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    Judgement of
    the 4th Courage World Cartoon Contest  
          

In this year a new int'l cartoon contest was held in Taiwan, it's based on the government (payments & judge...), denominated by the country name.  It's an un-usual case.

Unfortunately, it's not sucessful, and even not too honorable.

It's not honorable, because they declared "the first time int'l cartoon contest  in our nation"  in a few mediocre newspapers.     it's  a lie .

It's not successful, one among reasons is the contest asks unpublished works , and asks all artists to provide with their IDs, but a lot of old   ideas still are selected and win prizes. ( I was a jury there for the final round, voted few, but hard to be responsible for 1st round)

If you look for a world-scaled cartoon contest in Taiwan which is really

  Independent
  for more Justice
  Wits oriented (focus on sharp-witty humor & satire)
  with courage

The best choice now is Courage World Cartoon Contest, which 's
       §     reported by the best-awarding newspaper in Asia & Pacific 
       §     ranking very top or No.1 by lots of world best search engines.

we will hand in hand together with great artists to
      promote cartoon arts, int'l friendship, and
      good values.

---to be continued (more behind the screen to come ) 

      To prove my previous article, I randomly chose one among quite many "co-incidences", and to display them (as below)

          very reluctantly...........

        because in most cases, I only made comments on works printed in world top media, etc.

         because the author is NOT a thief.

         Most important, because I firmly believe, the author is a kind-hearted gentleperson, so that he worked on this theme

    The mistake is the contest  should not selecte  old ideas

    The mistake is the contest should not choose the theme "peace", but did something "not peaceful"

    The mistake is few media in Taiwan like Ming-sen Daily (a sub-system of United News, now is bankrupted ) should not print un-true news ............. although the United News just reported a paper about Taiwan's newspaper-media is not ahead in Asia.

   The mistake is ..................

     ---to be continued             

   We are still No.1 in a number of world best search engines ('03)

   We have been on the top for a few years continously.

   So many greatest artists contribute their talents, this contest exhibit world-class talents  in a non-profit, un-biased, worldwide site.
   This contest was attcked, I was attacked,
   but I don't think those hackers or masked terrorist would like to spend a penny of their own in holding any activity.

Most biggest winners in the 4th contest are sort of editorial cartoons, they simply sketch the truth/facts,
  some very sharp cartoons are from (relatively) strictly political countries , some of their works are related to some events in their places or on this planet ,
They all show their sharp wits and courage. 

Some caricatures are about the same as, or even better than fine art painting, many people taste and love them.

Very few cartoonist complained about the judgement results,
I would say,
Not only one person got  No.1 in the Contest,
if your works are great, you are great, then,
You are No.1 inside some people's mind.

          ---to be continued           

Courage List

Prizes

Adam Lee (Singapore)

Ralph Lauren jacket, NT 3,800
Versace sweator, RMB2,980
Titleist hat, NT2,500
Versace sweator, RMB2,980
Fendi hat, HK$1,680
Geoffrey Beene  pure wool pant, NT n/a
Givenchy socks, N/A
Calvin Klein jean shirt, N/A
LEE casual shirt, N/A
souvenir fashion girl shirt, N/A

Julian PenaPai (Romania)

YSL tie, NT3,280
Ralph Lauren sweator, NT2,200
Fendi hat, HK 1,680
Louis Vuitton socks, RMB230
Valentino Coupeau present box (leather belt, etc), NT 2,000 orso
Ralph Lauren casual shirt, NT3,280
souvenir chopsticks, N/A

Oguz Gurel (Turkey)

YSL tie, NT3,280
Ralph Lauren dress shirt, NT3,280
Gants jacket , NT2,000 or so
Ralph Lauren wool cap, NT1,750
Boss emareo tie, NT980
a testoni socks, RMB130
Authentic golf jacket, N/A
Picasso tie, NT2,000 orso
Lorcha Macau T shirt, N/A
souvenir chopsticks, N/A

Leng Yan Ping (China- mainland)

