Save Me Falafel Man
We all love comics, even if we all can’t admit it. Whether its X-Men, Silver Surfer, Peanuts, or Far Side, few are impervious to the humor and drama found in the drawings both crude and sophisticated of our modern day minstrels of ink.
Now there is a new edition to the pantheon of heroes and villains who excite and mystify the minds of pre-teens and middle age closet comic lovers alike: Falafel Man. I know, I know, bare with me here.
Falafel Man is the creation of Dorit Maya-Gur, an Israeli student at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in New Jersey. She was inspired to create this unlikely culinary hero when she was rescued by the NJ police and fire department while unsuccessfully cooking falafel in her college dorm.
In the book, Falafel Man, like some of his comic counterparts, became a hero during a freakish laboratory accident in an experiment with Falafel. He is a beer bellied, falafel eating, crime fighter who has an affinity for California’s governor…
Don’t ask, just read the original article here .
BTW- the new comic book was presented at the Ka-Boom 3 annual comic’s convention in Tel Aviv.
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I would pay 299 dollars just to have a single bite on this splendid PITA.
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I would challenge you with 9 Shekels including can of soda.
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i think its unfair that you put an uplifting story about dieting and taking it slow and eating healthier, followed by a very tempting picture of a bursting pita bread overflowing with goodness….. mmmmmmmmmmmmm .. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?!
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it’s making me hungry.
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