Want a first look at the graphic novel that everybody ’s blend in to be rave about shortly ? Here are a crew of exclusive preview pages from The Divine , a novel magical realist funny from the guy who brought you Waltz With Bashir , The Realist , and some gorgeous New Yorker cover .
The Divine , from Asaf Hanuka , Tomer Hanuka and Boaz Lavie , iscoming out July 14from First Second Books . It ’s a magic realist story about a war - charge country , and it ’s dead fascinate .
Here ’s a turn more verbal description of the storyline and the creators , via the publisher :
Mark ’s out of the military machine these days , but you never really get away from state of war . So it feel inevitable when his older ground forces buddy Jason comes calling , with a lucrative military contract bridge for a mining job in an obscure South - East Asian state call in Quanlom .
What awaits him in Quanlom is bizarreness of the high order : a polite war precede by ten - yr - sometime twin manage something that look a set like magic , lead an USA of warrior who look a lot like Supreme Being . What look him in Quanlom is an actual honest - to - god firedrake .
From earth - reknowned artist Asaf and Tomer Hanuka ( twins , whose witching powers are strictly confined to pen and theme ) and Boaz Lavie , The Divine is a tight - paced , brutal , and breathlessly beautiful portrait of a world where ancient power vie with New warfare and nobody escapes unhurt .
Boaz Lavie is a writer , filmmaker , and plot intriguer residing in Tel Aviv .
Asaf Hanuka is a comics creative person . With his duplicate brother Tomer he make “ Bipolar ” strip ( 2000 - 2005 ) and his a la mode record , The Realist ( 2012 ) , gain ground a Gold Medal from The Society of Illustrators .
Tomer Hanuka has pull ahead multiple amber ribbon from the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Publication Designers . With his pal Asaf , he also contributed fine art to the Oscar constitute Waltz with Bashir .
And here are the preview pages ! get across to make them elephantine :
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