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Among the talented people who will be at TCAF this year are a small number of comix professionals who have done work that has already been mentioned at the Jewish Comics Blog.
* Willow Dawson, a talented Canadian artist, who has illustrated the anthology No Girls Allowed : Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure, written by Susan Hughes & published by Kids Can Press. The anthology includes the story of Esther Brandeau, the first Jewish person to immigrate to Canada.
* Dan Goldman, author-illustrator of a short piece titled “Schmear” (in Smut Peddler #2), which he describes as “Jewish porn” (since it takes place in the backroom of a Brooklyn bagel shop), as well as a special 1-page illustration for The New York Post titled “Israel Turns 60″.
* Miss Lasko-Gross, author-illustrator of the graphic autobiography Escape from “Special” and A Mess of Everything
* Miriam Libicki, author-illustrator of the jobnik! series, the first volume of which has been collected in trade paperback, the illustrated essays “Towards a Hot Jew: The Israeli Soldier as Fetish Object” and “Jewish Memoir Goes Pow! Zap! Oy!” & the illustrated mini-journals Ceasefire and Fierce Ease.
Paul Pope, author-illustrator of the story “Berlin Batman” in The Batman Chronicles #11 (reprinted in Batman : Year 100, in which Batman is a Jewish painter named Baruch Wane.
Jonathan Rosenberg, author-illustrator of the webcomic Goats, which includes the Jewish character “Jon”, as seen in the strip from Nov. 24, 2005
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According to the Facebook guest list, both Alan Oirich (author of issues 1 & 2 of the comic book series Jewish Hero Corps and Gina Kamentsky (author-illustrator of the comic book series T-Gina) will be attending, although neither of them are official guests (i.e. they will be around, but will not have exhibitor tables).
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Rachel Freedenberg has managed to get a gig filling in what I always felt was a gap in Jewish journalism. Freedenberg, who writes for jweekly.com (the online version of j : the Jewish news weekly of Northern California) will be covering the “Jewish comics” beat, contributing a new story every Friday (before shabbos). Although she has recently acknowledged me and this very blog for providing her with tips, I am nonetheless looking forward to reading what she has to say about comics, graphic novels, comic strips and webcomics that I have told her about, as well as learning about Jewish comix that I am unaware of.
As a Canadian Jew, I am thrilled that one of the webcomics which Freedenberg chose to highlight last week is none other than Talmud Comics, adapted from the Talmud and illustrated by the very talented (yet relatively unknown) Yonah Lavery.
I say “unknown” only because news about her and her website hasn’t appeared much in print yet. However, no less than 7 bloggers (in addition ro jweekly’s) have noticed Yonah’s work and reccommended it to their readers. I could add to the praise, but I don’t feel qualified to do so. Besides, I would probably only end up trying to rephrase what others have been saying. Below are links to the 8 sites and quotes from them.
it’s a visual representation of a text that retains the beauty of the ancient wording, and doesn’t try to make it overly hip or dumb it down for a modern audience. Very refreshing! The best part, though, is the illustrations, which are moody and haunting, and often just plain exquisite. Lavery is simply WONDERFUL at shading.
This very well could be the most awesome idea ever: Talmud comics! The great thing is, they aren’t cheesy or ridiculous, they’re actually quite beautiful and thoughtfully drawn.
I am hoping that my readers will take a look at her work and the genius behind it and take a few moments to understand the amount of work and love of Torah this woman must have to make such a beautiful contribution to study for anyone who might be lucky enough to find her rather obscure website.
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Setting up A Hair and facial salon by Gavineros1102 on January 27th, 2012 It is no wonder that hair and salon business remains among the rapidly growing industries today.
Today is Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), a day to memorialize the victims of that horrible genocide and to remind ourselves that we must do everything possible to combat racism and injustice, no matter who is being victimized or where.
At such a time, it seems an appropriate time for the readers of this blog to take a look at websites which make reference to comic books & graphic novels which have represented the Holocaust, as well as to recognize an especially noteworthy miniseries about a Holocaust survivor published recently by Marvel Comics.
In Sept. 2008, Mike DeLisa wrote a post on his blog entitled “Comics Exploring the Holocaust”. In it, he made reference to Judenhass, “The Liberators” from Fightin’Army #119, “Master Race” from Impact #1, and a 2-pager titled “Masterpiece” from Harvey Hits #6. He also reproduced 3 panels from the latter example.
Mike DeLisa notes that he could think of just a few ‘pre-Maus’ stories”. However, I could list several of them, including :
* “Totentantz” Star Spangled War Stories #158 (Sept. 1971)
* “Walls of Blood” Blitzkrieg #2 (March-Apr. 1976)
In a recent article in The Canadian Jewish News (Jan. 14, 2009, pop culture writer Shlomo Schwartzberg reviewed both Judenhass and Goodbye Marianne. The latter is a graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning young adult novel by Irene Watts.
