Asaf Hanuka

• Birth Name — אסף חנוכה • Born — 1974 • Birthplace — Tel Aviv, Israel • Nationality — Israeli • Cartoonist — y • Write — y • Art — y • Notable Works — The Divine The Realist I'm Still Alive Pizzeria Kamikaze • Website — http: www.asafhanuka.com/

During his compulsory army service, he began collaborating with Israeli writer Etgar Keret. In 1997, a collection of Etgar's stories illustrated by Hanuka was published under the title "Streets of Rage". Their second collaboration, "Pizzeria Kamikaze" was nominated for Eisner awards in 2007 and translated into English, French, and Spanish. Hanuka collaborated with French writer Didier Daeninckx on "Carton Jaune!" in 2004, published in France. Together with his twin brother Tomer, Asaf co-created Bipolar, an experimental comic book series that was nominated for the Ignatz awards. Tomer and Asaf co-created “The Dirties”, a short narrative available online. They are currently collaborating on a graphic novel called The Divine, written by Boaz Lavie, released in 2015 in both English and French. Asaf also contributed art to the Oscar-nominated war documentary animated film Waltz with Bashir. His autobiographical comics The Realist started in January 2010, have been 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. Hanuka has been commercially illustrating 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.

• Year — Title — Adaptation — Ref. • 2008 — Waltz with Bashir • TBA — I'm Still Alive