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{{Verification|date=September 2022}}{{Short description|Artistic collective of five Israeli comics artists}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Actus studio
| logo             =
| logo_caption     =
| type             = Comics studio
| foundation       = [[1995 in comics|1995]]
| founder          = {{plainlist|
* [[Rutu Modan]]
* [[Yirmi Pinkus]]}}
| defunct          = [[2010 in comics|2010]]
| location_city    =
| location_country = [[Israel]]
| key_people       = '''Current:'''
{{plainlist|
* Batia Kolton
* Itzik Rennert
* Mira Friedmann
* [[Rutu Modan]]
* [[Yirmi Pinkus]]}}
| homepage         =
}}
'''Actus Tragicus''', sometimes credited as '''Actus Comics''' or simply '''Actus''', is a group of five [[Israel]]i comics artists founded in 1995 by [[Rutu Modan]] and Yirmi Pinkus. Other members include Batia Kolton, Itzik Rennert and Mira Friedmann.
Actus Tragicus was founded to enable its members, all professional illustrators and comics artists, to reach an audience outside of Israel by publishing a book each year, free of any cultural limitations or economic hindrances. Their books appear around the time of the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]] in [[France]] where they receive their first public exposure. The group has won international acclaim and was described in 2007 by the ID design magazine as one of the most prominent contemporary design groups. Well known international comics artists such as Anke Feuchtenberger and Henning Wagenbreth (Germany), [[Stéphane Blanquet]] (France) and [[David Polonsky]] (Israel) participated in the Actus Tragicus projects.
Actus Tragicus have published nine books and numerous series so far, as well as a special comics album, ''Dead Herring Comics'', which featured an excerpt from [[Art Spiegelman]]'s ''[[In the Shadow of No Towers]]''.
==Bibliography==
* ''Small Series'', Tel Aviv, Actus Tragicus, 1995. (out of print)
* ''Silver Series'', Tel Aviv, Actus Tragicus, 1996.(out of print)
* ''Victor Series'', Tel Aviv, Actus Tragicus, 1998. (out of print)
* ''Jetlag'', Tel Aviv, [[Top Shelf Productions]], 1999, {{ISBN|965-90221-0-7}}
::Based on short stories by [[Etgar Keret]]
* ''Flippers 1 & 2'', Top Shelf Productions, 2000 {{ISBN|965-90221-1-5}}
* ''The Actus Box: Five Graphic Novellas'', Top Shelf Productions, 2001, {{ISBN|978-965-90221-3-7}}
* ''Happy End'', Top Shelf Productions, 2002, {{ISBN|978-965-90221-4-4}}
* ''Dead Herring Comics'', Top Shelf Productions, 2004, {{ISBN|978-965-90221-5-1}}
* ''How to Love'', Tel Aviv, Actus Independent Comics, 2007, {{ISBN|978-965-90221-6-8}}
* ''Tel Aviv Berlin, ein Reisebuch'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718200917/http://www.avant-verlag.de/index.php?b=avant&kat=t&ID=102 Avant Verlag], Germany, {{ISBN|978-3-939080-45-9}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070114213524/http://www.actustragicus.com/ Actus Tragicus - Official Site]
[[Category:Israeli comics artists]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Israel]]
[[Category:Comics studios]]
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