Question: Head Smash a graphic novel by writer Vlad Yudin, who was born in what country?

Context articles: The Hurt Business
American Born Chinese
Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer
The Vladar Company
Last Day of Summer
The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers
The Deep: Here Be Dragons
Vlad Yudin
Head Smash
Brian Ralph

The Hurt Business (stylized as "THE HURT BUSINE$$") is a 2016 American documentary film about mixed martial arts, its history, and rise from a stigmatized, fringe event to a mainstream sport.
 It is directed by Vlad Yudin and narrated by Kevin Costner.
American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang.
 Released in 2006 by First Second Books, it was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Awards in the category of Young People's Literature.
 It won the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award, the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, the "Publishers Weekly" Comics Week Best Comic of the Year, the "San Francisco Chronicle" Best Book of the Year, the 2006/2007 Best Book Award from The Chinese American Librarians Association, and Amazon.com Best Graphic Novel/Comic of the Year.
 It also made the "Booklist" Top Ten Graphic Novel for Youth, the NPR Holiday Pick, and "Time (Magazine)" Top Ten Comic of the Year.
 It was colored by cartoonist Lark Pien, who received the 2007 Harvey Award for Best Colorist for her work on the book.
Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer is a 2015 documentary film directed by Vlad Yudin detailing the life of American fashion designer Jeremy Scott and his rise in the fashion industry.
The Vladar Company is a film production and distribution company, led by Vlad Yudin and Edwin Mejia.
 Founded in 2008, the company has focused on content creation to cater to market’s growing need for multi-cultural and inspirational entertainment content across multiple platforms.
 The company focuses on developing, financing and packaging films with its producing partners at leading Hollywood and International production studios.
Last Day of Summer is a 2009 drama-comedy film written, produced and directed by Vlad Yudin of The Vladar Company, featuring DJ Qualls, Nikki Reed, and William Sadler.
The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers is a 2007 graphic novel by Indian graphic artist Sarnath Banerjee.
 It is the author's second graphic novel after "Corridor", which has been widely advertised as the first Indian graphic novel.
The Deep: Here Be Dragons is an original graphic novel from Gestalt Publishing written by award-winning writer Tom Taylor (Injustice Gods Among Us, Superior Iron Man, Star Wars: Adventures, , The Authority, The Example) and illustrated by James Brouwer, which tells the tales of the Nekton family – A multiethnic family of Aquanauts who live on a submarine.
 The all-ages graphic novel won the Aurealis Award, Australia's premier speculative fiction literary award, for Best illustrated book/graphic novel in 2012 and was also nominated for Best children’s illustrated work/picture book.
Vlad Yudin (Russian: Влад Юдин ; born 26 October 1982) is a Russian film director, producer and writer.
Head Smash a graphic novel by writer Vlad Yudin, artist Tim Bradstreet, and colorist Dwayne Harris.
 It was released on July 31, 2013 through Arcana Studio.
 The story follows a superhero character in a pre-apocalyptic city.
 A film adaptation of "Head Smash" is in development.
Brian Ralph (born 1973) is a U.S. alternative cartoonist.
 His illustrations have appeared in "Wired" and the "New York Post".
 His debut graphic novel, "Cave-In", was nominated for three Harvey Awards, one Eisner Award, and listed as one of the "Comics Journal"'s "five best comics of 1999".
 His second graphic novel, "Climbing Out", was awarded a Xeric Grant in 2001.
 His third graphic novel, "Daybreak", was published by Drawn and Quarterly in September 2011.