. En España estudió dibujo y publicó sus primeras caricaturas como amateur en 'La Codorniz'. En 1962 se vinculó a El Espectador, donde introdujo la modalidad de página de Caricaturas en el 'Magazín Dominical'. En 1970 se trasladó al periódico EL TIEMPO donde publicaba sus caricaturas en la página editorial y en la última página de Lecturas Dominicales.
‘Pepón’ también publicó caricaturas en 'Cromos', 'Semana', 'Ámbito Jurídico', 'Revista Estrategia Económica', 'Revista Perspectiva' y algunas publicaciones extranjeras. Actualmente sus creaciones eran publicadas en El Nuevo Liberal de Popayán.
El 30 de mayo de 2015 la Universidad del Cauca le entregó el Doctorado Honoris Causa en Comunicación Social por su trayectoria y los reconocimientos durante su profesión, lo que él calificó como el honor más grande que había recibido.
“Mi recomendación a los nuevos caricaturistas es que superen la tendencia a hacer chistes y juegos de palabras que no cuentan con la información política sobre hechos y el conocimiento de sus personajes para contar al público de una manera crítica, lo que ocurre detrás de la aparente realidad”, señaló ese día ‘Pepón’.
Juan Carlos Pino Correa, profesor del programa de Comunicación Social de Unicauca, y quien fue el encargado de escribir la justificación académica del Doctorado Honoris Causa a ‘Pepón’, afirmó en aquella ocasión que la obra de este payanés “es una mezcla de mirada crítica, humor y formación política y va más allá de aquella definición general y simplista de la caricatura como sólo exageración. En el arte de la caricatura política colombiana, se ha ganado un lugar de privilegio y de eso pueden dar cuenta las investigaciones y los artículos donde su obra ha sido referenciada”.

POPAYÁN

DIED ADOLF BORN (12.06.1930, České Velenice - 22.05.2016, Prague)


In Prague (in the city where he lived and created), on Sunday morning, 22 nd May thworked
 Friday morning, May 22 nd, in age 85 died ADOLF BORN (12.O6.1930 - 22.O5.201ž).
It is missing only ten days to celebrate circle of friends within the family circle and in the circle of friends for 86 th birthday.
In 1974, Adolf Born was declared cartoonist of the year in Montreal (Canada),  
 he won famous The Palma d'Oro in Bordighera (Italy),
In 2008, he was a Finalist for the biennial, International Hans Christian Andersen Award,
Including the French state honors - Ordre des Arts et des Lettres! (France).
 ADOLF BORN was born  in the small town of České Velenice on the Bohemian 
Honor his memory!



Segunda Festa da Caricatura Cidade de Ferrol 2016 (organizacion Club de Prensa)


Benqueridos amigos: A Segunda Festa da Caricatura Cidade de Ferrol , que organiza o Club de Prensa, presenta novidades importantes:
Recuperación da figura do artista ferrolán Juan Carlos Alonso (1886-1945), que chegou a ser considerado pola crítica o máis orixinal caricaturista de Sudamérica. Durante o mes de xullo presentarase en //Afundación unha ampla escolma da súa obra, que permitirá coñecer o labor de ilustrador, viñetista, retratista e, especialmente, de caricaturista, que tanto prestixio lle deron no mundo. (Véxase semblanza biográfica e artística adxunta).
Creación do , para profesionais e afeccionados, dotado con 1000 euros e trofeo acreditativo.
Creación do para menores de vinte anos, dotado con 600 euros e trofeo acreditativo.
O coruñés Álvaro Cebreiro, o máis cualificado caricaturista dos moitos que agromaron en Galicia, baixo o maxisterio de Castelao, estivo vencellado a Ferrol pola amizade que mantivo con numerosos intelectuais como o pintor Imeldo Corral, o primeiro alcalde Xaime Quintanilla, ou o pintor e profesor Xosé Leyra Domínguez. (Véxase semblanza biográfica adxunta).
Durante o mes de xullo celebraranse mostras de caricatura de Juan Carlos Alonso e dos finalistas nos certames, conferencias, para rematar cunha exhibición de caricaturistas galegos e portugueses.
As Bases do Certame poden ser consultadas na web do Club de Prensa de Ferrol: www.clubdeprensadeferrol.com , e máis concretamente en: http://www.clubdeprensadeferrol.com/festadacaricatura/bases.html  
Desexando que vos resulte de interés e vos animedes a participar, recibide un cordial saúdo,
Siro López Lorenzo
Presidente


Bases do Certame de Caricatura

O Club de Prensa de Ferrol, convoca o Segundo Certame da Caricatura , coas seguintes bases:
1. Convócanse dous premios, para maiores e menores de 20 anos.
2. Os primeiros optan ao Premio Juan Carlos Alonso, dotado con 1000 euros e trofeo.
3. Os participantes que non teñan cumpridos os vinte anos ao se facer pública esta convocatoria, optan ao Premio Álvaro Cebreiro, dotado con 600 euros e trofeo. Quen sendo menor de vinte anos queira optar ao Premio Juan Carlos Alonso, pode facelo.
4. Nas dúas categorías poden participar caricaturistas profesionais e afecionados de calquera nacionalidade.
5. Cada participante presentará dúas caricaturas. Unha terá como modelo o escritor ferrolán Ricardo Carballo Calero, de quen o Club de Prensa facilita fotos (ver “Galería de imaxes de Ricardo Carballo Calero” na web). A outra caricatura será de libre elección do participante.
6. As caricaturas enviaranse ao correo info@clubdeprensadeferrol.com, en formato dixital, con dimensións DIN A3, en JPF ou TIFF e 300 d.p.i. de resolución, sen sobrepasar os 5Mg.
7. Prazo de presentación: O prazo de recepción dos traballos presentados remata ás 24 horas do día 15 de xullo de
2016.
8. Fallo: O fallo do Xurado farase público o 26 de xullo de 2016. As decisións do Xurado serán inapelabeis.
9. Composición do xurado: Compoñen o xurado os caricaturistas profesionais de recoñecido prestixio David Pintor, Xaquín Marín e Siro López Lorenzo, presidente do Club de Prensa de Ferrol.

10. Os traballos finalistas serán expostos nunha mostra colectiva no edificio de //Afundación en Ferrol. Os participantes finalistas recibirán un diploma acreditativo. 



INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL Happy Gallery SKC Belgrade, September 29th – October 2nd , 2016



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