Artists
Askold Akishin
Born in Moscow in 1965
Studied at the Moscow Art College ‘In Memory of the 1905 Revolution’
Began to publish in 1988
Participated in the work of the Moscow comics studio ‘Kom’ when it was founded in the late eighties
Member of the Union of Artists of Russia, a member of UNESCO’s International Association of Art (IAA) Europe
Received awards at the Moscow Festival of Comics ‘KomMissia’
2005: Grand Scenario
2007: Grand Prix
Published works:
2005: Master and Margarita (script: M. Zaslavsky) published by Actes Sud (France)
2006: participated in the project ‘Sity Stories’ (Poland: Łódź)
2007: ‘Snow’ included in The Mammoth Book of Best War Comics (Constable & Robinson)
2007: ‘Corpse’, ‘Zombie’ and ‘Dead Man’s Ship’ included in the anthology The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics (Constable & Robinson)
His strips were published in the journals Komik Art, Galago (Sweden), Stripburger (Slovenia), Aargh!(Czech republic), etc.
His hobby is to create designs for tin soldiers produced by the firm UPA, he participates in exhibitions of military miniatures and collects toy soldiers