Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, "Exit Wounds" is the first graphic novel to be published in Britain by one of Israel's best-known cartoonists. A young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in [...]
Rutu Modan's "Exit Wounds" was chosen by "The Times" as one of the three best graphic novels of 2007. This title collects Modan's early short works.[...]
After the death of her son, Regina Segal takes her granddaughter Mica to Warsaw, hoping to reclaim a family property lost during World War II. As they get to know modern Warsaw, Regina is forced to recall difficult things about her past, and Mica begins to wonder if maybe their reasons for coming ar[...]
Best known for her Eisner Award-winning graphic novels, Exit Wounds and The Property, Rutu Modan's richly colored compositions invite readers into complex Israeli society, opening up a world too often defined only by news headlines. Her strong female protagonists stick out in a comics scene still to[...]
"Modan delights in bringing the subtlest emotional shadings to vivid and often comical life on the page... "The Property" is a] wryly funny and ultimately wrenching graphic novel."--NPR"Modan is masterful at creating complex motivations, exploring the confusion her characters create in each other an[...]
Published by "Drawn & Quarterly "in 2007, "Exit Wounds"--a tale at once mystery and romance--introduced North American readers to the colorful and tightly woven narrative by Rutu Modan and was included in "Time "and "Entertainment Weekly"'s "best of" lists. "Jamilti and Other Stories "collects the c[...]
Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty [...]
Bild & Bubbla nummer 208 är som vanligt en smältdegel av information om serier från hela världen. Numret innehåller till exempel intervjuer med de kritikerrosade serieskaparna Joann Sfar, från Frankrike och Rutu Modan, från Israel. Ena delen av intervjun med Sfar presenteras dessutom i serief[...]
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS IN C'EST BON ANTHOLOGY vol. 4
Junko Mizuno (cover)
Mattias Elftorp
Amanda Vähämäki
David Mack
Chiu Kwong Man
Claire Bishop
Rutu Modan
Trina Robbins (text)
Andrea Echorn
Jamil Mani[...]
In the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang lingers a question at the heart of our very existence: why does the universe contain matter but almost no antimatter? The laws of physics tell us that equal amounts of matter and antimatter were produced in the early universe-but then something o[...]