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Writer-illustrator Asaf Hanuka discusses his latest collection of strips.
I also wanted to maybe relate a little bit to this technological world a little bit.
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All the pings, and the likes, it becomes part of our flesh somehow.
In a way, Im like a doll she plays with.
So she plugs and plays with me in a way.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Theres a lot more connectivity between each story in this volume.
We watched it on TV and it had a lot of mixed emotions.
Obviously, its a complicated situation.
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With all that, its very easy to fall into political propaganda.
So I felt I needed more length, more time, more pages.
In your work, you express a lot of anxieties.
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So nothing isnotgood enough or too small or too big to put in nine panels.
I have these nine panels or just one big illustration.
This is the space I have.
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And I have my experience in illustration so I know I can create some kind of imagery.
It could be fantastic, or realistic and slice of life, or something on a timeline.
I just venture to express whatever feeling I feel towards whatever is happening.
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I feel like Im free.
So its like therapy in a way.Every creative act is sort of therapy.
Of course, if its personal, I gain something.
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It works for me.
I hope readers enjoy that.
Does it get easier telling these kinds of personal stories with each strip you do?Its interesting.
I really think its by period.
Sometimes its hard, sometimes I have a million ideas and I just need more time…
But there is one thing thats getting easier, just the act of drawing.
Im drawing maybe professionally for 25 years, and Ive been doingThe Realistfor seven years.
So, of course, I can draw these characters in my sleep.
Theyre like puppets on my hand.
I can do everything with them.
The starting point has to be a feeling.
Its never a thought or a conceptual idea or a philosophical approach.
Feeling is something that comes from the flesh.
It comes from the body.
It has a form.
Everyone in the world loves me.
And then after five minutes, I feel depressed because there are no more new likes.
I hope Im getting better at that.
I hope the drawings are better.
Now I have to do something serious.
I want to really use it in a smart way and do some original stuff with it.
We grew up in this kind of gray neighborhood and comics were amazing.
They were so colorful, so fun.
So we just obsessed over superheroes, and I was sure Im going to become one at one point.
I just stayed a geek with the glasses and everything, no superpower.
All these classic alternatives, as it was called in the 90s.
I dont know if its still considered alternative.
I still remember reading and how it gave me hope in a strange way.
I dont know why, because its a very depressing book about a break-up.
I felt like maybe I could do the same for someone else if I create good work.
