I knew the father, and they were not religious. Then, when I suddenly remembered the story, I asked myself for the first time: “Why did they do it?” I knew the family quite well. At the time he told me this, it was just a joke. They did this for a few years, his father even took him out of high school to help. A classmate I met at the Academy of Art in Jerusalem, together with his father, had dug illegally looking for the Ark of the Covenant. Rutu Modan: After finishing The Property in 2013, a conversation with a friend reminded me of a story that I heard in my twenties. Jason Lutes: Having tried to write a longer-form book myself with a broad cast of characters, I would really love to hear what the initial seed of the idea was, where it came from. Rutu Modan: Hearing it from you, it’s really a compliment. It’s one of the most entertaining, engaging, funniest comics that I’ve read in years. Jason Lutes: First of all, I love this book.
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