Yasser Alireza

Co-Creator and Illustrator at Wayl Comics

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Yasser is a published Saudi illustrator and writer with 20 years experience in the field of visual communication.

Born July 31st, 1978 in Saudi Arabia, Yasser attained a BA in Marketing & Media and a minor in Theatre from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, USA. Yasser’s experience as an artist covers vast areas of visual communication, from art direction and copywriting in advertising to film direction and stage acting. From 2008 to 2009, Yasser was Editor-in-Chief and a contributing writer for Design Magazine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. During that time, he also self-published a book of fiction, called ‘Collision KSA.’ In 2012, Yasser was cast as “Mr. Brownlow,” in the theatrical run of ‘Oliver’ at DUCTAC theater company in Dubai, UAE, whilst also running a design studio.

In 2012, Yasser illustrated and designed an Arabic yoga book for children called ‘Baba ana Asad Mama Ana Farasha’ (Papa I’m a Lion, Mama I am a Butterfly), written by Samra Al Abassi. Throughout his 15 years of experience, Yasser’s first two loves are and have always been illustration and comics.

Yasser’s big break was in 2014, when he won first place for creating a one page (non-digital) comic strip, entitled ‘Dhilman’ for a competition hosted by The MEFCC in conjunction with the Dubai Moving Image Museum (DMIM). The prize: a one-to-one session with Marvel’s VP of Content, C.B. Cebulski. The session with Cebulski motivated Yasser to establish himself as a published comic book artist and creator.