Alphabet Soup

Alphabet Soup

Share this post

Alphabet Soup
Alphabet Soup
Streets of Rage
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More

Streets of Rage

Today's post is dedicated to my collaboration with Asaf Hanuka, one of the best illustrators and best friends in the world, and to the first story I ever wrote for him, back when he was a teenager

Etgar Keret's avatar
Etgar Keret
Feb 08, 2022
∙ Paid
21

Share this post

Alphabet Soup
Alphabet Soup
Streets of Rage
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
8
Share
Twenty-seven years ago, a soldier named Asaf Hanuka contacted me and said he was drawing a comic strip for the Israeli army’s official weekly magazine, and he wanted to adapt one of my short stories. Having recently finished my own compulsory military service, and still carrying a lot of unpleasant memories from my time as an inadequate soldier, I was s…

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Etgar Keret
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More