The recently-published anthology The Jewish Graphic Novel : Critical Approaches includes the essay “Witness, Trauma, and Remembrance : Holocaust Representation and X-Men Comics” by Cheryl Alexander Malcolm, which discusses the ways Marvel has portrayed the character Magneto, both before and after Chris Claremont revamped him into a Holocaust survivor.
Alas, the essay was written before the launch of the miniseries X-Men : Magneto : Testament, which showed Magneto’s childhood in Holocaust-era Europe.
The Testament miniseries has been mentioned or discussed at several websites and blogs. I’m listing them below, along with selected quotes.
Comic Book Resources. http://community.livejournal.com/magnetic_appeal/38795.html Republication of the Comic Book Resources interview with miniseries illustrator Greg Pak. “1) I read the letter you put in at the end of the story. So how much research did you put into studying this time period?
I have a six-foot stack of histories and memoirs from the time period that I’ve been going through for the past three years. I’ve watched every Holocaust-related feature film and documentary I could get my hands on, and, of course, read every Holocaust-related comic book I could find. It’s the most harrowing and emotionally draining research I’ve ever done, but I’ve never felt so responsible for getting a project right.
Did you learn anything that truly surprised you?
I’d read about the Holocaust before, in middle school and college and beyond, so I was familiar with much of the history. But every day I’d read something that shocked me to the core all over again.”
Impulse Creations. http://community.livejournal.com/magnetic_appeal/40341.html Impulse Creations interview with miniseries writer Greg Pak, in between issue #1 and issue #2. “Impulse: You handle the oppression and rise of the Nazis with such finesse in the comic. It’s subtle at some points (even though the reader is certainly aware, from knowing about what Magneto went through growing up and also the historical context), and dramatically strong at others. Why did you feel this route would work, and how does it play into the overall story, especially regarding Max as a character? Was there anything that influenced you in the way you chose to tell it?
Greg: I wanted to begin the story relatively early so that we could get to know Max and his family as human beings before the full gravity of their situation sank in. And I knew we should see almost everything from Max’s point of view. That would let us discover things bit by bit at the same time he does and help us understand how the Nazi rise and the Final Solution crept up around and then swept away their victims.”
Karp, Lauren. Ich bin Magnus: (Re)writing Magneto’s Origins & Culture “What I’ve seen of Magneto: Testament seems to warrant it a place both in comic history and in future Holocaust media and literature studies. Who knows if it will happen, given that this is a superhero comic—given that Magneto has the power of magnetism, one can expect to see metal bullets flying around wildly at the very least—but with a comic so rooted in history (comic history, cultural history, and ideological history) I believe it certainly deserves it.”
Marvel Comics. WW Philly 2008: Magneto: Testament Official PR announcement of the series at the Marvel website. Includes character sketch designs. “Like so many classic Marvel characters, [Magneto] has to grapple with the typical problems of any scrawny outsider: family problems, schoolyard bullies, and first crushes,” Pak explains. “But every little conflict takes on a terrifying, new dimension as the scope and inexorable advance of the Nazi menace becomes clearer.”
Roth, Matthue. Magneto in the Holocaust “All told, we’ll have to see how Testament fares before we officially accept Magneto’s Jewishness as X-Men canon. Pak is an able writer who’s been able to balance emotion and plot extremely effectively in ‘Phoenix: Endsong’ and less so in ‘World War Hulk.’ I don’t trust him absolutely, but I trust him.”
Shinefeld, Mordechai.“X-Men mutant survives the Holocaust in new Marvel Comics miniseries”Haaretz July 6, 2008 “Part of the goal of this story is to explore religious identity, and history, through fiction,” said Warren Simmons, ‘Testament’ editor. “I’d say [Magneto] is one of the single richest and most intriguing characters in our medium. I think to Jewish kids, he’s a very important, complex character. I know that he was to me.”
