Turtel Onli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American comics artist
Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1952
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profession: comics artist
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Turtel Onli
- Turtel Onli (born January 25, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American artist, entrepreneur, 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 Afrocentric comic books and graphic novels.
- Onli coined the term "Rhythmism" to define and interpret his stylizations, which fuse primitive and futuristic concepts.
- A public school art teacher, now retired, Onli has worked in the Chicago Public Schools for more than two decades.
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