Actus
The dynamic and extremely talented Israeli team known as Actus is actually five of Israel's most outstanding cartoonists, Rutu Modan, Yirmi Pinkus, Mira Friedmann, Batia Kolton, & Itzik Rennert, who pool their talents annually to produce something very special. Founded in the mid-90s, this comics collective has since built a reputation for elegant and thought-provoking publications, and is the recipient of much well-deserved, international acclaim.
Flipper (Vol 1)
by Actus
Their year 2000 dual releases: FLIPPER 1 and FLIPPER 2. FLIPPER 1 features two original graphic novellas, SPEAKING OF THE DEVIL by Itzik Rennert and BLOOD ENGAGEMENT by Mira Friedmann, as well a specially wacky, full-color supplement by Batia Kolton, entitled DEEP STUFF. In these novellas, Rennert …
Flipper (Vol 2)
by Actus
Their year 2000 dual releases: FLIPPER 1 and FLIPPER 2. FLIPPER 1 features two original graphic novellas, SPEAKING OF THE DEVIL by Itzik Rennert and BLOOD ENGAGEMENT by Mira Friedmann, as well a specially wacky, full-color supplement by Batia Kolton, entitled DEEP STUFF. In these novellas, Rennert …
Jetlag
by Actus
Actus' first full-color perfect bound anthology, released in 1999. A drab traveling salesman who falls in love with a Romanian circus aerialist; a young woman who lives next to the entrance to Hell; a magician who loses control of his magic tricks; a piggy bank named Margolis; and a young girls who …
Actus Box: 5 Graphic Novellas
by Actus
Their year 2001 release is a deluxe boxed set, featuring FIVE 32-page, full color, perfect bound graphic novellas. Included in the set are: THE PANTY KILLER by Rutu Modan -- A chain of mysterious murders terrorize Tel Aviv, in which all the victims are found with their panties on their heads. The …
How To Love
by Actus
"Actus' art is beautiful and the narratives evoke the complex mix of isolation, humor and quite unease these artists have become known for." -- Publishers Weekly
"The first new Actus book since 2004's Dead Herring, How to Love demonstrates that there's no keeping a great Israeli comics …
