This week’s addict is a comics artist and ebook designer from Israel who has amassed quite a collection of sketchbooks and notebooks! Below are his photos and commentary:

01 Clairefontaine Zap Books – my go to sketchbooks since 2006, these are 320 page recycled paper books and they’re perfect for my pencil sketches.

02-03 Some comics sketches in my A4 size Zap Books

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04 A nearly complete set of notebooks by “The photo house”, a shop in Tel Aviv that sells merchandise based on photography by Rudi Weissenstein (1910-1992), one of Israel’s most iconic photographers. Each notebook has a different photo from the first days of the state of Israel. I use these for writing scripts for a large webcomic projects – I already filled 8 of them.

05 More unique notebooks – Upper row on the left – two books by local publisher Nine Lives with the quote “Even if the sun ceased to exist, you would still have 8 minutes and 17 seconds to read a book”. Next to it is a custom notebook with a cover made out of a Hebrew font catalog.Bottom row – various handmade notebooks by local artists.

06 Original 1980s school notebooks I recently found at a local stationery store – for some reason they had a large crate full of these and sold 10 notebooks for 5 Shekels (around $1.40). I used to write on these back in elementary school so it was a nice surprise.The text on the notebooks says “We all say thanks, please and excuse me” and “Look before you cross the road”.

07 Some limited edition Moleskins (They are hard to find in Israel, so I buy one every time I go on a trip abroad). I also have the Game boy limited edition but forgot to put it in the photo.

08 MUJI notebooks bought during various trips and used mostly for daily sketch projects in 2011 and 2017.

I love how Hagay’s collection incorporates multiples of certain favorite brands, but the best part is that many of them are unique to Israel, giving the collection a local character. Cool comics, too! Many thanks to Hagay for sharing his addiction!