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Tomer Hanuka

Tomer Hanuka (Hebrew: תומר חנוכה; born 1974) is an Israeli illustrator and cartoonist.

Tomer Hanuka

1974 (age 49–50)
Israel

Israeli / American

Cartoonist, Writer, Artist

The Divine
Overkill
The Placebo Man
Bipolar

Biography[edit]

At age twenty-two, Hanuka moved to New York City. Following his graduation from the School of Visual Arts in 2000,[1] he quickly became a regular contributor to many national magazines. His clients include Time Magazine, The New Yorker, Spin, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, MTV, and Saatchi & Saatchi. He is the winner of multiple medals from the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Publication Designers as well as American Illustration and Print magazine.[2]


Tomer co-creates Bipolar with his identical twin brother Asaf for Alternative Comics. Bipolar is an experimental comic book series for which Tomer was nominated for the Eisner, Harvey and Ignatz awards. In 2006, Tomer published The Placebo Man (Alternative Comics), which compiles much of his work from Bipolar. He currently lives in New York City.

The Gigolo Murder (Penguin)

The Kiss Murder (Penguin)

Hammer (W.W Norton)

Philosophy in the Boudoir (Penguin)

Alive in Necropolis (Riverhead Books)

Butterfield 8 (Random House)

Appointment is Samara (Random House)

The Diving Pool (Random House)

Darker Mask (Tor Books)

The Possession of Mr. Cave (Random House)

Fat White Vampire Blues (Ballantine Books)

Work Book (2007)

Everyone's Burning (Villard )

Crime Files: Shadow Of Doubt (Scholastic)

Crime Files: Body of Evidence (Scholastic)

Fallen Angels (Scholastic)

Glory Field (Scholastic)

The Beast (Scholastic)

Somewhere in the Darkness (Scholastic)

The Cubicle Survival Guide (Villard)

Kiss Kiss / Switch Bitch / My Uncle Oswald (Quality Paperback Book Club)

Persephone Station (Saga Press)

The Lunar Chronicles (2020 edition)

2016 Society of Publication Designers — Gold Medal for "The Return of Han Solo," art-directed by Keir Novesky for

Entertainment Weekly

2016 — Gold Medal for The Divine

International Manga Award

2015 Society of Publication Designers — Gold Medal for "The Man who Discovered Mars," art-directed by Keir Novesky for Entertainment Weekly

2010 — Silver Medal for MGMT album review, art-directed by Steven Charny for Rolling Stone

Society of Illustrators

2010 Society of Publication Designers — Silver Medal for Lost Boy," art-directed by Matthew Bates for

Backpacker Magazine

2009 nomination for Best Foreign Movie — Waltz with Bashir (Hanuka was part of the art team)

Academy Award

2008 British Design Museum Award — Penguin Deluxe classic edition book covers (Hanuka's contribution to the series was the cover)

Marquis De Sade

2006 Society of Illustrators — Gold Medal

2004 nomination for Best Cover Artist

Harvey Award

2004 Society of Illustrators — Gold Medal

2004 Society of Publication Designers — Silver Medal

2003 nomination for Best Short Story

Eisner Award

2002 nomination for Promising New Talent

Ignatz Award

2000 Society of Illustrators — Gold and Silver Medals

In addition, Hanuka's work has appeared in every American Illustration annual since 2000

Official website

Interview in Haaretz (), (Hebrew)

English, paywall