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Turtel Onli
Turtel Onli (January 25, 1952 – January 15, 2025) was an American artist, businessman, author, art therapist, educator and publisher. Over Onli's career, his work has touched upon a variety of disciplines in fine and applied visual art, producing works in painting, drawing, illustration, publishing, fashion, and multimedia production. Onli has authored and illustrated numerous comic books and graphic novels, including ''NOG, Protector of the Pyramids, Malcolm 10, Nog Nu and Grammar Patrol.'' He is known as "the Father" of the "Black Age of Comics," a movement dedicated to the promotion, creation, and support of Afrocentrism, Afrocentric comic books and graphic novels. Onli coined the term "Rhythmism" to define and interpret his stylizations, which fuse primitive and futuristic concepts. A retired public school art teacher, Onli worked in the Chicago Public Schools for more than two decades. Biography Early life and education Onli was born on January 25, 1952. He graduat ...
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