Galip Tekin (20 April 1958 – 6 July 2017) was a Turkish

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, cartoonist and screenwriter. He was known for his works in the

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and

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genres. His style is often compared to that of Jean "Mœbius" Giraud.

Biography

Tekin started his comics career in ''

Gırgır ''Gırgır'' (meaning ''Fun'' in English) was a Turkish weekly humor magazine published from 1972 to 1993 in Turkey. History and profile ''Gırgır'' was founded by the brothers Oğuz Aral (1936-2004) and Tekin Aral (1941-1999). After having sta ...

'' magazine in 1978. The following year, he dropped out of Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts to pursue a career in ''Gırgır''. Throughout the 1980s, he published comics and

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in ''Gırgır'' and ''Fırt'', as well as in '' Günaydın'' newspaper. In May 1989, he became the

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of the newly founded ''Dıgıl'' magazine. In 1990s, Tekin worked in various humor magazines, including ''Hıbır'', ''Fırfır'', ''Leman'', ''Limon'' and ''L-Manyak''. In 1994, he published his best-known comic series, ''Pı'ya Mektuplar''. In 1994 and 2000, he started lecturing as a comic book instructor in Boğaziçi and

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, respectively, pioneering the

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in Turkey. In 2008, he was arrested for allegedly conspiring to hire a

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after a

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at Kemancı

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in Taksim, which he was a co-owner of. He was subsequently released after charges against him were dropped. During the 7 months of his detention, Tekin made 850 different illustrations, which were adapted into a

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. In 2011, Tekin started compiling his best known works under the series ''Tuhaf Öyküler''. In 2012, some of his comic book stories were adapted into a television series under the name ''

Acayip Hikayeler ''Acayip Hikayeler'' (''Strange Stories'') is a fantastic-fiction TV show which is adapted from Galip Tekin's comics. Its first episode was aired on 13 April 2013 on Star TV. Hayko Cepkin narrates every episode and every episode the cast and plot ...

'', with Tekin writing the screenplay for 4 episodes. The series was cancelled that year. Having also previously worked for ''

Penguen ''Penguen'' ( en, Penguin) was a satirical magazine published in Turkey and distributed also to Northern Cyprus. History and profile ''Penguen'' was founded in 2002 by Metin Üstündağ, Selçuk Erdem, Erdil Yaşaroğlu and Bahadır Barute ...

'', Tekin last worked for ''Uykusuz''. Tekin taught Art of Animation course at Bogazici University. Some of his former students are Ozge Samanci and Feyzi Özşahin.

Death

Tekin was found dead in his house in Arnavutkoy, Istanbul, on 6 July 2017 at the entry of his apartment.

Selected works

*''Tuhaf Öyküler 1'' (2011) *''Tuhaf Öyküler 2'' (2011) *''Tuhaf Öyküler 3'' (2012)

Filmography

;Television *''

'' (2012)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tekin, Galip 1958 births 2017 deaths People from Konya Turkish cartoonists Turkish comics artists Turkish male screenwriters Turkish educators Academic staff of Boğaziçi University Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University alumni