The above article is reprinted as Comic Explores Shoah in The Forward, June 13, 2008.
reviews of issue #1 Summary: Magneto Testament #1 opens in the city of Nuremberg, in the year 1935. The young Magneto’s family is trying to live as normal a life as possible, in this Bavarian city that was so central to Nazi ideology and propaganda. The young hero is only nine years old, and still attending school, when we first meet him. We see a brief glimpse of what it’s like to be the outsider, the alien, a physically average boy who is emotionally abused by his teachers as well as his fellow students. We also see a young girl, a Gypsy girl, named Magda, forced to clean the trash off the streets with her mother. Since the Gypsies of Germany were overwhelmingly Sinti, we now know that Magda was a Sinti. The young Magneto becomes smitten with this girl, and she with him. (from Rivka Jacobs’ review)
Borzelli, Brandon.Brandon Borzelli’s Geek Goggle Reviews “The issue is very powerful. The whole story has such a serious and dark undertone that it has that sickening feeling to it. Personally, I felt Max’s story could have been any number of young Jewish kid’s stories during the mid to late 30s in Germany. … 5 out of 5 geek goggles”
comicinsight. Comic Reviews A review of issues #1 and #2 “We all knew that Magneto came from some terrible hardships in his life, but this story . . this story gives you a feeling of what he and his family and his people were forced to endure. [...] This is one of those stories that’s really going to make you think . . think about history . . and think about how you feel about things.”
Hayman, Mark J. X-Men: Magneto Testament #1 {rating : 2.5 bullets out of 5} “One doesn’t expect to be emotionally sideswiped by a book with “Magneto” stamped on the cover. I had no problem with the actual presentation, despite not being overly taken with the illustration, but the where and the what actually had me getting a little angry. When I reached the final page, there was an afterword by Greg Pak which helped to redeem the intent but only to the extent that I’m reasonably certain that he intends no offense and, given the credit to the Wiesenthal Center, has done the sort of homework one would expect from a Rhodes Scholar in history. Still, I’m not satisfied that this could well be the first exposure of a young mind to these horrors, despite the best of intentions.” Includes 6 page scans with the dialogue & captions.
Huqueriza, Chris. Le.Writers.Block “Writer Greg Pak does extensive background and it shows … I have high hopes to see what happens to Magneto. 5/5.”
Jacobs, Rivka. X-Men: Magneto Testament #1 Review Review by the author of the Magneto is Jewish FAQ “X-Men: Magneto Testament, is not only the definitive account of Magneto’s origins, but a sincere and careful attempt by the creative team to portray Magneto’s Jewish youth and the Holocaust with accuracy and respect.”
Jim & Rhonda.A Groundbreaking Series: X-Men: Magneto Testament #1 “Just because this is a super-hero comic, don’t assume this terrible and tragic period of history will be treated lightly. The creators have clearly tried to portray this era in a realistic, truthful, way. Readers will almost certainly find themselves emotionally involved and angry as they read this tale.”
SuperSearnold. Magneto – Testament #1/ “I absolutely recommend this issue. To EVERYONE. Magneto – Testament #1 does such a good job of examining the character of this Jewish boy growing up in Nazi Germany that you’ll still enjoy this issue even if you aren’t an X-Men fan or have absolutely no idea who Magneto is. The content is dark (the only way to deal honestly with Nazis’ persecution of Jews) – so the book isn’t for children.”
Tung, Chris. Magneto’s Testament #1 – A Review “It was good. Maybe not great. But a good way to start a new series. … The art was definitely lack luster for me. I was immediately drawn to the cover of the series because Djurdjevic did a fantastic job at introducing an adolescent Eric as well as displaying the inevitable end for the young boy’s character, but the interior art could definitely be better. I wish they had chosen a grittier direction. “
reviews of issue #2 Summary : This issue takes us from 1936 through September 1, 1939, the Nazi invasion of Poland that started WWII, stopping briefly on November 9-10, 1938 for Kristallnacht, the infamous Night of Broken Glass when Germans rioted against the Jews, destroying homes and property, looting what they could and savagely destroying the lives of their neighbors. As this issue closes Max and bears witness to the German tanks rolling into Poland we can’t help but understand, through all Max’s troubled life, how Magneto’s character was formed and the rage and pain that drives his actions. (from Sam Wilson’s review)
Borzelli, Brandon. Brandon Borzelli’s Geek Goggle Weekly Rankings “it takes the every day lives of one family, Magneto’s, and illustrates point by point how their livelihood, home and country (and presumably their lives) where taken from them. The story uses real timelines and actual events to show the chaos around the family. This issue focuses on the events of Kristallnacht and the immediate aftermath. With three issues to go you know this is only going to get worse and worse. This is a fantastic, but horrific and emotional story.”
Rosenblatt, Rob. Cream of the Crop “Max and his family’s flight from Germany as the Nazis raid homes and businesses was heart-wrenching. I don’t know if this story will make Magneto any more sympathetic, but it’s very interesting to see what this mutant figurehead witnessed and lived through as a boy, and we see why he is so militant about not being persecuted again.”
