Koren Shadmi

We recognize him as our sharply dressed, cigarette-smoking tour guide of The Twilight Zone, but the entertainment business once regarded him as the “Angry Young Man” of Television. Before he became the revered master of science fiction, Rod Serling was a just a writer who had to fight to make his voice heard. He vehemently challenged the networks and viewership alike to expand their minds and standards—rejecting notions of censorship, racism and war. But it wasn’t until he began to write about real world enemies in the guise of aliens and monsters that people lent their ears. In doing so, he pushed the television industry to the edge of glory, and himself to the edge of sanity. Rod operated in a dimension beyond that of contemporary society, making him both a revolutionary and an outsider.

Rod Serling and the Birth of Television

The Twilight Man

A biography chronicling the tumultuous personal and professional life of horror icon Bela Lugosi.

Lugosi - The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula

Love Addict

Bionic

Au sortir d'une rupture douloureuse, K. est poussé par son meilleur ami à rejoindre "Lovebug", un site de rencontres sur Internet. Il s'embarque donc à la recherche d'un nouvel amour. Mais très vite, sa quête se transforme en frénésie sexuelle, faite de frissons bon marché et de stimulation incessante. Perdu au milieu d'un océan de chair numérique, K. se découvre vite totalement dépendant de ces rencontres éclairs. Comme un enfant dans un magasin de friandises, il ne sait plus s'arrêter, tandis que Lovebug lui offre une sélection sans fin de compagnes éventuelles. Peu à peu, K. va perdre son intégrité, ses amis, et même ses chances de rencontrer un amour véritable, tant l'addiction est devenue puissante... à l'ère des rencontres numériques, se connecter et rencontrer une personne qui nous est totalement étrangère est devenu aussi facile que de commander un repas chinois. Les règles du jeu de l'amour ont changé - désormais déterminées par des photos de profil, des statistiques, des logiciels. Où s'en est donc allé le romantisme dans tout ça ? Comment la toile Internet a-t-elle affecté notre façon d'aimer ? Entre espoirs amoureux et intoxication numérique, Koren Shadmi nous donne ici, au fil des rencontres, quelques réponses, pleines d'humour, de sincérité et parfois, aussi, de cynisme.

Confessions d'un tombeur en série

Love addict

Confessions of a Serial Dater

"Some people fall in love, get married, and thrive in happy relationships-- and then there are others. From Israeli enfant terrible Koren Shadmi comes a wickedly literate, darkly poetic, beautifully illustrated story collection that exposes with nightmarish clarity the sorrows of love and desire"--Cover p. [4].

In the Flesh

LONELY? THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT. Reeling after a breakup, young animator "K" is pushed by a friend to join the popular dating site Lovebug. His journey begins as a search for true love, but soon awakens a relentless craving for novelty and sexual conquest. With the touch of a button, K embarks on a dating spree, browsing a digital marketplace of the flesh. Who can stop when Lovebug offers an endless stream of prospective mates, sorted by algorithms and stored on a distant server, ready on demand like TV episodes or Chinese takeout? And in the face of this addiction, can K hold on to his friends, his job, or even his humanity? The acclaimed author of In the Flesh and The Abaddon presents an evocative tale of modern love... in a world where even full bars can lead to a bad connection.

Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater

Israeli cartoonist Koren Shadmi (Love Addict, The Abaddon) turns to science fiction in a sprawling, ambitious journey across time and space. Forever on the move, Highwayman travels through the vastness of North America searching for the source of his condition. He suffers from a strange, seemingly incurable disease: immortality. Bound to the road and at the mercy of whomever will give him a ride, he encounters people who reflect the rapidly changing world around him. Moving through centuries of change, he watches humanity's precarious trajectory towards an unknown future.

Highwayman

A graphic novel for the twenty-first-century featuring tales of tortured souls and tormented passion—brilliantly etched in words and striking visuals Some people fall in love, get married, and thrive in happy relationships—and then there are others. From Israeli enfant terrible Koren Shadmi comes a wickedly literate, darkly poetic, beautifully illustrated story collection that exposes with nightmarish clarity the sorrows of love and desire. Read in these pages such tales as:Satisfaction Av.: The terrifying depths to which an unloved child once sank return to haunt her.Radioactive Girlfriend: A student embarks on a torrid love affair with a young woman whose powerful allure is literally nuclear. Pastry Paradise: A near-death experience takes away a woman's will to live and love…but awakens in her a dark and insatiable appetite.Antoinette: A young man becomes obsessed with the girl of his dreams: a gorgeous—but headless—sylph. …and another six tales of alienation and angst.With brutal strokes and lacerating wit, Shadmi introduces a haunting gallery of lost souls that will both repel and captivate.

Stories

A man rents a room in a vast, mysterious, and inescapable apartment complex.

The Abaddon

Abaddon

A biographical tale that follows Hollywood revolutionary Rod Serling's rise to fame in the Golden Age of Television, and his descent into his own personal Twilight Zone.

Forever on the move, Highwayman travels through the vastness of North America searching for the source of his condition. He suffers from a strange, seemingly incurable disease: immortality. Bound to the road and at the mercy of whomever will give him a ride, he encounters people who reflect the rapidly changing world around him. Moving through centuries of change, he watches humanity's precarious trajectory towards an unknown future.

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