Social Cartoons of Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour

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Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour

Born in 1977, he graduated with a degree in Painting from Tehran’s Azad University.  Ever since 1990, he has been active as a cartoonist and caricaturist in several Iranian publications such as GolAgha and Keyhan Caricature, Zan Newspaper, Nowjavan Soroush, Roshd e Nowjavan, Nowrooz Newspaper, Aftabgardan Newspaper, Eghbal Newspaper and the weekly Chelcheragh. He has also been in charge of the art directing Zanan e Farda, Aroos e Honar, Danesh e Yoga, Today he is one of the most active directors, working in the field of Iranian Animation and producing many works in this field.Hosseinpour is art director of the magazines Zanan e Farda, Arous e Honar, and Danesh e Yoga. He also directed and produced a number of animated advertising films, short films for Saba and Hoze Honari centers, a three-hour documentary film about the ancient monuments of Iran.Comics are a medium used to express ideas by images, often combined with text or other visual information. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of images. Often textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, andonomatopoeia indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. Size and arrangement of panels contribute to narrative pacing. Cartooning and similar forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; fumetti is a form which uses photographic images. Common forms of comics include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comics albums, and tankōbon have become increasingly common, and online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century.