Wilson, Sam. Sam Wilson’s Reviews “Greg Pak, one of comics’ top writers and a man who needs no introduction at this point, has worked painstakingly with the Simon Wiesenthal Center to insure he’s accurately retelling the Germans’ rise to power and the steps they took in their private little war against the Jews. The beauty of this story is that we get to see world history unfold through the frightened eyes of a young boy, knowing the fictional villain this boy will become but seeing his origin unfold against the back drop of some of the most horrendous evil in human history. Beautifully rendered by Carmine Di Giandomenico, the same artist who drew the Marvel Knights’ Daredevil: Battlin’ Jack Murdock series, Magneto Testament is powerful and engrossing. A must read even if you’re not an X-Man fan.”
reviews of issue #3 Summary : Magneto and his family barely survive the Polish countryside by seeking refuge in Warsaw, where they end up as prisoners of the city’s infamous ghetto. The Germans escalate their violence against the Jews and their true intentions become increasingly more transparent. Faced with little options, Magneto and his family sneak out of the Warsaw Ghetto, hoping for safety and shelter. Unfortunately, they find neither. Magneto’s mutant power remains untapped and his unrealized potential to “save the day” is a continuous haunting frustration that is effective in capturing the pity, anger, desperation, and sadness that pervades this book. (from Rob Galinsky’s reviw)
Borzelli, Brandon. Brandon Borzelli’s Geek Goggle Weekly Rankings “This historical account could be more gruesome but it restrains (for now) from being too vulgar. Still, I find myself bracing for the worst page after page. It’s an excellent story.”
Galinsky, Rob.X-Men: Magneto Testament #3 (of 5) – Review “What’s Good: Pak lets historical events tell this story, which allows Magneto to be a passive but effective character. Pak shows a few key details about Magneto’s personality, such as his selflessness, his ability to lead, and his courageousness– characteristics that fit in with the Magneto that Marvel readers have gotten to know over the past few decades. The art is solid and has an indie feel to it. The coloring revolves between pale and hopeless to dark and terrorizing.
What’s-Not-So-Good: I understand that this book has a pedagogical aspect to it, but it goes a little overboard when text boxes full of facts, numbers, and dates appear. I think the encyclopedic side of the Holocaust would be better served if it were reserved for a page at the end of the story. Besides, the story is so powerful, educational, and realistic even without the cold, dry facts. Grade : A”
Rules, Samuel. Where My Money Went – Nov. 12th “A Magneto origin story cleverly masks this powerful Holocaust historical narrative. Trying to protect his family, young Magneto becomes a smuggler and attempts to save his family but pushes them closer and closer to the camps. I have a hard time reading this comic because as much as I want his powers to manifest in that issue, once I start reading I only worry about his well being.”
Wilson, Sam. Wktf’s Reviews “This comic series is absolutely frightening. I’m not sure what fictional story could be more harrowing and horrific than the actual events of The Holocaust. We all know Magneto is a child of The Holocaust; however, placing young Max, the boy who grows to become Magneto, in this setting amidst the horrible slaughter of this shameful moment in human history, and tracing his life as he experiences the actual events leading to the death camps creates a story of fear, pain, anger and hatred such as probably could not be communicated as well any other way.”
reviews of issue #4 Summary : We get to see the atrocities Magneto experienced in Auschwitz, and “atrocity” cannot summarize the things that happened there. Sadly, they are all too realistic. Just when you think there’s a glimmer of hope for Max, writer Greg Pak snatches it all away. Even the ending to this issue is a sign of hope, until you realize the rest of Magneto’s origins. (from the review by fatherjeff)
Chapman, Adam. X-MEN: MAGNETO TESTAMENT #4 REVIEW “An excellent read, yet again. Pick up this entire series, and you won’t be disappointed. An amazing read, from the moment you open the cover. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!”
Duin, Steven. Comic Review: Magneto: Testament Review by a writer for The Orgonian “Greg Pak has done a commendable job on the back story of the young Magneto, struggling against the passivity of his elders as the Nazi’s noose slowly tightens around the Jewish community. Understanding that the Holocaust is little more than a barbaric number — six million — to many in this generation of comics’ readers, Pak has provided a valuable and restrained history lesson.”
{However}
“Yet when I open the fourth issue, pictured above, to witness Max Eisenhardt’s arrival at the camp, the initial shot from the train platform — “Men to the right! Women and children to the left!” — is set next to an ad for “Prince of Persia.” When the Jews are ordered to strip, I turn the page to hear Honda screaming that I should “Avoid Gas Hogs!” And the scene in which Max, now working as a Sonderkommando at the camp, shoves the body of his mentor into the oven is placed, gruesomely, beside an in-house promo for “The Dark Avengers.”
