EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 11 © 2015 The Book Palace (96 pages PAGES in Full edition)

36 “I honestly can’t recall having any other plans regarding what I should do as an adult", he admits. ★ ★ ★ Born in 1974, Tomer Hanuka discovered his destiny in Israel, during the economic boom of the 1980s. America was a huge cultural presence no one could escape. The teenager, with his twin brother Asaf, spent his time devouring comics, soaking up the American pop-culture. They were the perfect synthesis of teenagers’ fantasies: hyper-saturated, testosterone fuelled and wildly fantastic. The young Tomer readily embraced this universe and made Marvel Comics , Mad Max and Ninja Turtles the basis of his vocation. A vocation shared with his twin, Asaf Hanuka, who is also an illustrator. “Asaf and I both left Israel in our early 20s. Asaf went to France and studied comics and animation in Lyon, and went on to work for the French comics market. As for me, I packed and moved to New York City, studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts and became an editorial illustrator.” But the Atlantic Ocean could not separate the pair, united both by blood and art. “We are sharing a similar ABOVE: One of a pair of 'flip covers' for Alex De Campi's twin graphic novels, 'Fresh Smoke'. ABOVE RIGHT: 'Badlands' a print for Mondo celebrating the work of Terence Malick. Type design by Avi Neeman BELOW: 'Iraqi Refugees' 2006. FACING PAGE: 'The Other Story', cover for Canongate Books commissioned in 2006.