Mahmud A. Asrar

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Mahmud A. Asrar
Born November 20, 1976
Ankara, Turkey
Area(s) Comic book artist

Mahmud A. Asrar (born November 20, 1976 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish comic book artist known for his work on American and non-American comic books.

His American work includes pinups for Savage Dragon #124 and Invincible #20, and for co-creating, with writer Jay Faerber, the series Dynamo 5, which debuted in March 2007 from Image Comics. [1]

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Asrar was born in Ankara, Turkey to an Austrian mother and a Pakistani father. He expressed an interest in art and comic books at an early age.

He attended Hacettepe University from 1994 - 1996, majoring in Fine Arts and Graphics, and Anatolian University from 1996 - 2000, majoring in the same. [1]

Previously, he has worked on Small Gods for Image Comics. Asrar came to the attention of Jay Faerber through his work on the independent anthology Digital Webbing Presents, and through a recommendation by Invincible artist Ryan Ottley, which led to his work on Dynamo 5. [2]

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