Suat Yalaz

Suat Yalaz
Suat Yalaz
Born	1 January 1932; Çiçekdağı, Kırşehir, Turkey
Died	2 March 2020 (aged 88); Istanbul, Turkey
Area(s)	Artist
Notable works	Karaoğlan; Son Osmanlı Yandım Ali

Suat Yalaz (1 January 1932 – 2 March 2020) was a

comic book artist, foremost known as the creator of the character Karaoğlan. He has also produced films based on his creation.^[1]

Early career

Graduated from

chef d'œuvre

Karaoğlan began to be published in the daily Akşam in 1962, later to be published as a comics magazine by 1963.

Arab adaptations/spinoffs of Karaoğlan; Changor (1971) for Éditions de Lutèce^[2] and Kébir (or Kébir l'invincible; first series 1971 - 1975, second series 1975 - 1977) for Société Française de Presse Illustrée, which were destined for Maghreb readers and had considerable reception particularly in Algeria. He also created the Western comics series Ringo (1971 - 1972) and Sony (1972 - 1974) for Société Française de Presse Illustrée.^[3]

Gi-Toro

Between 1979 and 1981 Yalaz used the pseudonym Gi-Toro for two magazines (Détective Strictement Privé and Super Flic) featuring the popular private investigator character

comic book creator, he has also written and drawn a large number of adult comics and erotic comics,^[4] particularly in the 1980s under the same pseudonym (sometimes as Jimmy Toro) for several French magazines, which include African Love (re-released in series Sex Negros and Eros Negro), Emma (Anna from 1980 to 1982), Futurella, Kora, Lady Sex, Lovisex, Sadissimo, Satanika, Satarella, and Sylvia.^[5]