Ralph Lauran dress shirt, NT3,280
Ralph Lauren dress shirt, NT3,280
Ralph Lauren dress shirt, NT3,280
Misukoshi coffee/tea cup with filter NT$ n/a

Mihai Ignat (Romania)

　YSL tie, NT3280
Ralph Lauren sports pant, NT2,880
Misukoshi coffee/tea cup with filter NT$ n/a
souvenir bag

Get  extra prize for having joined 4 times

Prof.Lex Drewinski (Germany)   Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; YSL tie, NT3280

Xia Dachuan (CHN)  Ralph Lauren dress shirt, NT3,680; Givenchy socks, $N/A

prizes (ramdon orders)

Achille Superbi (Italia) Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

Erdogan Basol (Turkey)  Charley Bay tie, NT980; Ralph Lauren sweator NT2000 orso

Bram (Sweden) Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

Kazanevsky Vladimir (Ukraine) Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

Manuel A Francisco (Phi) Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

Gerald (France)  Ralph Lauren cap, NT1380; Euro style scarf

Andrei Puchkaniou (Belrus) Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

Liu HunAnn (Chn)  Ralph Lauren cap, NT1380; StarBucks coffee tumbler

Bai Yu Ping (Chn)  Ralph Lauren cap, NT1380; StarBucks coffee tumbler

He Fu Cheng (Chn) Ralph Lauren cap, NT1380; StarBucks coffee tumbler

Zhang Wei (Chn) Ralph Lauren cap, NT1380; StarBucks coffee tumbler

Leng Mu (Chn) Ralph Lauren cap, NT1380; StarBucks coffee tumbler

E Isca(Italia) Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

Jurij Kosobukin (Ukraine)   Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

Murat Alimov (Kazakhstan)   Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

Seyran Caferli (Azerbaijan)   Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

Alexander Pashkov (Rus)   Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

Ikhsan Dwiono (Indonesia)   Charley Bay tie, NT1,180; Chinese Calligraphy tie

5th  prizes

Mykola Kapusta (Ukraine)   Ralph Lauren long socks ; souvenir Macau leather pocket

Enver Malkov (Turkey)   Ralph Lauren long socks ;  Macau leather pocket

Semerenko Vladimir (Russia)   Ralph Lauren long socks ; Macau leather pocket

Masoud Ziaei Zardkhashoei (Iran)   Ralph Lauren long socks ; Macau leather pocket

Fabrrio Scarpati (Finland)   Ralph Lauren long socks ; Macau leather pocket

Ali Aghaey (Iran)   Ralph Lauren long socks ;Macau leather pocket

MAmin Roshanpour (Iran)   Ralph Lauren long socks ; Macau leather pocket

Hossein Kazem (Iran)   Ralph Lauren long socks ; Macau leather pocket

Miroslav Bozhkov  (Bulgaria)   Ralph Lauren long socks ; Macau leather pocket

Jitet Koestana (Indonesia)   Ralph Lauren long socks ; Macau leather pocket

Mohammad Amin Aghaey (Iran)   Macau leather pocket, souvenir

Evgeny Osipov (Russia)   souvenir, Macau leather pocket

Li Run Yang (China)   Macau leather pocket; Starbucks coffee tumbler

Rasit Yakali (Turkey)   souvenir, Macau leather pocket

other selected artists receive diploma and catalogue disk

All prizes/Diploma are mailed around this Chinese New Year (2/2003)
the gift list above may be changed some before the mailing date

prizes  from
(1) biggest malls in Taiwan, like Mitsukoshi (Japan), Spring (France), etc
(2) 5 star or 4 satr hotels in mainland China
(3) HK or Macau stores recommanded by major entertainment news in Taiwan

According to the rule, top 3 winners win prizes;
in this year lots of extra prizes are still sent to other winners, unexpectedly;
all prizes are reference (original) prices

almost all prizes were mailed from Taiwan (floppy disk can be mailed),
mainland China(CD or disk cannot be mailed unless with cultural unit's approval, so I am sorry)

Result