I know Marvel has comic books and video games to sell, but I find it absolutely appalling that the company doesn’t recognize the indecency of interrupting a tale of the Holocaust with ads about “gas hogs.” At a crucial point in this story, Pak simply turns the lights out and lets the panels go black, knowing there is no way to illustrate the horrors that a survivor of the camps describes. I only wish Marvel understood that some stories are too dark, and too important, to serve as just another pack mule for the company’s ad sales.”
fatherjeff. X-Men: Magneto Testament #4 “This is one of the best series Marvel has put out in…ever. Carmine Di Giandomenico’s art is just wonderful, especially that double-page spread of the glasses that is just haunting. You can tell the detail these creators are putting in which shows their hard work. My only hope is that this series will lead to a Magneto ongoing with the same creative team.”
George, Richard. Magneto: Testament #4 Review “Sometimes a series is so good that you effectively run out of things to say about it. That’s pretty much the case with Magneto: Testament, a product which not only once again affirms the value of the Marvel Knights line but is easily one of the best products Marvel has put out this decade. Just as it has the past three months, this series defies conventional origin story trappings, delivering a tale that isn’t just moving and mesmerizing but historically accurate as well.”
Huqueriza, Chris.le.writers.block In the penultimate issue, there’s more shocks and atrocities as Max witnesses them in Auschwitz. Max['s] hope fades as he commits a sin. Max doesn’t look like Magneto, but a great tale about the Holocaust with the last issue tying up everything. 5/5″
reviews of issue #5 Summary : Max Eisenhardt has reached the lowest point in his young life. Separated from his family, Max is eking out a living in Auschwitz. Even as he helps the Nazis dispose of their thousands of dead bodies, Max is busy bribing guards and helping plan an uprising against his oppressors. And through it all, Magda provides a lone ray of light in an otherwise dark existence. (from Jesse Schedeen’s review)
Borzelli, Brandon Brandon Borzelli’s Geek Goggle Reviews “The finale of this story caps off what has been a tremendous account of the holocaust from a single character’s point of view. Max proves to be both lucky and crafty. It seems his ability to find gold was his biggest contributor to staying alive. However, the realism used in this story almost makes the character involved here kind of irrelevant. I think this story would have been just as good without the X-Men tag or Magneto as the central character. The issue discusses what kind of extras will be included in the collected edition and it makes this story worth picking up in trade if you missed the mini series. This was a terrific mini series.”
C, Matt. Cover To Cover: X-MEN: MAGNETO TESTAMENT “So, I came into this series expecting not much of anything; I came away feeling overwhelmed and moved by the emotional clarity and intelligence conjured up by something so simple as a mixture of words and pictures. Yes, there were only a couple of fleeting indications that this was the tale of the boy who would one day become the X-Men’s greatest nemesis, but that didn’t matter. The seeds are sown here. What does matter is that the creators didn’t dumb down their work to make it more palatable, rather they acknowledged the intellect of their audience and understood that a single image or a single sentence are sometimes all that’s needed to convey a multitude of thoughts and feelings.
It’s not an easy read, it’s not a fun read, but it’s probably the bravest thing Marvel have published over the last few years, and it’s powerful enough in both the subject matter and the telling that, although the sales figures may not have been stellar, it’s going to have a shelf life that will far exceed many of its contemporaries. 10/10″
Schedeen, Jesse. X-Men: Magneto Testament #5 Review “I’ve been feeling more and more like this book was conceived as a Holocaust story first and foremost and the Magneto elements were thrown in to make it more commercially viable. Granted, it’s not an ignoble pursuit to use comic characters as a vector to historical education. I just feel that, if Greg Pak went through the trouble to write a story about Magneto, he should have offered him a more complete character arc. With a few switched names, this series could just as easily dropped the “Magneto” moniker.”
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Only one name stretches from the beginning of the history of the comic book through the modern era of the literary graphic novel: Will Eisner.
On Monday, March 23rd, comics writer and critic Danny Fingeroth (author of Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero) will give an illustrated presentation about the life, work, and influence of the great writer and artist.
Taking a tour through Eisner’s life – in effect, a journey through comics history – the presentation will serve as an introduction to those who’d like to know more about how the graphic novel phenomenon (which has spawned hit comics-based movies like The Dark Knight and Watchmen), and will offer new insights for those who may already know the work of Eisner and his creative descendants.
Monday, March 23, 8:00 pm Columbia University Broadway and 116th Street New York City Schermerhorn Hall Room 501 FREE ADMISSION
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This past June, following a struggle spanning several years, 28 year old Ariella Dadon managed to receive a get (a Jewish divorce) from her violent, abusive husband.
Illustrated by rising cartooning star (of David) Chari Pere, the 3-page online comic (which may be read in Hebrew or English) has attracted quite a bit of attention in cyberspace.
