Zbeng!

Zbeng! is an Israeli comic series which is written and drawn by Uri Fink. This series depicts the fun and wacky adventures of a group of teenagers and their lives and loves.

Zbeng! which began to publish in the Israeli teen magazine "Ma'Ariv Lanoar" on the 17th of August 1987, won unprecedented success. Very quickly the stories were expanded from one page to a number of pages, and became the most popular part of the magazine.

The Characters

"Zbeng!" Describes the daily quirky adventures of a gang of "typical" highschoolers:

• Gal - the average teenager who is the star of the series
• Jinji - Gal's red headed friend. Jinji is a ugly, insane, sex maniac that is hated by every woman he meets. Suprisingly Jinji actually became the most popular character in the series
• Sigal - Gal's feminist-left wing-vegetarian girlfriend.
• Yaron - Gal's brother, a book worm nerd, who became a computer expert
• Maya - the beautiful yet manipulative class queen.
• Herzel - the ultimate Ars.
• Gili Magili - horror movie enthusiast.
• Anuga Zaafani - their monstrous teacher and the ultimate nightmare for every student.

Merchendise

The success of the series brought many best selling book collections, merchandise, its own comics magazine and it was even adapted into a live action TV series for the Israeli television in 1998.

In 2007, Corbomite Games announced the production of a computer game based on the comics.

External links

• Zbeng! at IMDb
• Official website
• Zbeng! The game