davidmack.net redux

[Jim.]

That evolution thing on the site almost made me cry it was so god damn awesome.

[Yano]

Wow....I didn't realize that they revamped the site.

Pretty sweet. It's inspiring me to do some work on my own site!

[Criden]

David, you coming to this?

For anyone interested, we're having a board meet-up. For anyone interested, details are here. (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=6203)

:D

[Jacob Lyon Goddard]

http://www.lambiek.net/images/actus_tragicus.gif
Founded in 1995, Actus Tragicus is a collective of five comic artists who operate as an independent publishing house based in Tel Aviv, Israel, and have received international acclaim. The various artists are Mira Friedmann, Yirmi Pinkus, Itzik Rennert, Rutu Modan, and Batia Kolton.


http://www.fumetto.ch/98/98/exhibitions/actus/pix_actus/group_foto.jpg
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/actustragicus/actustragicus.jpg
From left to right: Rutu Modan, Mira Friedmann,
Yirmi Pinkus, Itzik Rennert and Batia Kolton
http://actustragicus.com



Mira Friedman

http://www.lambiek.net/artists/friedmann_mira/friedmann_passagetohell1.jpg
After graduating from the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem, she worked as an art director and fashion photography stylist. Since 1992, she has been serving as the Vice President of the Israeli Association of Illustrators and she is a member of the selection committee of the America-Israel Cultural Scholarship Foundation.
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/friedmann_mira/friedmann_passagetohell2.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:Ovrf9dxF7VEJ:www.fumetto.ch/98/98/exhibitions/actus/pix_actus/friedmann_ani.gif



Yirmi Pinkus

http://www.lambiek.net/artists/pinkus_yirmi/pinkus_margolis.jpg
He is a magazine illustrator and opera critic. Shortly after graduating with distinction from the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem, he began to edit the Israeli edition of MAD magazine with Rutu Modan. Together they founded the Actus Tragicus comics group in 1995. During 1996, Yirmi Pinkus worked in Berlin. He is director of Illustration Studies at the Vital - Tel Aviv Center For Design Studies.
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/pinkus_yirmi/pinkus_margolis2.jpg
http://www.illustrators.co.il/data/t2/p1067a167f2.jpg



Itzik Rennert

http://www.lambiek.net/artists/rennert_itzik/rennert_jetlag1.jpg
He is a freelance illustrator and director of illustration at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem. He has worked as an art director at leading Israeli journals and advertising agencies. In 1989 he was awarded a scholarship by the Italian government for excellence in illustration and spent a year in Milan.
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/rennert_itzik/rennert_jetlag.jpg
http://www.strapazin.ch/magazin/heft68/Bilder/rennert.gif



Rutu Modan

http://www.lambiek.net/artists/modan_rutu/modan_romaniancircus.jpg
http://www.theartworksinc.com/folio/modan/modan14.htm
She is a well-known comic artist and illustrator. Shortly after graduating from the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem, she began to edit the Israeli edition of MAD magazine with Yirmi Pinkus. Together, they founded the Actus Tragicus comics group in 1995. Modan received the Young Artist of the Year award in 1997, and is the author of the novellas 'The Somnambulist', 'King of the Lilies', 'The Romanian circus' and 'Bygone'.
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/modan_rutu/modan_rutu.jpg
http://www.theartworksinc.com/folio/modan/modan_images/rm13.jpg



Batia Kolton

http://www.lambiek.net/artists/kolton_batia/kolton_hatrick.jpg
She is a freelance illustrator and multimedia art director. She spent years studying acting, opera singer and fine arts and is a graduate of the Vital - Tel Aviv Center for Design Studies.
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/kolton_batia/kolton_hatrick2.jpg
http://www.actes-sud.fr/BD/images/kolton3.jpg
http://www.ljudmila.org/stripcore/sb34/batia_kolton.jpg



here's a recent anthology that they released in the States a few months back, amazing stuff
http://www.marsimport.com/images/DEADHCT1.jpg



some more work

http://www.marsimport.com/images/ACTUSB5A.jpg
http://www.marsimport.com/images/FLIPT01.jpg
http://www.marsimport.com/images/FLIPT02.jpg
http://www.marsimport.com/images/HAPPYEH1A.jpg
http://www.marsimport.com/images/JETLT01.jpg





the closest thing i can think of to equate it to here in the US might be NYC's Meathaus, but that's a poor example