Hamed Eshrat
Hamed Eshrat was born in Teheran, Iran, in 1979, a period of political turmoil and inspiration for his first graphic novel Novel
Tipping Point - Téhéran 1979. After his family came to Germany, he studied Visual Communication in Berlin and Wellington, New Zealand. Currently, Eshrat works as a communication designer, illustrator and author in Berlin. He has been working for different magazines and newspapers like,
Tagesspiegel,
Le Monde diplomatique,
Das Magazin, as well as various publishing houses and agencies.
His last book
Venustransit was released in November 2015 and became a cult book.