The comics of Rutu Modan : war, love, and secrets / Kevin Haworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haworth, Kevin, 1971- author.

Series:

Great comics artists

Great comics artists series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modan, Rutu--Criticism and interpretation.

Modan, Rutu.

Comic books, strips, etc--Israel.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Women cartoonists.

Criticism and interpretation.

Israel.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Comics (Graphic works) -- Israel.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 175 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]

Summary:

"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 too dominated by men, as she combines a mystery novelist's plotting with a memoirist's insights into psychology and trauma. The Comics of Rutu Modan: War, Love, and Secrets conducts a close reading of her work and examines her role in creating a comics arts scene in Israel. Drawing upon archival research, Kevin Haworth traces the history of Israeli comics from its beginning as 1930s cheap children's stories, through the counterculture movement of the 1970s, to the burst of creativity that began in the 1990s and continues full force today. Based on new interviews with Modan (b. 1966) and other comics artists, Haworth indicates the key role of Actus Tragicus, the collective that changed Israeli comics forever and launched her career. Haworth shows how Modan's work grew from experimental mini-comics to critically acclaimed graphic novels, delving into the creative process behind Exit Wounds and The Property. He analyzes how the recurring themes of family secrets and absence weave through her stories, and how she adapts the famous clear line illustration style to her morally complex tales. Though still relatively young, Modan has produced a remarkably varied oeuvre. Identifying influences from the United States and Europe, Haworth illustrates how Modan's work is global in its appeal, even as it forms a core of the thriving Israeli cultural scene." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The tradition of no tradition

Actus tragicus and the making of an Israeli comics scene

Exit wounds: the palpable presence of absence

After exit wounds: serialization, collaboration, and comics for children

The Property and the possibilities of post-holocaust Europe

The return of uri cadduri and the future of Israeli comics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Haworth, Kevin, 1971- author. Comics of Rutu Modan

ISBN:

9781496821836

1496821831

9781496821829

1496821823

OCLC:

1055572138