Ersin Karabulut

Ersin Karabulut (born 3 June 1981) is a Turkish comic book author.

He became popular with his comics column titled Sandık İçi, first published on Penguen magazine and later on Uykusuz, of which he was a founder. He publishes his comics in Turkey and abroad. Çizgili Tişört and Yeratı Öyküleri are his most important comics.

Biography Karabulut was born on 3 June 1981 in Istanbul to teacher parents. He has a sister four years his senior. His interest in comics began in his childhood. He attended Bayrampaşa primary school and the Vatan Anatolian secondary school. His first cartoon was published at the magazine Pişmiş Kelle when he was 16. His columns were also published in the same magazine for a while.

He entered the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Graphic Design. Karabulut started drawing for Lombak magazine, where he did the comics titled Yeraltı Öyküleri (Underground Stories), and then for Penguen magazine where he did the popular column titled Sandık İçi (Inside the Chest). His first book was published in 2005 under the name Sandık İçi.

Works

Sandık İçi )(2005 - Doğan Kitap & 2009 - Mürekkep Yayınları) Korkma Ben Varım (Konuk Sanatçı) (« N'ayez pas peur, je suis là (artiste invité) ») (2009 - İletişim Yayınları) Sevgili Günlük (« Cher journal ») (2010 - İletişim Yayınları) Sandık İçi 2 (« Sur le cœur 2 ») (2011 - Mürekkep Yayınları) Amatör (« Amateur ») (2012 - Mürekkep Yayınları) Çizgili Tişört (« T-shirt rayé ») (2016 - Mürekkep Yayınları) Sandık İçi 3 (« Sur le cœur 3 ») (2017 - Komik Şeyler) Contes ordinaires d'une société résignée [in French] (2018 – Fluide glacial) Jusqu'ici tout allait bien... [in French] (2020 – Fluide glacial) Yeraltı Öyküleri (« Histoires souterraines ») (2021 - İnkılâp Kitabevi) Journal inquiet d'Istanbul, tome 1 [in French], éditions Dargaud, 2022