Jewlicious calls Chari a “cartoonist extraordinaire”.
Occasional Superheroine notes that “Pere draws Ariella with a cracked ‘happy face’ mask during her unhappy marriage and unsuccessful attempts to get away from her husband, and it is a haunting and devastating motif.”
At the “Jews and Comics” panel of the Facebook Comic Con, Chari talked about working on the comic. I’ve pasted her comments below for those who don’t have Facebook access.
I met Inbal Freund-Novick last summer, when I attended the 2008 PresenTense Institute Fellowship in Jerusalem. It was a 6-week fellowship program for young social entrepreneurs who have ideas on how to positively impact the Jewish community, and ultimately the world as a whole. I had been accepted into the fellowship to work on my company, Hey Yiddle Diddle Productions (http://www.heyyiddlediddle.com), which bridges the gap between generations and denominations by revitalizing old Jewish humor through fresh, fun cartoons, products, and modern media. Inbal was a 2007 PresenTense Institute Steering Committee member who had previously received grant money from another organization for a comic to raise awareness about Agunot (women who cannot receive a Jewish divorce from their husbands).
As a personal mission, I try to use my cartooning “powers” for good and meaningful projects. I’ve completed coloring books for children with diabetes, and am working on such projects as a comic book for elementary school kids on how to defend themselves against bullies. When Inbal pitched the Ariella Dadon comic idea to me, I absolutely loved it. Although my first passion is making people laugh (be it with me or AT me), I also use the negative experiences in my life and in the world to create inspirational works that can help people see the light out of darkness. “Unmasked: The Ariella Dadon Story” is truly the embodiment of those same ideals.
Ariella doesn’t have a computer in her house in Southern Israel, so Inbal brought a laptop with a wireless connection, so that the three of us were able to spend 2 1/2 hours talking through Skype. I understand Hebrew pretty well – I do have 12 years of excellent Jewish education from Brooklyn’s Yeshivah of Flatbush under my belt– but if you don’t use the language you lose it. And I am certainly unfamiliar with the contemporary Israeli vernacular. So Ariella told her story to us in Hebrew, and Inbal translated everything she said into English so that I didn’t miss a detail. After Inbal and I completed the script, Inbal translated the comic back into Hebrew. I did the layout and illustration, and chose the color scheme – which was based on the Mavoi Satum’s logo (Mavoi Satum is the organization that helped Ariella get her â€Get’, or Jewish divorce papers). And voilĂ , the comic was born!
The response has been overwhelmingly positive from everyone of all backgrounds, faiths, and denominations. I’m really, really proud of “Unmasked”, and hope that it sparks even greater causes and projects.
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According to the ComicsDC blog, the Jewish Museum of Maryland (Herbert Bearman Campus, 15 Lloyd St., Baltimore) will be hosting an exhibition of pages from JT Waldman’s graphic novel adaptation Megillat Esther. There will be a preview on March 5th, from 8-11 PM and the exhibition will run from March 8th to July 26th.
This Sunday, JT will be one of the guest speakers at LimmudPhilly, taking place in Classroom 404 at the Gershman Y in Philadelphia, PA, 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM. His session, entitled “Make Your Own Comix Midrash” is described below.
Explore the topic of Midrash. How does this ancient process and body of work relate to us today? How does the show and tell quality of comics make it an ideal medium to discover personal connections to Jewish text, folklore and holidays? Following a lively presentation of the topic of Midrash and the Jewish connections within the comic book industry, participants will create their own mini-Midrash comics about familiar biblical or historical characters. No artistic experience required. All levels welcome!
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The Open Tent is proud to present Growing Up Comix – the works of graphic novelist JT Waldman – at ArtCenter/South Florida, which brings together both non-profit organizations’ commitment to producing cutting-edge, inclusive arts events that are contemporary and accessible to the public. Retracing Waldman’s defining years, Growing Up Comix is divided into five major periods including The Wonder Years, College Years, In-Between Years, Persian Years and Days of Recent Past. Through comics, cartoons and graphic representations, the artist explores the epiphany that ignited his passion for drawing in the mid-80s; the inception of signature character “Starman” in the late-90’s, and the technical and creative changes that followed his enrollment at Vancouver Film School in 2006.
Best known for transplanting biblical and Jewish content from its conventional format to the comics,Growing up Comix further explores Waldman’s interpretations of oral and written traditions of Judaism. The writer and illustrator for the Jewish Publication Society’s (JPS) graphic novel “Megillat Esther,” and featuring pages from “Story of Esther” and “The Four Children” commissioned by Nextbook, Waldman’s Growing Up Comix shows how cartoons and modern-day representations of socio-religious topics can be visualized and interpreted from diverse points of view. Giving the Jewish and graphic novelist community a firm identity in the comic book world, Waldman combines three decades of illustrations and experiences that have shaped his career.
