A promise to oneself - keep true to the dreams of youth

1. Which movie/tv character you see yourself as and why?

I see myself as Obelix (due to my overweight, appetite but good at heart, lovely and loving) and as Asterix (because despite of my fat I m so hyperkinetic doing things and running 24 hours a day non stop) …

2. Next plans or ideas?

To colour my dreams with a smile!

3. Your food today?

Fried chicken with rice.

4. Do you like your place or would you like to live somewhere else?

Could you think of a better place than an island?

View of the Aegean Sea just from John's window

Some snow in the palm trees of Syros

5. What was the huge mistake in your life you (unfortunately) never made?

Married to a beautiful young and rich blonde girl…are there any left?

6. Who are your neighbors?

People with courage and understanding who don’t get upset while I m practicing with my music band.

7. Tell me the shortest joke you know.

Crisis? What Crisis? This is the latest joke all over the world.

Favourite bar

Out with some friends

Sunny day worth spending it outside

8. Tell me the biggest prank you did on a friend.

During an interview on a local TV show, when it came to a late good old friend, I remembered our good times and let it roll.

9. How to ruin your vacation?

Vacations should never ever be ruined, but if so, I reconsider it for a better οππορτυνιτυ (opportunity).

Drawing with passion

Western John

10. In 1977 NASA has sent orbiters Voyager 1 and 2 into space which will never stop to fly through the universe by gravity. They contain the Voyager Golden Records with many testimonials of the whole mankind, greetings in 55 languages introduced by US president Jimmy Carter (“This is a present from a small, distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings….”). The Golden Records with a lifespan of 500 million years at least are including drawings of a naked man and woman, detailed genitalia, many scientific graphics, sounds of planet earth and music by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart – and Chuck Berry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3haYAbqKjA

Maybe aliens out there will be shocked in some million years! But in case such a NASA mission will be replayed: which (1) of your artworks should join it?

The collage I just did

He's from Mars, but she's from Venus

11. Please give us an answer to a question we didn’t ask!

No questions asked, no answers replied…

Credits to Nicoleta Ionescu for talking with John Xagoraris

Hello!

I am  happy to announce that toonpool.com started the Subcategories feature today, and I hope that it is useful for you.

Subcategories are categories within the 10 known categories, e.g. “Politics” -> “Economy & Money” or “Famous People” -> “Actors”.
They are a mixture between these categories and tags. They have the task to help artists to organize and spread their cartoons, on the other hand they should help users find cartoons more easily.

Information for artists & users:
You can browse through the subcategories on toonpool.com by clicking on the categories on the right. The more subcategories are used by the artists, the more subcategories will pop up in the menu to the right.

Information for artists only:
You can easily choose subcategories for your artworks in 2 ways: either you do it in the upload form for new cartoons, or you go to the ‘edit toon’ page of one previously uploaded artwork and do the work there. Of course you can change those settings at any time.

If you got some free time, put your previously uploaded artworks into subcategories, so more visitors can find them!

We want to try out the new feature with you the next 4 weeks and we need your help. Please tell me your opinion about it in the forum: http://www.toonpool.com/forum_topic.php?topicid=369 Would you add more subcategories or rename some etc.?

Please excuse that subcategories are currently available only in English and German – after the 4 weeks we will have them translated.

We’re looking forward to hear about your reaction!

Ahoy,
~max & the toonpool.com team
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Nabend!

Wir haben heute die neue Subkategorien-Funktion gestartet, und ich hoffe, dass sie dich auf toonpool.com unterstützen wird.

Subkategorien sind Kategorien innerhalb der bekannten zehn Oberkategorien, z.B. “Politik” -> “Wirtschaft & Geld” oder “Berühmte Personen” -> “Schauspieler”.
Subkategorien sind eine Mischung aus den zehn Oberkategorien und Stichwörtern. Sie sollen Künstlern helfen, ihre Arbeiten zu organisieren und leichter zu verbreiten, andererseits sollen sie Betrachtern helfen, die Cartoons noch schneller zu finden.

Info für Künstler & Benutzer:
Du kannst auf toonpool.com durch die Subkategorien blättern, wenn du auf die Oberkategorien auf der rechten Seite klickst. Je mehr Subkategorien von den Künstlern verwendet werden, desto mehr von ihnen tauchen im Menü rechts auf.

Info nur für Künstler:
Du kannst Subkategorien für deine Arbeiten auf zwei Arten festlegen: entweder machst du das im Upload-Formular beim Hochladen neuer Arbeiten (dort wird dir die Auswahl automatisch angezeigt), oder du besuchst die “Cartoon bearbeiten”-Seite deiner bisher hochgeladenen Werke. Natürlich kannst du die Einstellungen jederzeit ändern.

Wenn du etwas Zeit hast, lege für deine bereits hochgeladenen Arbeiten Subkategorien an, damit noch mehr Besucher sie sehen können!

Wir werden die neue Funktion innerhalb der nächsten vier Wochen ausgiebig testen und sind auf deine Hilfe angewiesen. Bitte sag uns deine Meinunag über die Subkategorien-Funktion hier im Forum: http://de.toonpool.com/forum_topic.php?topicid=369 Würdest du einige Subkategorien hinzufügen oder umbenennen usw.

Wir freuen uns auf deine Reaktion!

Ahoy,
~max & das toonpool.com-Team