Comments on: Currywurst – Cartoon Contest http://blog.toonpool.com/cartoons/currywurst-cartoon-contest/ the latest stuff about toonpool.com Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:26:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: En rigtig pølsetysker | ledrakenoir http://blog.toonpool.com/cartoons/currywurst-cartoon-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-113696 En rigtig pølsetysker | ledrakenoir Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:08:17 +0000 http://blog.toonpool.com/?p=606#comment-113696 [...] Typisk Tysk “kultur” invasion..? [...] [...] Typisk Tysk “kultur” invasion..? [...]

]]> By: Firuz Kutal http://blog.toonpool.com/cartoons/currywurst-cartoon-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 Firuz Kutal Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:34:37 +0000 http://blog.toonpool.com/?p=606#comment-1194 German based Toonpool.com had a contest about Currywurst which is a German speciality created originally in Berlin. It is so popular and common used fast food, Germans have even a museum for currywurst which is basically sausage,ketchup and curry. Toonpool announces today winners of the currywurst Cartoon Contest. All 3 cartoons which are awarded commonly have talking-balloons with German text, i.e have no meaning if you cannot German. Some few cartoonists I spoke find it naturally since this is a national dish, national language and national contest. But the contest is announced for Toonpool artists which have mostly international backgrounds. I participate this contest too. My motive was not to win some money, which could be nice, but mostly solidarity with Toonpool and I like currywurst too. But I was really surprised when I saw the result cartoons. There were a lot of cartoons which had delivered to the contest were indeed without the text, like mine. My question is: If this was indeed a national contest, why ToonPool announced it for Toonpool artists which obviously many of them are non-German speaking artists. I react this because I assume this is one of ethic question in our business as well as chosen of jurors for International contests. I admit that this is a national dish, but could be a international approach by considering Cartoon art. Any way I find this experience strange, tasteless and non-international. People like me can feel nonsense or even stupid to participate this kind of national dish based contests. May be I am doing wrong by feeling as it is, but this is what I have in heart. Best Firuz Kutal German based Toonpool.com had a contest about Currywurst which is a German speciality created originally in Berlin. It is so popular and common used fast food, Germans have even a museum for currywurst which is basically sausage,ketchup and curry. Toonpool announces today winners of the currywurst Cartoon Contest. All 3 cartoons which are awarded commonly have talking-balloons with German text, i.e have no meaning if you cannot German. Some few cartoonists I spoke find it naturally since this is a national dish, national language and national contest.

But the contest is announced for Toonpool artists which have mostly international backgrounds. I participate this contest too.

My motive was not to win some money, which could be nice, but mostly solidarity with Toonpool and I like currywurst too. But I was really surprised when I saw the result cartoons. There were a lot of cartoons which had delivered to the contest were indeed without the text, like mine.

My question is: If this was indeed a national contest, why ToonPool announced it for Toonpool artists which obviously many of them are non-German speaking artists. I react this because I assume this is one of ethic question in our business as well as chosen of jurors for International contests. I admit that this is a national dish, but could be a international approach by considering Cartoon art. Any way I find this experience strange, tasteless and non-international. People like me can feel nonsense or even stupid to participate this kind of national dish based contests. May be I am doing wrong by feeling as it is, but this is what I have in heart.

Best

Firuz Kutal

]]> By: Currywurst Cartoon Contest Winners « http://blog.toonpool.com/cartoons/currywurst-cartoon-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 Currywurst Cartoon Contest Winners « Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:47:38 +0000 http://blog.toonpool.com/?p=606#comment-1183 [...] To see all the submitted currywurst cartoons visit this blog entry [...] [...] To see all the submitted currywurst cartoons visit this blog entry [...]

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