About Me
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First of all, I must add that I am not responsible for the
advertisements on the top of my homepage! But I think the free homepage
is worth those ads! Secondly I apologize to my visitors for the extra
width of my some pages, that it is because of that I am not an advanced
internet user. I am only a cartoonist, not a "computerist!" I am a "Javad"
not a "JAVA"!
About myself I have to say: I am "Javad Alizadeh" a professional
cartoonist and journalist from Iran, born in Azerbaijan province of Iran
in 1952.
I publish an independent /private cartoon magazine called : "Tanz-o-Caricature"(Humour
& caricature)in Tehran, since 1990.
Despite that in publishing the magazine I have obeyed my emotion and not
my reason, and opposite to economical logic and formula, I enjoy a
minimum advertisement income, but the magazine has remained steadfast
until the present, and I don't know why!My works have been published in
more than 100 leading presses of the world in the 80s and 90s with the
signature of :
"j a v a d " through international C & W syndicate.
I believe in moderation - not radicalism and not opportunism - in
criticism and that is why I still can work and draw, with relatively few
problems!
But the funny point is that,I, with an extensive background and
training many young cartoonists of today, instead of being appreciated
and honoured here, on the contrary i sometimes face dishonour and
disrespect and even some problems !.
Of course the obligatory fair appreciation is not my main demand, I only
feel sorry that my creative/inventional "4- DIMENSIONAL HUMOUR" has
remained unknown!
The main reason for my unique situation is my free, independent and
proud character. I do not believe in advertisement and propaganda, I
don't have good public relations,as well.
Politically I am neither left nor right! And this kind of
political/ethical standpoint -- being in the middle!-- usually causes
that kind of seclusion & isolation!
But I do not mind anymore and instead, I work more and more in my
self-made solitude!
* JURY MEMBERSHIPS: i was cartoon contests' jury member in: Skopje
1996(Macedonia). Anglet 1992(France)Tehran cartoon biennials in 1993,95
and 97. DUBAI 2002 international cartoon forum(Emirates) plus jury
memberships in some10 local cartoon contests and a jury of my magazine's
yearly cartoon contest.
* INTERNATIONAL STAFF MEMBERSHIPS: Beside my membership in international
C&W syndicate in 80s and 90s, i was for a while the editor of
international Witty World cartoon magazine in 90s. I have also attended
at cartoon conferences in: Japan(1993)- Turkey( 1995)- Malta(
1998)-Finland( 2004)
* SPECIALTY: In addition to my 4-D humour, my other major specialty is
drawing the portraits of the people more similar than themselves !
(e.g., the caricature of Mr.Bean, that can be accessed by clicking on
PORTRAIT page 6, from the menu on the left).
So you dear tolerant visitor to my site, after viewing my some 50
relativistic cartoons in five pages patiently!, you can have a look at
the portrait page, for more... or less fun! ( it depends upon the
observer's point of view!!)
Prizes
i have
won some 27 international prizes and 2 national ones. The most important
prizes:
*1st caricature prize of Anglet(France) cartoon contest in 1991.
*Silver date prize of Bordighera(Italy)cartoon contest in 1996.
*First prize of Ankara(Turkey)cartoon competition with the theme of
"child" in 2007.
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