Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu

:"For other uses of the name "Gurbuz", see Gurbuz."

Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu (signs his work as Gürbüz or Gurbuz) is a Turkish cartoonist and graphics designer.

He was born in Mesudiye in Ordu Province, Turkey in 1954.

He studied graphics at the State College of Fine Arts in İstanbul (named Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts today) where he is still teaching as an assistant professor. He has been drawing cartoons since 1977 and holds a total of 64 awards (23 of which are international). He participated in many national and international collective displays and also had nine solo exhibitions including one in New York. His cartoons and illustrations were published in various newspapers and magazines, such as Forbes, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and on three covers of The New Yorker, including the famous one dated 15 September 2003, a special edition for the second anniversary of 11 September 2001 attacks.

External links

* [http://www.gurbuz-de.com/ Personal web site]
* [http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2005/01/14/cumartesi/cum02.html 14 January 2005 interview] with the Turkish daily Milliyet including posthumous letter from Susan Sontag ("Gurbuz! I wish I knew the name"). tr