Galip Tekin

(b. 1958, Turkey)

comic art by Galip Tekin
Galip Tekin was born in Konya, and took courses at the School of Fine Arts in Istanbul between 1977 and 1980. He dropped out of school a year before obtaining his degree, and began his professional career as a caricaturist with the magazine Gırgır. He eventually began making comics, doing over 400 fantasy and science-fiction stories. He is a publisher and driving force behind magazines like Gırgır, Cakcak and Digil. He is also a regular contributor to LeMan. He is a drawing teacher and a member of the faculty of the University of Bosphore.