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Koren Shadmi

Koren Shadmi (born 1981) is an American-Israeli illustrator and cartoonist.

Koren Shadmi
Born (1981-02-22) February 22, 1981 (age 43)
Alma materSchool Of Visual Arts
Notable workHighwayman, Bionic, The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and The Birth Of Television

Career

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In 1998, at age 17, Shadmi released his first graphic novel in Israel, Profile 107, a collaboration with mentor cartoonist Uri Fink. In 2002 Shadmi relocated to New York to study at the School of Visual Arts, where he now teaches illustration.

Shadmi's first English book, In The Flesh,[1][2] - a collection of comics dealing with relationships - was published by Random House in 2009.[3] His short story "Antoinette" was selected for the Best American Comics 2009 anthology edited by Charles Burns.[4]

He is the creator of the mystery webcomic The Abaddon,[5] loosely based on Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential play No Exit. The Abaddon was published in book form by Z2 Comics in 2015 to critical acclaim.[6]

In 2015 Shadmi illustrated the book Mike's Place: A True Story of Love, Blues, and Terror in Tel Aviv published by First Second Books.[7]

In 2016, Shadmi’s semi-autobiographical comic Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater was published by Top Shelf.[8] The book deals with the perils of online dating.[9]

In 2017 Shadmi began collaborated with author David Kushner. Their first book was Rise of the Dungeon Master - A graphic novel based on a Wired (magazine) article written by the award-winning Kushner, profiling Gary Gygax, the founder of the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.[10] Kushner and Shadmi collaborated again in 2020 on 'A For Anonymous'[11] which tracks the origins of the hacktivist group. And once more in 2022 on 'Easy To Learn, Difficult To Master'[12] chronicling the stories of Ralph H. Baer and Nolan Bushnell and their groundbreaking work during the early days of Video Games.

In 2019 Shadmi wrote and drew 'The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television' published by Humanoids. The book visualizes the life story of TV maverick Rod Serling. The book garnered positive reviews including features in The New York Review of Books and The Hollywood Reporter.[13]

In 2021 Humanoids released a follow-up book by Shadmi about the horror legend Bela Lugosi - 'Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula' - which won the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Best Graphic Novel, and was nominated for the Eisner Awards in 2022.[14] Shadmi's next book with Humanoids - 'All Tomorrow's Parties: The Velvet Underground Story'[15] was a graphic biography of The Velvet Underground. The book, which came out in 2023, focused on the tumultuous relationship between the band's founding members - Lou Reed and John Cale.

Shadmi's illustration clients include: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, Playboy, BusinessWeek, The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Wired, Spin, ESPN the Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Random House, W.W Norton, The New Yorker, and many others.

Personal life

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Shadmi currently lives and works in Queens, New York.[16]

Awards

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  • Albert Dorne Award, Society of Illustrators (2006)
  • Gran Guinigi Award, Lucca Comics and Games Festival, Italy (2008)
  • "Antoinette" (short story) was selected for the anthology Best American Comics 2009, edited by Charles Burns (2009)
  • Gold Medal in the 'Uncommissioned' category, Society of Illustrators (2011)
  • National Endowment Of The Arts 'Our Town' Grant with Ideas X Lab (2015)[17]
  • Rudolph Dirks Award in the 'Mature/Erotic' category, German Comic Con (2016)[18]
  • Ignatz Award: nominated in two categories (Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Graphic Novel) for Highwayman, 2019[19]
  • Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Best Graphic Novel (2022)[20]
  • Eisner Awards: Nominated 'Best Reality-Based Work' (2022)[21]

References

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  1. ^ Dueben, Alex (24 March 2009). "In The Flesh". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  2. ^ Ried, Calvin (Feb 3, 2009). "Sex, Costumes and Videotape: The Comics of Koren Shadmi". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  3. ^ "In the Flesh by Koren Shadmi: 9780345544483 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books".
  4. ^ "Review: 'The Best American Comics: 2009', edited by Charles Burns – ComicMix".
  5. ^ Seven, John (Mar 12, 2012). "The Abaddon / Publishers Weekly". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  6. ^ Parker, John R. "Explore Broken Memories in Koren Shadmi's 'The Abaddon'". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  7. ^ Lehoczky, Etelka (10 June 2015). "The Truth About 'Mike's Place'". NPR.
  8. ^ "LOVE ADDICT: Interview with Author Koren Shadmi". 27 October 2016.
  9. ^ "LOVE ADDICT: Interview With Author Koren Shadmi". The Good Men Project. 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  10. ^ Kushner, David. "Dungeon Master: The Life and Legacy of Gary Gygax". Wired.
  11. ^ "Comics Grinder". Comics Grinder. 2020-03-30. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  12. ^ "Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master: Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game by David Kushner". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  13. ^ McMillan, Graeme (2019-10-01). "'Twilight Man' Pulls Back the Curtain on 'Twilight Zone' Creator Rod Serling". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  14. ^ Jackie (2022-07-23). "The Winners of the 2022 Eisner Awards are..." AWA: Artists Writers & Artisans. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  15. ^ ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES | Kirkus Reviews.
  16. ^ "Quarantine Dad". The Forward. 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  17. ^ "National Endowment for the Arts", Wikipedia, 2023-02-09, retrieved 2023-03-23
  18. ^ "Die Gewinner des Rudolph-Dirks-Award 2016 – Comic.de".
  19. ^ Parkin, JK (August 22, 2019). "2019 Ignatz Award nominees announced". Smash Pages. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  20. ^ Glyer, Mike (2022-04-30). "2022 Rondo Awards". File 770. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  21. ^ Kaplan, Rebecca Oliver (2022-07-23). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
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