In a follow-up to her captivating graphic novel Exit Wounds (10.31.08 AJW), Israeli cartoonist Rutu Modan returns with Jamilti and Other Stories (Drawn and Quarterly), a quirky and fascinating collection of tales about Jews in Israel and the Diaspora. In this cartoon volume for adults, the author explores the intersection of Jewish and Arab cultures and lets her imagination loose in fantastic realms. In “Your Number One Fan,” for example, the concluding story, an Israeli singer dreams of making it big outside of the Jewish state, but the gig he lands at a JCC in England turns out not to be the pinnacle of show biz fame. — Mordecai Specktor
 
