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

Career

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 The School of Visual Arts New York City (SVA NYC) is a private for-profit art school in New York City. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. History This school was started by ...

, where he now teaches illustration. Shadmi's first English book, ''

In The Flesh In the Flesh may refer to: Books * ''In the Flesh'' (2009 graphic novel), a collection of stories by Koren Shadmi Film and TV * ''In the Flesh'' (1998 film), an American gay-themed murder mystery film * ''In the Flesh'' (2003 film), an Indian ...

'', - a collection of comics dealing with relationships - was published by

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in 2009. His short story "Antoinette" was selected for the Best American Comics 2009 anthology edited by Charles Burns. He is the creator of the mystery webcomic ''The Abaddon'', loosely based on

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’s existential play ''

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''. ''The Abaddon'' was published in book form by Z2 Comics in 2015 to critical acclaim. In 2015 Shadmi illustrated the book ''Mike's Place: A True Story of Love, Blues, and Terror in Tel Aviv'' published by First Second Comics. In 2016, Shadmi’s semi-autobiographical comic ''Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater'' was published by Top Shelf. The book deals with the perils of online dating. In 2017 Shadmi began collaborated with author

David Kushner David Kushner is a writer who has contributed to many publications, including ''Wired'', ''The New York Times'', ''Rolling Stone'', SPIN, ''IEEE Spectrum'' and ''Salon''. Career From 1994 to 1996, Kushner worked as a senior producer and writer ...

. Their first book was ''Rise of the Dungeon Master -'' A graphic novel based on a

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article written by the award-winning Kushner, profiling

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, the founder of the

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. Kushner and Shadmi collaborated again in 2020 on 'A For Anonymous' which tracks the origins of the hacktivist group. And once more in 2022 on 'Easy To Learn, Difficult To Master' chronicling the stories of Ralph H. Baer and

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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 mavrick Rod Serling. The book garnered positive reviews including features in

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and

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. In 2021 Humanoids released a follow up book by Shadmi about the horror legend

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- 'Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula' - which was nominated for the

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in 2022. 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 Weinstein Company, The New Yorker, and many others.

Personal life

Shadmi currently lives and works in Queens, New York.

Awards

*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) *Rudolph Dirks Award in the 'Mature/Erotic' category, German Comic Con (2016) *

Ignatz Award The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping ...

: nominated in two categories (Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Graphic Novel) for ''Highwayman'', 2019 * Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Best Graphic Novel (2022) *

: Nominated 'Best Reality-Based Work' (2022)

References

External links

*
Interview at Comics Foundry Magazine

Q&A with Koren Shadmi at Robot 6

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shadmi, Koren Living people Israeli illustrators Graphic novelists School of Visual Arts alumni 1981 births