Uri Fink

Israeli comics artist and comic book writer (b. 1963)

Uri Fink (Hebrew: אורי פינק, born 18 September 1963) is an Israeli comic book artist and writer, and creator of the comics series Zbeng! He is considered one of Israel's leading comic book artists.

Fink was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1963. He began drawing at a very early age, influenced mainly by the comic books he enjoyed reading. In 1978, at age 15, he published his first comic story of the Hebrew superhero Sabraman. After serving in the Israeli army from 1981 to 1984, he was accepted into the Department of Visual Design at Israeli's Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. His final project was the comic book Hevlay Meshiach, which was later published. On August 17, 1987, his comic Zbeng! was first published in the leading Israeli teen magazine Ma'Ariv La'Noar. The one page comic was soon expanded to a number of pages, and became the magazine's most prominent feature. Fink has published 22 Zbeng! books, and two books on how to draw the Zbeng! characters. He has also published many other Zbeng! products, including a series of school diaries, a notebook, and Zbengale (Zbeng! for younger children). Fink published many comic books during the 1990s, when Zbeng! enjoyed massive popularity among Israeli youth. He is also the editor of the monthly Zbeng! Magazine, which features the work of Fink and other Israeli cartoonists. More than 100 issues have been published. Following his belief that art can contribute back to society, Fink joined "Comics For All" in May 2010, a collective of Israeli comic artists which aims to promote the comic medium as a cultural and educational tool. He participates in various of the group's activities.