The Realist - Hardcover

Hanuka, Asaf

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1608866882 ISBN 13: 9781608866885

Publisher: Archaia, 2015

Synopsis

Acclaimed Israeli cartoonist Asaf Hanuka’s weekly strips collected into one volume and translated into English for the first time.

In 2010, Israeli newspaper The Calcalist asked Hanuka, already well known in Israel as a commercial illustrator and as a contributor to the animated film Waltz With Bashir, for a weekly comic strip. The first of the autobiographical strips chronicled Hanuka discovering that he and his wife and their young son need to find a new place to live, immediately and in a “crazy” Tel Aviv real estate market, because the apartment they’ve been renting has been sold. As an artist, husband, father or a regular Israeli citizen, Asaf Hanuka chronicles everyday life in his country, with humor that is offbeat and sometimes surreal. Shot for shot, Hanuka's home is depicted as a vibrant metropolis and provides a brilliant depiction of modern Tel Aviv. Archaia's edition of The Realist translates and collects both volumes of the work previously titled KO À Tel Aviv into a single book for the first time.

“. . . rich to view . . . Each page is its own reward. YA as well as adult readers will enjoy this clever collection of everyday life observations.” — Library Journal (starred review)

About this title

About the Author:

Asaf Hanuka is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist, notable for his autobiographical comic The Realist, originally serialized in the Israeli newspaper Calcalist. During his mandatory army service he began collaborating with Israeli writer Etgar Keret. In 1997 a collection of Keret’s stories, illustrated by Asaf, was published under the title Streets of Rage. Their second collaboration Pizzeria Kamikaze was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2007 and translated to English, French and Spanish. Asaf has also contributed art for the Oscar nominated documentary film Waltz with Bashir. His autobiographical comic The Realist began in January 2010, and has won the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators in 2010 and Award of Excellence from Communication Arts Annual, and a Silver Medal from 3X3. Together with his twin brother Tomer, he co-created Bipolar, an experimental comic book series which was nominated for an Ignatz Award. Asaf’s latest graphic novel collaboration with Tomer, The Divine (with writer Boaz Levine) will be released in July 2015 by First Second Books. Asaf has also practiced commercial illustration since 1995, and his clients include Nike, Rolling Stone, Fortune, The New York Times, Time, and The Wall Street Journal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Archaia
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1608866882
• ISBN 13: 9781608866885
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192