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turtel onli , photographed in 2013 . http://www.onlistudios.com/ y chicago , illinois american glyph comics awards pioneer lifetime achievement award , 2006 american y y 25 january 1952 200px turtel onli
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turtel onli -lrb- born january 25 , 1952 , in chicago , illinois -rrb- 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 several comic books and graphic novels , including `` nog , protector of the pyramids . ''
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 .
