Introducing…
Hakan Arslan, AKA Nakkah, is a new member from Sinop in Northern Anatolia. The majority of his works so far are caricatures with a fair mix of Turkish and ‘international’ celebrities. The images show that he can do both traditional cross-hatching and modern digital styles. Check out, for example, Turkish football player Arda Turan, cartoonist Oğuz Aral, actress Banu Alkan, and a small-eared Jean Reno . The one picture that’s not a portrait showcases one of those little turban/tux combinations the Turkish stores in my neighborhood sell. I only learned about their purpose two weeks ago.
Cartoons of Interest
My favourite cartoon this week is “Disaster” by Rafa. Not because it is funny – it certainly is not – but because the effective use of black and white illustrates just how bad this oil spill situation is. Of all the cartoons that have been posted on the catastrophe, I would also like to point out this Obama illustration and this cartoon about “Top Kill Mark II” (who comes up with these names ?).
I would also like to call your attention to a series of caricatures of great native Americans by Jean-Marc Borot. Jean-Marc perfectly captured the sepia mood of the original pictures, and he can do amazing things with a ball-point pen. Among others, there are Sitting Bull, Wolf Robe, and Quanah Parker. I particularly like Geronimo, whose face and pose I always thought somewhat weird.
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