Perhaps I should re-title this post as
‘How to not win the 39th annual Piracicaba International Humour cartoon competition’
Ahh, not that I’m upset. My ego is stronger than that! (just)
Boldly I decided to enter the competition (heck, it’s free and open up to the world. I had nothing to lose). There are 5 categories, of which I entered the first category
- Cartoon (humor with universal themes and timeless)
- Charge (journalistic themes nowadays)
- Caricature
- Comic Strip
- Theme Intolerance
Not only that, I could enter 3 cartoons, so I did (stay tuned, they’ll be coming out shortly). I even got a friend of mine to translate (below) the caption into Portuguese (that cost me a chocolate frog too). Don’t the Brazilians love their beef? Surely, I was on a winner?
But alas no, it was not to be. But if you are interested in seeing what the winners came up with, here are the winning cartoons from the Piracicaba International humour exhibition.
Well, you would have gotten my vote, that’s for sure!
Thanks Carrie. Can always count on you for a pick me up vote of confidence. 🙂
Marti
OMG! This cartoon is hilarious!
I have nominated you for a brand new award…The You Make My Day Award. You can find the link here http://theembiggensproject.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/the-you-make-my-day-award/
Thanks. I feel that I don’t deserve it as I haven’t done anything with my last award yet! It makes up for not winning the competition and hey, I love the soft toys (great job).
Marti
I think your cartoon is the best, by far! And I’m so happy to have had the chance to give your aliens their middle names! I would love to see your work in papers around the world! The next “Far Side!”
Oh, and thanks. My stuffed animals star in a lot of things around here.
Aw shucks, I won’t be able to exit my study door as my head won’t fit through it.
Thanks for your thumbs up and support.
Marti
Competitions, by their very nature, will always be subjective. Your cartoons are superb – and yes, I agree, can nudge the Far Side…… 🙂
Gee, thanks 🙂