Acclaimed Israeli cartoonist Asaf Hanuka‘s weekly strips collected into one volume and translated into English for the first time. In 2010, Israeli newspaper The Calcalist asked Hanuka, already well known in Israel as a commercial illustrator and as a contributor to the animated film Waltz With Bashir, for a weekly comic strip. The first of the autobiographical strips chronicled Hanuka discovering that he and his wife and their young son need to find a new place to live, immediately and in a crazy Tel Aviv real estate market, because the apartment they’ve been renting has been sold. As an artist, husband, father or a regular Israeli citizen, Asaf Hanuka chronicles everyday life in his country, with humor that is offbeat and sometimes surreal. Shot for shot, Hanuka's home is depicted as a vibrant metropolis and provides a brilliant depiction of modern Tel Aviv. Archaia's edition of The Realist translates and collects both volumes of the work previously titled KO à Tel Aviv into a single book for the first time.

The latest collection of acclaimed Israeli cartoonist Asaf Hanuka’s autobiographical weekly strips translated into English. Asaf Hanuka has captivated audiences around the world with his autobiographical weekly comic strips, where he shares the ups and downs of everyday life, often in the midst of social and cultural upheaval. The Plug and Play continues the journey of artist, husband, father, and ordinary Israeli citizen as he plumbs the depths of human existence with humor and melancholy, wild imagination and quiet desperation. This critically acclaimed and Eisner award-winning series treats readers to the unique mix of pathos and politics that make Hanuka a modern master of cartooning.

The long-awaited third collection of New York Times bestseller and Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Asaf Hanuka’s autobiographical weekly strips! Praise for The “Often obtuse but always heartbreaking, {Asaf} Hanuka’s work is diverse and fascinating portrait of what life truly makes us.” - Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review The long-awaited third collection of the Eisner Award-winning series of New York Times bestselling cartoonist Asaf Hanuka’s one-page autobiographical weekly comics returns to captivate, inspire, and challenge readers. Through scenes both real and imagined, the acclaimed Israeli cartoonist examines the joys (and pitfalls) of parenting in a politically divisive world and the ongoing struggle to manifest art even as real life humor and pathos keeps getting in the way. The internationally acclaimed and Hugo Award-nominated cartoonist’s beautifully drawn stories about self, family, society, and everything in between conjure a deeply rich and unforgettable reading experience.