Satire and laughs at World Press Cartoon / Έλληνας ο νικητής στον Παγκόσμιο Διαγωνισμό Γελοιογραφίας

Satire and laughs at World Press Cartoon

Source: http://www.euronews.com/2013/04/19/satire-and-laughs-at-world-press-cartoon/

The World Press Cartoon 2013 carries the scars of the financial crisis – not in quality but in the themes chosen.

Sponsorship was also hit by the crisis this year with some companies abandoning the annual event in Sintra in Portugal. So it wasn’t surprising that the Grand Prix, the first prize, in the editorial category went to a crisis-themed cartoon by Greek artist Kountouris.

He said: “I dedicate it to the victims of the crisis and I wish that very soon we can have the Europe we all want, the Europe which cares about the people and not the banks.”

More than 500 press cartoons published in 63 countries were shown in Sintra.

The forum has been running for nine years. Portugal will hold municipal elections in the autumn. The current mayor of Sintra have said they will not stand again, but both he and the director of the cartoon forum are reluctant to contemplate the end of the World Press Cartoon forum.

Mayor Fernando Seara said: “I will continue to come to Sintra to visit future World Press Cartoons. I think they’ll be a good bet with more and more participants and a growing global interest.” Director Antonio Antunes added: “I think that World Press Cartoon is going to become a really strong event that is not over. The next mayor of Sintra will also want to continue with World Press Cartoon. At the least I would be moderately optimistic.”

Prizes are given in three categories – editorial, humorous drawing and caricature. The humour this year came from Iranian artist Saeed Sedeghi, who explained the premise: “It is a satire about civil law in which it says – compared to some individuals who do not observe the law – some animals seem to be more law-abiding.”

The Greek cartoonist who conquered NASA / Η σκιτσογράφος που κατέκτησε τη NASA

The Greek cartoonist who conquered NASA

2012 Humans in Space Youth Art Competition Awardees Lists

Source: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/humansinspaceart/awards/index.shtml.en

A human-robot sent by NASA in space to detect new planets, "friendly" to humans. The spacecraft passes through galactic wormholes ... and finally arrives on Mars. The news is not - for now - real. Nonetheless, the history of comics, designed by the young from Argos (Greece) and gave the first prize in the international competition of NASA.

Born in Tripoli, where she stayed with her parents and her younger sister up until about four years ago, when the family moved to Meru business in Argos.

Last summer, her mother read on the Internet about the competition conducted by the NASA, Humans in Space - Youth Art Competition. Children who participated had to make a work of art, piece of music or literary text to videos and comics, which would answer the question "How man can explore space, with which technologies and what you find?". Eventually, 2,076 children took place, aged 10-18, from 52 countries, which are considered a total of 220 judges. Angela was the only Greek who took part in the category of comics.