Reception will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Exhibition runs March 20 to April 12, 2009 Event is free and open to the public
For more info: ArtCenter/South Florida 800 Lincoln Road at Meridian Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 Phone: 305.674.8278 Web: www.artcentersf.org
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Shipping on Wednesday 18th March in the USA and Thursday 19th March in the UK, Watchmensch is a parody of a certain legendary graphic novel and recent blockbuster movie, as well as a trip through time to the beginnings of superhero comics.
Written by London-based comics gossip industry columnist Rich Johnston, drawn by newcomer Swedish artist Simon Rohrmuller and published by American publisher Brain Scan Comics, Watchmensch seeks to compare and contrast the legal wranglings over the recent movie, with the comics industry as a whole, from the creation of Superman in the nineteen thirties to the present day.
Featuring a large half-naked blue man (modestly covered) as the omnipotent voice of business, 1700 Broadway Manhattan, a vengeful and Hassidic-attired Spottyman, the rockstar billionaire Ozyosbourne, the legal eagle Silk Taker and the cross-dressing Nite Nurse, the Watchmensch have to fight against a global conspiracy that threatens the destruction of comic creators’ rights.
Watchmen co-creator and artist Dave Gibbons described the book saying “I laughed out loud at Watchmensch. Several times, in fact” and in reference to the amended end of the Watchmen movie, stated “[Watchmensch's] climactic scene is more awesome than any squid!”
Shops stocking the comic can be found at www.watchmensch.com as well as artwork from the comic, reviews and interviews with the creative team.
“Johnston’s book shows a greater appreciation of Moore and Gibbons’s original work” – Comics Bulletin
“heartfelt, interesting and a little bit angry” – Slashfilm
“The comic is totally worth it, and far more than just a parody” – Occasional Superheroine
“the revealing spreads on pages 18 to 20 are some of the best- drawn panels I’ve seen in years” – Bleeding Neon
“Watchmensch offers a savage take on US comics, laced with a decent amount slice of humour and visual gags” – Down The Tubes
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Here’s one more “Jewish” reason to attend this year’s New York Comic Con – Neil Kleid (Xeric award-winning author / illustrator of Stable Rods, “Shomer Negiah”, Pilgrimage : Two Weeks in G-d’s Country, the graphic novel Brownsville, as well as the forthcoming Migdal David and The Big Khan) will be in attendance. Details below.
He’s written that he has one or two things to announce. If you have a chance during the convention, please swing by to say hello.
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Next weekend, the New York Comic Con will take place in Manhattan. You may go to the official website using the link in the last sentence to get all the details about guests and programming.
Below, I am highlighting “Jewish” sessions and guests who are Jewish &/or who have helped create “Jewish” comics.
(1) Sunday 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM, Rm. 1A18 Jews and Comics: A Cottage Industry In the past few years, there have been multiple books dealing with Jews and their role in the creation of the comics industry. Could this be because, as we lose more and more of the Greatest (Comics) Generation, there is a collective need to understand the roots, ethnic and otherwise, of the medium? Authors
(6) Jerry Robinson (Batman) discuss the rise of interest in the Jewish side of comics. Moderated by David Hajdu (The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America).
(7) Saturday 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Rm. 1A23 Jerry Robinson Spotlight Jerry Robinson created the infamous Joker and played a vital role in the development of legendary Batman characters Robin, Alfred, and Penguin. His vast body of work spans 30 years as an internationally-syndicated political cartoonist, 30 books, and numerous exhibitions (including The Superhero, now on world tour, and Human Rights for the United Nations). Robinson’s honors include the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement and the Eisner Hall of Fame.
(8) Saturday 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Rm. 1A14 Joe Simon Spotlight: The Secret Origins of the Comic Book World Joe Simon worked alongside the titans — Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, C.C. Beck, Jack Schiff, and Martin Goodman to name but a few. He was Marvel’s very first editor and hired youngsters like Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. His credits include million-sellers such as Captain America, Boy Commandos, Sandman, Young Romance, Black Magic, Police Trap, Fighting American, Boy’s Ranch, and SICK! Joe produced comics for the US military, was singled out for investigation by the Kefauver Committee, and was picketed by the Nazis. Stan Lee said, “Lucky for me, when I entered comics, Joe Simon was my mentor. In script, art, and editing, he was the master.” Come learn the details of the exciting new Simon and Kirby Library, coming from Titan Books later this year, and ask Joe yourself what it was like being there at the origin of the comic book world.
