Mohsen Rasolof ,Iranian Cartoonist
 has been killed in airplane accident.

I became acquainted with Mohsen Rasolof in a winter day,
he was a very young man that came to Iranian House of Cartoon
with some books, and he had a familiar smile as if he was an old friend.
 He asked me to speak about cartoon and showed me the books of Jerald Scarf,
Ralph Steadman, Garry Larson…when I was seeing the books
 he described them for me and when he have seen his favorite works,
he asked me to look at them carefully and described them by excitement.
His intelligence, carefulness and great information so influenced
me that if I wanted to choose a book I'd choose the same books.

When I knew him better I found that he was always active,
and he was fond of photography and cartoon, and was always
searching for new art .

From the beginning of Kasney group I was searching for talented
 young people, and Mohsen was a special person among them.

The nice group of Shirozhan "Behzad Riazi, Hamid Reza Mosayebi,
Morteza Azarkheil and Mohsen Rasoulof "
in the last years could do important works with their
efforts and establish many exhibitions, their relation with
the credible artists of the world is a reason for this claim,
undoubtedly this group is one of the most active cartoon groups in Iran.

But now from this group "Mohsen" is not between us,
he had a very bad fortune, he has been killed in an airplane accident,
it's hard to believe it.

Mohsen Rasolof that his articles always have been published in
Keyhan Caricature magazine is not anymore between us.

The last time that he came to House of Cartoon he spoke with enthusiasm
about a journey for exploration and show them by his camera.
 I was always influenced by his eagerness, but this time
he spoke about his serious decision for making a new thing
in the artistic field, and now I can only imagine him in my
 dreams and think about his sharp eyed, pleasant smile
 and dignity in his behavior. I feel that there is someone
 who makes him far from me and the feeling of loneliness is the result of this event.

Mohsen in a sad evening slowly entered to the world of eternity,
as if he is being disappeared in the fogs of life,
and disappeared from our eyes, but surely he'll always remain in our hearts.

Now all of us and specially Shirozhan group is full of sadness and
 we only listen to the words of silence, and
his memories pass in front of our eyes and I'm unconsciously
 waiting for him   I'm waiting for his coming, because
I can't believe that he has gone, I feel tired and sad
 and I look out of the window to the distance,
 the window that reminds me of his last farewell. 

Massoud Shojai Tabatabai

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RESULTS OF THE 4.INTERNATIONAL
CARTOON FESTIVAL  SOLIN 2008
GRAND PRIX Solin 2008 Valentin Georgiev Bulgaria

VALERIU KURTU-Germany-special prize

STANISLAV ASHMARIN - RUSSIA -special prize
NATASA RASOVIĆ - CROATIA-special prize

VLADIMIR KAZANEVSKY - UKRAINE-special prize

RUMEN DRAGOSTINOV - BULGARIA -special prize
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Golden Prize :Ali Shahali/Iran
results of the 2008 China Guangxi
City College International Cartoon Contest/China
Themes:
A) 2008 Beijing Olympic Sport & Health
B) Cartoon Icon of Sports Stars
JURY:
Qigong Huang /China, Dachun Xia /China
Massoud Shojai Tabatabai/Iran,
Yuri Kosobukin/ Ukraine, ASKIN AYRANCIOGLU /turkey
Winners:
Golden Prize :Ali Shahali/Iran
Silver Prize :Vladimir Kazanevsky /Ukraine
Silver Prize :Jian Jun / China
Bronze prize : Yoo Jung Yui/ China
Bronze prize : Nizar Outhman/Syria
Bronze prize :Lianwen Zhang/ China
Bronze prize : Jian Jun / China
 People Choice Award: Zizun Zhu / China
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