Jetlag Five Graphic Novellas

A simple trick spirals out of control as a magician inexplicably pulls dreadful and undesirable things from his hat. An innocent passenger fends off an amorous stewardess and a drug-smuggling dwarf aboard a doomed jumbo jet. Tourists from hell visit a village once every 200 years to purchase delicacies like Coca Cola and canned beans. A boy finds an imaginary friend in the form of his piggy bank name Pesachson. An unhappy man falls in love with a Romanian trapeze artist who comes with an annoying bit of baggage -- a surly paraplegic pet monkey. All of this is in Jetlag, a collection of five bizarre and humorous tales in comix format from novelist Etgar Keret and the comix collective Actus Tragicus. If you have a fixed idea of what comics is, toss it out the window right away. Jetlag sweeps away all preconceptions with its brilliance, wit and originality.Actus Tragicus consists of five great cartoonists, each with his or her own unique style. Set them loose on a quintet of outrageous storiesfrom one of Israel's best-selling novelists, and you get Jetlag. Wacky, appealing drawings rendered in beautiful vibrant color tell the stories in Jetlag, which reads like what might have happened if Italo Calvino had collaborated with Robert Crumb. Add to the mix a cover design that insures Jetlag will stand out on the shelves, and you have a winner. Jetlag is surreal, psychedelic and very, very funny.Actus Tragicus Staff is the author of 'Jetlag Five Graphic Novellas' with ISBN 9789659022106 and ISBN 9659022107.