I first met him via Rachel Katsman (now Ginsberg) who roped him in to provide illustrations and even a strip for COUNTERPOINT (known for its 1987 interview with Bob Dylan when he visited Israel) which she and I co-edited in the mid-to-laye 1980s. Rachel now is with Mishpacha.
Here is her story/interview with him when back when (he had black hair):-
Here's the full artwork:
Here are two examples of a comic strip he created of political commentary:
and here is one of his covers, from December 1984, following the elections which forced the 'pushmi-pullyu' national unity coaliton, comment on what eventually turned into the infamous subterfuge moves of Shimon Peres at the London Conference:
That's, from l-r, David Levy, Ariel Sharon, Yitzhak Shamir and Peres with
He is still drawing and we wish him well and continued success.
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Looks like Hosni Mubarak and King Hussein in the doorway - as per the caption on the bottom right hand side.
I was never that good at likenesses. Thanks for the nice piece Yisrael. You read my mind about needing one of these scans. More on that here:
http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/?p=3930
Chag Sameach to you and yours!!
Informative articles and news, great to read all the responses and input, thanks for your contributions and opinions.
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