(9) Saturday 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Rm. 1A17 Twisted Toyfare Theatre: Behind the Stupidity Join the writers of ToyFare Magazine’s satirical comic strip Twisted ToyFare Theatre for an inside look at how they get toys into all those compromising positions. Ask questions, watch TTT animations, and answer TTT trivia for a chance to win prizes! Brought to you by the editorial staff at ToyFare Magazine and Wizard Entertainment! [Blogmaster's note : Among the TTT stories is "Seder-Masochism" showing a Passover seder attended by superheroes and other action figures.]
(10) Sunday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Rm. 1A21 Who Owns Comics? Superman on Trial A judge has awarded the family of Superman’s co-creator Jerry Siegel co-ownership of Action #1. This panel will examine the behind-the-scenes history of this landmark case and discuss means for the future of Superman, comics and creators’ rights and discuss its relation to other comics-related intellectual property issues, such as the creators’ rights movement, the Watchmen case and the Holocaust art of Dina Babbitt.
(11) Sunday 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Rm. 1A17 Lilly Renee Phillips Spotlight Lily Renee Phillips was one of the pioneer women cartoonists in the Golden Age of Comics, working primarily for Fiction House publishers. Fleeing Nazi Germany to America as a child, she went on to draw covers and such features as The Lost World, Senorita Rio, and Werewolf Hunters for Planet Comics, Rangers Comics, and Fight Comics. With her then-husband Eric Peters, she also drew covers and interior stories for a number of Abbott & Costello Comics. Phillips talks about her amazing life and career with Heidi MacDonald (The Beat).
(12) Neal Adams (illustrator of “The Ventures of Zimmerman” [parody of Bob Dylan] and “Son O’ God”, which both appeared in the pages of National Lampoon)
(13) Dick Ayers (illustrator of “Lonely Are the Brave” in Combat Kelly and the Deadly Dozen #2, in which the titular heroes liberate a concentration camp)
(14) Kyle Baker (author-illustrator of the King David graphic novel from Vertigo, as well as a funny 1-page cartoon in his Kyle Baker : Cartoonist TPB in which a Jewish Cinderella has a mishap under the chuppah)
(15) Chris Claremont (who introduced the Jewish character Kitty Pryde [aka Shadowcat]& who wrote stories which implied that Magneto was Jewish, both in the pages of The Uncanny X-Men)
(17) J.M. DeMatteis (author of The Compleat Moonshadow, the “Greenberg the Vampire” story in Bizarre Adventures #29 and the Greenberg the Vampire graphic novel, as well as a bunch of other Jewish-content stories, e.g. “Bernie America, Sentinel of Liberty”, “Death Camp”, and “Yesterday’s Shadows”)
(18) Colleen Doran (illustrator of a one-page illustration in The Death Gallery, in which Death is at a concentration camp)
(19) Keith Giffen (author of the Ragman miniseries that reintroduced the title character as a Jewish superhero and also creator of the characters Dreidel and Rabbi Zone, who both appeared in the pages of the last issue of the series The Heckler)
(20) Dan Goldman (author-illustrator of a short piece titled “Schmear”, which he describes as “Jewish porn”, since it takes place in the backroom of a Brooklyn bagel shop. The story appeared in Smut Peddler #2). In all fairness, Dan’s done other – & better-known – stories (e.g. Shooting War) but “Schmear” is the only “Jewish” work of his that I’ve seen.
(21) Peter Gross (arist for issues of the series Hellstorm: Prince of Lies which had the character Rabbi Avram Siegel)
(22) Dean Haspiel (illustrator of the Harvey Pekar graphic autobiography The Quitter, as well as several shorter Pekar stories)
(24) Joe Kubert (author-illustrator of the graphic novels Jew Gangster and Yossel : April 19, 1943, as well as the Sgt. Rock : The Prophecy miniseries)
(25) Peter Kuper (author-illustrator of the short biographical story “Promised Land” in Bleeding Heart #2, as well as the book-length autobiographical Stop Forgetting to Remember : The Autobiography of Walter Kurtz)
(27) Ted McKeever (illustrator of the 4-issue Doom Patrol story “Imagine Ari’s Friend”, which featured the characters Reb Chaim, Joseph Della Reina and Isaac Luria)
(28) Peter Milligan (author of the Vertigo series The Minx which featured Jewish youth Anna Schwarz)
(29) Steve Murphy (author of the story “Kaddish” in Tales of the TMNT #10)
(30) Josh Neufeld (author of the graphic memoir A Few Perfect Hours, in which he compares a Balinese cremation ceremony with his [Jewish] grandmother’s funeral)
(31) Steve Niles (author of Criminal Macabre: Feat of Clay)
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