The Academic Hour

- Keren Katz is the recipient of the Sequential Artists Workshop's 2014 Micro-Grant, the Society of Illustrators' 2015 Silver Medal and the Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art's 2015 Award of Excellence. The Academic Hour is the long-awaited debut graphic novel of a celebrated artist.- Katz is a prolific illustrator and has developed quite an international following. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Brooklyn Rail, Einayim Magazine for Children, Achbar Ha-Ir, Ha-Af, Ha-Pinkas, Carrier Pigeon, Linen Ovens Comics Poetry Anthology, Maayan Poetry Magazine, Ink Brick and Time Out and her short stories have been published by NO Press, Locust Moon Comics and Seven Stories Press in their highly regarded Graphic Canon Series' the Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals.- Keren Katz serves as something of an ambassador for Israeli comics. She lectures regularly in Israel and in Europe. In the US, she has presented at the Parsons School of Design, the New School, the School of Visual Arts, Lehigh University and the University of Pennsylvania. Her lectures and writing on art and politics have expanded her audience.- Katz will tour North America, Israel and Europe in support of the Academic Hour.