JetLag - 5 Graphic Novellas

October 26th, 2006

Stories by Etgar Keret
Publisher: Actus Tragicus

JetLag is composed of five short graphic novels by Actus Tragicus comics group and based on stories by Etgar Keret. Actus Tragicus is a very creative Israeli comic book collective composed by five international acclaim artists: Mira Friednam, Yirmi Pinkus, Itzik Rennert, Rutu Mordan, Batia Kolton.

Each artist has a very distinctive style and the overall quality is good, even if I find some of the novels a little more obscure. According to me, the novel from Yirmi Pinkus is definitely a 5 stars. It basically tells the story of a kid that wants a Bart Simpson skateboard, we all do, but is dad is not ok. Instead he got a porcelain pig to put coins he will get every morning if he manages to finish his hot chocolate with the associate dirty skin he hates …

Among the other stories, I have to mention the magician that loses control of his magic tricks and a woman who lives next to the Hell Gate.

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