Originally, I was writing comics to entertain people.
But six months ago, things changed.
The style and the colors used have also changed.
Nearly 100 one-panel comics drawn in the last six months.
he says.
"I have a weapon called a pencil. I will draw every day, today and tomorrow. Until the day peace comes."
(Osaka Broadcasting Station Mayumi Onoda)
sunflowers blooming in the dark
The sunflower, the national flower of Ukraine, is dying.
A missile with the letter "Z" is pierced.
If you look closely at the sunflowers blooming in the dark, they look like parents holding their deceased child.
The "Letters from Ukraine" exhibition of "one-panel comics" is being held at an art space in Kyoto.
It was drawn by six Ukrainian cartoonists.
Each piece contains a satirical and powerful message, such as his anger at the battle and his feelings for his homeland.
A soldier is shaving with a knife in his hand a symbol indicating the "border" used on a map of Ukraine.
It looks like a human shape.
It is a work that severely criticizes the Russian army that crosses the border and tramples the motherland.
The style and the colors used are completely different
Volodymyr Kazanevsky, one of the cartoonists who exhibited.
Originally, I have drawn comics that are bright and entertaining to those who see them.
On the morning of February 24th, when the military invasion began, I was drawing comics at my home in Kyiv as usual.
However, it is suddenly caught up in the vortex of war.
He said a missile had landed near his home.
Currently, I continue to draw manga while evacuating to neighboring Slovakia.
More than half a year has passed since the Russian military invasion began.
Along with the lengthening of the battle, the style and colors used have changed dramatically.
Put your anger in the picture
A missile carrying a bear stuffed animal.
The mother is desperately running away with her child, but the child is happily reaching out.
I expressed my anger at the despicable act of willing to sacrifice the weak.
Volodymyr Kazanevsky:
"I want to show the crimes that Russia is committing in Ukraine through my drawings. I've even planted bombs in children's toys that will explode if a child takes an interest in them. is"
“Fight” in each place
Now that Ukraine has issued a general mobilization order, many of the evacuees are the elderly, women and children.
Only the suitcase was in color in the cartoon depicting a person trying to cross the border, leaving his family fighting to protect his homeland.
The red heart is an indomitable heart that thinks of the motherland.
It is said that they expressed their determination to “fight” in each place until peace is restored.
And he also told me about his own determination to fight.
Mr. Volodymyr Kazanevsky
“I have a different weapon, a pencil. I have drawn about 100 in the last six months. I'll draw a picture that makes you laugh."
Thoughts that reach far away Japan
Manga artist Yukio Shinohara, who called on Ukrainian manga artists to exhibit their works, said that he felt a strong message unique to those involved.
Yukio Shinohara, President of the World Federation of Cartoonists, Japan Branch
: “I called out to him and collected most of his works in two or three days. We can't imitate the energy unique to the person involved, which is different from the work."
For those who visited the exhibition, the one-panel cartoon depicting today's Ukraine is a time to face "the preciousness of peace." It is
Visitor
``I want to be able to cherish the fact that I'm still alive.'' ``It's a
more serious feeling that ``Let's end war in the 21st century.''
There was also an impressive cartoon at the venue.
A rainbow of blue and yellow Ukrainian colors stretches out from the rocket.
I strongly hope that Ukraine's appeal for peace to the world will reach as many people as possible.
I will introduce some of the works
The "Letters from Ukraine Exhibition" is open until September 25th at the art space "Yokaan" in Kyoto.
I would like to introduce some of the works.
What do you feel and what do you think?