Irina Dobrescu is one of the few female comic artists from Romania. She studied at the National University of Fine Arts in Bucharest until 2003, and also has a Master Degree in Graphics. She subsequently worked for several ad agencies, but also as a teacher.
In 2002 she co-founded the Illustrators Club in Romania, and participated in numerous group exhibitions both in Romania and abroad. She met Hardcomic publisher Milos Jovanovic during one of these expos. Hardcomics published her first book, 'Blestemul cărţii', in 2006. It a comic based on the British novel character Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton. Dobrescu is also a celebrated illustrator of children's books.