Igort (Igor Tuveri), b. 1958, is a prolific award-winning Italian cartoonist and the founder of Oblomov Press, a comics publisher. He is best known for his graphic novel 5 is the Perfect Number, which won the Book of the Year award at the Frankfurt Book Fair. He is also a film director and directed the movie adaptation in 2019. His previous works of graphic journalism include Russian Notebooks and Nomadic Pages. Jamie Richards is an Italian-to-English translator from Southern California currently based in Milan, Italy. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon and an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa.
"A fascinating and insightful look at civilian perseverance in an active war zone.-- ""Cinema Sentries"" A harrowing work of graphic journalism. ... These dispatches make the scope of the war (""nothing epic, no glory: only misery"") both easier to grasp and that much harder to witness.-- ""Publishers Weekly"" How War Begins is full of well-chosen details that bring the human element of the invasion to the forefront.-- ""The Arts STL"""