Bipolar collections for November

JeffMasonFL · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:46 am Post subject: Bipolar collections for November

Coming November from Alternative Comics:

Pizzeria Kamikaze:

Wildly popular Israeli author Etgar Keret and laureate illustrator Asaf Hanuka present the English version of their brilliantly written and gorgeously illustrated Pizzeria Kamikaze graphic novel, a gripping account of a guy with a broken heart who committed suicide only to find himself at Pizza Kamikaze, the afterworld destination of all suicides, and now it’s about passing time. Serialized in the award winning Bipolar comic, and previously translated into 13 languages, Pizzeria Kamikaze is a worldwide bestseller.

The Placebo Man:

Celebrated illustrator Tomer Hanuka collects his best comics work from the last five years, including stories previously published in the award winning Bipolar series. This impressive collection of short stories deals with identity, memory and destiny. From the hollow existence of twenty-something urbanites in Brooklyn to a dense psychological collage of a split second life time, the stories touch a raw nerve we never knew we had. Tomer Hanuka has received multiple Harvey Awards, Eisner Awards, and Ignatz Awards nominations for his work on Bipolar.

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Tomer just updated his websie: http://www.thanuka.com

Here's Asaf's site: http://www.asafhanuka.com

Etgar's site is still under construction: http://www.etgarkeret.com/

Here's my Bipolar page: http://www.indyworld.com/bipolar/

Tomer's Bipolar page is rather moody: http://www.thanuka.com/bipolar.htm
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JeffMasonFL · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:25 pm Post subject:

Both books are in the September Previews for advance order.

Make sure to ask your local comic book store to get you copies!!

Flip to page 221:

SEP05 2687 PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE
SEP05 2688 THE PLACEBO MAN
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JeffMasonFL · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject:

Bestselling Israeli author Etgar Keret, the writer of Alternative Comics’ upcoming Pizzeria Kamikaze graphic novel, is profiled and interviewed in the September/October 2005 issue of Tikkun.

See: http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/tik0509/article.2005-08-11.8636345587
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JeffMasonFL · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:37 am Post subject:

Speaking of Etgar Keret, he has a short story in the new issue of The Paris Review, issue #174.

Here's the table of contents for the issue.
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JeffMasonFL · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:44 am Post subject:

One of our local bagel places, Bageland, shares space with one of our local book stores, Goerings. This morning, enjoying my Labor Day Monday off, I stopped in to pick up a few bagels and to pick up some lazy day reading.

On scanning the magazine rack, the cover to the September/October issue of Mother Jones immediately drew my attention. Of course the cover and the cover story "In The Garden of Armageddon" by Kurt Pitzer are illustrated by Tomer Hanuka.

Check out the current issue of Mother Jones on stands now for full-sized versions of these illustrations plus one more from Tomer Hanuka.
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JeffMasonFL · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject:

Tomer's illustrations are popping up all over the place - look for a number of his illustrations in each of the following magazines:

New Yorker (September 12 issue) of the band Barbez.

TIME (August 22, 2005 issue) for an article on eBay in China

Premiere Magazine (September 2005 issue) for an article describing the 20 most overrated movies of all time.

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