Revisit: Özge Samancı Murder on the Bosporus This past June, Forecast alumna Özge Samancı released the graphic novel Evil Eyes Sea (Uncivilized Books, 2024), which she worked on during her mentorship with Ulli Lust. →
The Work-Stay: Angoulême Özge Samancı and Ulli Lust at the International Comics Festival Özge Samancı is working on a novel set in mid-90s Istanbul. Through the main characters and plot, she explores what it was like to be a woman in 1990s Turkey, and looks at the roots of today's political situation there. Samancı met with her mentor Ulli Lust at the international comics festival in Angoulême to present the work to industry insiders. →
A Project by Özge Samancı Evil Eye Media artist and graphic novelist Özge Samancı is a nominee in the category Translating Sensations, mentored by cartoonist Ulli Lust. Her project for Forecast centers on a murder mystery set in Istanbul ahead of the 1995–96 elections, as a conservative party rises to power using religion to cynically appeal to voters. →
