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Tag: Comics

0 Culture Jewish Law

To fight hate, these Brooklyn-based nonprofit professionals wrote a comic book together

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 20 Nov

We Are Brooklyn: Stories of Hope is a new comic book that features personal narratives highlighting diverse cultural intersections in Brooklyn, developed by nonprofit professionals participating in the We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate.

0 Television/Film Culture

Comic Books Are Full of Jews, But Where Are They?

Adam Garvey in New Voices · 27 Sep

Exploring the Jewish roots and representation in comic books, this article highlights the often overlooked Jewish influence on iconic characters like Batman and Superman.

0 Culture Communities

Josh Gad’s ‘The Writer’ Is a Densely Jewish Comic Featuring a Golem, Demons and a Badass Jewish Mom

Lior Zaltzman in Kveller · 24 Sep

Josh Gad co-writes a comic series, "The Writer," alongside Max and Ben Berkowitz, celebrating Jewish culture and its foundational role in superhero narratives.

0 Culture Television/Film

David Mikics in Tablet · 2 Sep

The article offers an engaging exploration of MAD magazine's influence from its inception in the early 1950s.

0 Literature Gender/Identity

Jewish Life Stories: A pioneering women comic book artist, a British children’s book author who raised three Israeli sons

Andrew Silow-Carroll in JTA · 23 Apr

The article highlights the life stories of several individuals who made remarkable contributions.

0 Literature Gender/Identity

Weird Passover -

Hal Schrieve in Jewish Currents · 19 Apr

Hal Schrieve, a librarian in New York, considers Leslie Feinberg's Drag King Dreams to be their most relevant religious text.

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Eli Valley in Jewish Currents · 1 Dec 2023

This article discusses three comics from the underground women's anthology Tits & Clits, specifically focusing on their provocative and empowering nature.

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“To Hell with This Depressing Atmosphere” - Three comics from <em>Tits & Clits</em>, the most risqué of the second wave’s underground women’s anthologies

Jillian Steinhauer in Jewish Currents · 24 Aug 2023

During the countercultural movement of the 1960s, underground comix provided a platform for free expression, but primarily for male artists who often depicted women as sexual objects.

0 Art Holocaust

How Art Spiegelman Is Paying Tribute to One of His Heroes

Forward · 20 Jan 2017

Art Spiegelman pays tribute to his late friend and collaborator, artist Si Lewen, in a new project titled "Si Lewen's Parade: An Artist's Odyssey."