From Hiroshima to Sabra and Shatila:Comics, graphic novels and animated films as alternative memory agents

Ory Bartal


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B.A of the Japanese Studies Department at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. M.B.A. of the Department of International Business at Aoyama Gaukuin University, Tokyo. Studied industrial design in Bezalel – Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. Ph.d. from the Department of Cultural Studies, Tel-Aviv University.
He published several papers on Japanese contemporary visual culture including advertising and contemporary graphic design.

Comics and Caricatures, January 2010