Rumen Dragostinov
Rumen Dragostinov won the Prize of the ECC in the previous Euro-Kartoenale. He is the most famous cartoonist of Bulgaria. Since he began in 1986 to participate in cartoon competitions, he won more than 70 prestigious prizes, from Brazil, Canada, India ... to Iran, Korea, China...
Eurosapiens
From July 2010 Belgium holds the chairmanship of the European Council. It is the opportunity for the European Cartoon Center to start an exhibition on Europe. As usual during the summer months, the ECC invites a ‘colleague-organization’ to be the guest of the new event. This year the House of Humour and Satire of Gabrovo in Bulgaria has been chosen, with the exhibition ‘Eurosapiens’. Some top-ranking cartoonists present their view of Europe and are looking back on the difficult way of Bulgaria towards the entry in the European Union in 2007.
The exhibition gives us a view of Europe of the Eurosapiens. The cartoons are expressing the positive aspects of the unified Europe as well as the fear of the Bulgarian citizens for the entry. |