Graphic Novel
VG/A Baxter, Jack and Joshua Faudem. Mike’s Place: A True Story of Love, Blues,
and Terror in Tel Aviv. First Second,
2015. 189p. 978-1-59643-857-6. 22.99
In 2003, American
documentary filmmaker, Jack Baxter decided to make a film about Tel Aviv bar,
Mike’s Place. The bar was a popular blues club on the beach and the staff was
like family. Baxter wanted to show a side of Israel that was not about politics,
religion or war, but a human story. In April 2003, all that changed when there
was a suicide bomber at Mike’s Place and 3 people were killed, including one of
the waitresses. This book is a graphic adaptation of the events that took place
and the making of the documentary film. The great artwork and storytelling (although
a true story, some of the scenes are fictionalized) make this graphic novel
worth reading. Loren Spector, LAPL, Memorial Branch
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