Asaf Hanuka ( he, אסף חנוכה; born 1974) is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist, notable for his autobiographical comic ''The Realist''. He is twin brother of illustrator

Tomer Hanuka Tomer Hanuka ( he, תומר חנוכה; born 1974) is an illustrator and cartoonist. Biography At age twenty-two, Hanuka moved to New York City. Following his graduation from the School of Visual Arts in 2000, he quickly became a regular cont ...

Career

During his mandatory army service he began collaborating with Israeli writer

Etgar Keret Etgar Keret ( he, אתגר קרת, born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. Personal life Keret was born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1967. He is a third chil ...

. 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

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on "Carton Jaune!" in 2004 Published in France. Together with his twin brother

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, 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 ''Waltz with Bashir'' ( he, ואלס עם באשיר, translit. ''Vals Im Bashir'') is a 2008 Israeli adult animated war documentary drama film written, produced, and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman's search for lost memories of ...

''. His autobiographical comics ''The Realist'' started in January 2010, published in Calcalist (Israeli business magazine). It won a Gold medal from the Society of Illustrator in 2010 and Award of Excellence from Communication Arts Annual, and 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

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Published works

;In English * ''Bipolar''. With

Alternative Comics Alternative comics cover a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to mainstream superhero comics which ...

. * ''Pizzeria Kamikaze''. With Etgar Keret.

. 2005. . * ;In Hebrew * ''Simtaot Hazaam'' (''Streets of Fury''), by Etgar Keret, Zmora Bitan, 1997. * ''The Realist'',

Pardes Publishing Pardes Publishing is an independent Israeli publishing house founded by David Gottesmann in 2000 and located in the city of Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem an ...

, 2017. ;In French * ''Carton Jaune!'', with Didier Daeninckx, (publisher) Hachette 2004 * ''K.O. a Tel Aviv'' collection of The Realist comics strips, (publisher) Steinkis 2012 * ''K.O. a Tel Aviv 2'' second collection of The Realist comics strips, (publisher) Steinkis 2014 * ''K.O. a Tel Aviv 3'' third collection of The Realist comics strips, (publisher) Steinkis 2016 * ''Le Divin'', with

, story by Boaz Lavie,

Dargaud Société Dargaud, doing business as Les Éditions Dargaud, is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud (), publishing its first comics in 1943. H ...

, 2015

Filmography

References

External links

Asaf Hanuka.com
– Official website
The Realist
autobiographical comics Israeli illustrators Israeli twins Living people 1974 births Israeli caricaturists Israeli cartoonists Israeli comics artists People from Tel Aviv {{comics-artist-stub