Jan 13, 2009
Asaf
Hanuka is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist, notable
for his collaborations with his identical twin brother Tomer and his
work with Etgar Keret in both Hebrew and English.
Asaf and
Tomer
co-created Bipolar, an experimental comic book series
which gained them nominations for the Eisner, Harvey, and
Ignatz awards.
Asaf and
Tomer
were artists on Ari Folman’s haunting animated documentary,
Waltz
with Bashir, about the connection with the current Israeli Army
and the 1982 Lebanon War.
Waltz
with Bashir has toured film festivals worldwide; garnering many
awards, and is in limited theatrical release. It has won 6
Israeli Academy Awards. It was also named Best
Film of 2008 by the National Society of Film Critics in the United
States and has won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film.