Rutu Modan

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Rutu Modan (born 1966) is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist. After graduating with distinction from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, She began to edit the Israeli edition of MAD magazine with Yirmi Pinkus. Together they founded the Actus Tragicus Comics group (sometimes credited as Actus Comics, or Actus) in 1995. She has received the Young Artist of the Year award in 1997 and the Best Illustrated Children's Book award from the Youth Department of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, in 1998.

In 2005 Rutu was chosen as an outstanding artist of the prestigious Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.

[edit] Bibliography of works in English

• • Exit Wounds, Drawn and Quarterly, 2007, ISBN 978-1897299060

• Children's Books
  • Where Is?, Written by Tamar Bergman, Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books 2002, ISBN 978-0618095391
  • Dad Runs Away With The Circus, Written by Etgar Keret, Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 2004, ISBN 0-7636-2247-8

• With Actus Comics
  • "The Romanian Circus Jetlag, Tel Aviv, Top Shelf Productions, 1999, ISBN 965-90221-0-7
  • "The Panty Killer", The Actus Box: Five Graphic Novellas, Top Shelf Productions, 2001, ISBN 978-9659022137
  • "The Homecoming", Happy End, Top Shelf Productions, 2002, ISBN 978-9659022144
  • "Bygone", Flipper vol. 2, Top Shelf Productions, ISBN 965-90221-1-5
  • "Energy Blockage", Dead Herring Comics, Top Shelf Productions, 2004, ISBN 978-9659022151

[edit] External Links

• Rutu Modan's web page from the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation website
• Actus Tragicus - Official Site