Loosely adapted from the real life experiences of Israeli comic book artist Erez Zadok, Tranquilo was originally drawn as his final graduation project from the renowned Bezalel Academy (link below). The tale centers on “Erez Zadok”, who is being detained upon entry into the USA by Immigrations and Customs (ICE). To convince the officers that he’s legit, he tells them his story: how he and his buddy Gibor (Hebrew for “Hero”), two twenty-somethings, both recently discharged from mandatory army service, strapped on backpacks, and grew out their hair—Erez more successfully than Gibor—to tour the Americas.