Comics - Stripovi - exYU: Mini Gallery - Petar Pismestrović

Mini Gallery - Petar Pismestrović - AUSTRIA

Petar Pismestrovic was born in Sremska Mitrovica, former Yugoslavia in 1951. After the school graduation he studied political science in Zagreb, and since 1970 he works as professional cartoonist.

Aside of his work for 40 newspapers and magazines, he organised 25 exhibitions of his own works in former Yugoslavia, took part in numerous cartoon exhibitions and festivals worldwide and won five first prizes, twice in Tolentino (Italy), Deva (Romania), Zagreb (Croatia), Belgrade (Serbia) as well as the second Prize in Seoul (Korea), the "Excellence Prize" in Tokyo (Japan) and the Special Prize in Istanbul (Turkey).

One of the founding members of the croatian cartoonists association (HDK). Pismestrovic works for Kleine Zeitung (Austria) since 1992. His works have been published in magazines and newspapers such as Nebelspalter (Switzerland), Courrier International (France), New York Times (USA), International Herald Tribune (France) , Cicero(Germany).

Cartoon exhibitions in Klagenfurt (1992, 2000), Feldkirchen (1994), Ferndorf (1997), Tainach (1998) , Köflach and St.Veit a.G. (2007). Aside of three books with hs own cartoons, his works have been published in various other books such as "The Finest International Cartoons Of Our Time" (USA), Marylin in Art, Madonna in Art ( Great Britain), "The Big Book of Bush" (USA), "The best Political Cartoons of the year 2007" (USA), "Politik für das dritte Jahrtausend - Festschrift fur Alois Mock zum 60. Geburtstag", "Hohles Haus - Zitate aus Nationalratssitzungen der letzten zehn Jahre", "Zukunft denken -Festschrift für Wolgang Schüssel" ( all Austria) „Eurospott“(Germany).

He also made illustrations for various books, Posters, Record covers and mascots. Pismestrovic is austrian citizen since 1996.

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IV The Competition of a Caricature and a Short Comic Strip, KIKS Zikison 2009.

Continuous web competition from now on the front pages Zikison.net & KIKS.net & Comics-Stripovi-ExYu ... Unique in the world, respected friends, send your cartoons and comics!

Živojin Pavlović"ZIKISON"(Paracin – Serbia 1885. – 1950.)

www.zikison.net

www.kiks.site90.net, kiks.blogalerie.com

www.comics-stripovi-exyu.blogspot.com

and The Satirical Manufactory "Zikison" are announcing in the categories, the themes:

1. PORTRAIT cartoon "ZIKISON", WITHOUT WORDS. How to see the cartoonist, "ZIKISON" and his age, technology-free, for all three categories of works to send the full?

2. Caricature WITHOUT WORDS - FREE, free technique.

3. SHORT ALTERNATIVE COMIC STRIP, WITHOUT WORDS - FREE, free technique.

The competition will be opened and free for all of the professionals and amateurs, for affirmed and unknown authors from 7 to 77 years of age, for all people on this planet but in the case if someone appears from other planet then we will become the first interplanetar competition.

AWARDS: First prize in all three categories, the presentation of the special page www.zikison.net Weekly electronic journal zikison and www.kiks.site90.net kiks (Caricature and Short Comic Cartoon). All authors whose works jury will be selected in your gallery Zikison.net and KIKS.net. All authors whose works selected for the jury will get ŽIKIŠON Charter or Diploma.

Works can be sent by E-mail zikison@zikison.net & zikison.mazos@gmail.com & kiks.zikison@yahoo.com with author’s short biography and photography. All of received works will not be returned to the senders. The organization of this project keeps the right for using and publishing of received works for the organization’s needs. Deadline: No deadline (Permanent Exhibition)

The competition is open Non-Stop!
(Results: December 2009/ January 2010)

ZIKISON (1885. - 1950.) Was a Satirist, a caricaturist, an editor, a publisher, and a printer. Between two wars in Serbia he was an actuator, a Co – Author editor of many of newspaper for humor and satire. He has been suffering and imprisoned by Communist Regime in 1949. Soon after that torture and seizing his property, he was died in 1950.

Jury for "IV KIKS Zikison 2009", consisting of:

MR. David Baldinger, cartoonist - USA, MR. Benjamin Heine, cartoonist - BELGIUM, MR. Ismail Kar, cartoonist - TURKEY, MR. Julian Pena Pai, cartoonist - ROMANIA, MR. Zoran Matic Mazos - Founder, director and editor, KIKS Zikison - SERBIA