Brian Elstak

(Zaanstad, 1980) is a visual artist. author and illustrator of children's books and graphic novels, and also creates music videos, paintings, t-shirts and installations. For his stories he uses a visual language that refers to pop culture and social issues. November 2022, Das Mag will publish Lobi with new adventures of the human children Cel, Bones and Zi, known and loved from his books Tori (2017. written with Karin Amatmoekrim) and Trobi (2018. like Lobi written with Esther Duysker). Raised on Marvel Comics and hip-hop, he developed into a true storyteller through theatre. In doing so, he likes to seek collaboration. Underneath his cheerful, dynamic drawing style are big themes, such as inequality and black awareness.