Lev Yilmaz

Levni Yilmaz (born 1973) is an American independent film maker, artist and publisher, best known for his "Tales of Mere Existence" animated comic series. He is based in San Francisco.

Early life Yilmaz was born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents Karen Carlson and physicist Hüseyin Yılmaz (the author of the Yilmaz theory of gravitation). He is of Turkish and Swedish descent.

He attended art school in Boston before he moved to San Francisco in 1998. He uses this online popularity to promote his books and DVDs, which are sold from his personal website.

Yilmaz has made appearances in New York for events such as Rooftop Film Festival, performing live readings from his books.

In October 2010, his comic God was featured on Franco-German TV Network arte. In December 2010, A Few of My High School Teachers aired on Showtime.

Publications Tales of Mere Existence Tales of Mere Existence I (2003) Tales of Mere Existence II (2004) The 7 Habits of Highly Negative People (2006) Sunny Side Down (2009) The Doom Room (2013)