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Asaf Hanuka
Asaf Hanuka
Born1974
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Area(s)Cartoonist, Writer, Artist
Notable works
The Divine
The Realist
I'm Still Alive
Pizzeria Kamikaze
www.asafhanuka.com

Asaf Hanuka (Hebrew: אסף חנוכה; born 1974) is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist, notable for his autobiographical comic The Realist.[1][2][3] He is twin brother of illustrator Tomer Hanuka.

Career

During his mandatory army service he began collaborating with Israeli writer Etgar Keret. In 1997 a collection of Etgar's stories illustrated by Asaf was publish under the title "Streets of Rage". Their second collaboration "Pizzeria Kamikaze" was nominated for Eisner awards in 2007 and translated to English, French and Spanish.

He collaborated with French writer Didier Daeninckx on "Carton Jaune!" in 2004 Published in France.

Together with his twin brother Tomer, he co-created Bipolar, an experimental comic book series which was nominated for the Ignatz awards. Tomer and Asaf have created together “The Dirties”, a short narrative available on line. They currently collaborate on a graphic fiction called The Divine, written by Boaz Lavie, released in 2015 in both English and French.

Asaf also contributed art for the Oscar-nominated war documentary animation film Waltz with Bashir.

His autobiographical comics The Realist started in January 2010, published in Calcalist (Israeli business magazine). It won a Gold medal from the Society of Illustrators in 2010, an Award of Excellence from Communication Arts Annual, and a silver medal from 3X3. Two collections of The Realist pages were published in book form in France in 2012 and 2014, and have been translated into six languages.

He has been practicing commercial illustration since 1995. Among his clients are Nike, Inc., Canal+, Rolling Stone, Fortune, The New York Times, Time, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, PC Magazine, Newsweek, and Men’s Health.

Published works

In English
In Hebrew
In French

Filmography

Year Title Adaptation Ref.
2008 Waltz with Bashir Yes [4]
TBA I'm Still Alive Yes [5]

References

  1. ^ "'The Realist: Plug and Play': Asaf Hanuka on Balancing His Anxieties and Getting More Personal". EW.com. U.S.: Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  2. ^ Mouly, Françoise. "Tomer Hanuka's "Blown Away"". The New Yorker. U.S. Archived from the original on 2020-03-28. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  3. ^ "Tomer Hanuka :Authors, Macmillan". US Macmillan. U.S.: Macmillan Publishers. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  4. ^ The "Waltz with Bashir" Two-Step Archived 16 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Hillel Halkin. Commentary Magazine. March 2009.
  5. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (2023-03-06). "'Gomorrah' Author Roberto Saviano to Make Directorial Debut with Animation Feature 'I'm Still Alive' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.

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