Israeli super hero premieres in English

Posted: Saturday, March 26, 2005
Posted By: Shaun Manning

Press Release

Eli Eshed and artist Uri fink are collaborating on The Golem– a daily comic strip featuring Israel’s first nanotechnology-powered superhero and his feminist partner Lilit for Israeli daily English news site Ynetnews.

The strip is based on the book, The Golem, a mock history of the character’s path through Israeli comic books. Despite the lengthy volume's extensive artwork showing The Golem in a series of comics and styles from the 1940s through 1990s, the "history" evoked is fake; none of the comic books in which The Golem is said to have starred actually were published.

The strip the two are doing for Ynetnews is the first actual regular appearance of The Golem and his erstwhile partner-in-adventure, Lilith.

The series expects to explore the mysteries of the Golem's origin and to take Golem and Lilith on a wide-ranging series of adventures on behalf of the Jewish state. The stories will not ignore the heroes' true identities, and will address the challenges of being a superhero in the media-soaked environment of the 21st century.

To catch up on Golem, visit http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3139,00.html

Got some comments on this item?
Have your say at the Silver Bulletins forum.