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Tomorrow night (Friday, May 14), after services (at 6:30 PM) and potluck dinner at The Society for the Advancement of Judaism Synagogue (15 W. 86th Street, Manhattan), Danny Fingeroth will speak about his book Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero. In his book, Danny explores how the creators’ Jewish backgrounds helped make superheroes the most familiar pop culture icons of all, far beyond the comic books that spawned them: on TV, in movies, and in electronic media. He’ll introduce the audience (figuratively speaking) to such legendary Jewish comics creators as Stan Lee (co-creator of Spider-Man), Jerry Robinson (creator of Batman’s nemesis The Joker), and many others. Discover the Jewish elements of heroes you would never have connected with Jewish culture!
Danny Fingeroth was a longtime group editor of Marvel Comics’s Spider Man line. He is Sr. Vice President of Education at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, and has taught and spoken about comics at many prominent venues. He celebrated his bar mitzvah at the SAJ in 1966.
Signed books will be available for purchase (don’t worry, you don’t need to carry cash ; they’ll be using an honor system involving envelopes — sort of like the Israel bonds drive on Yom Kippur).
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Grammy Winner James Ehnes in Candid Interview on Art & Fine Living with Jona by jona rapoport on March 11th, 2008 Canadian violinist James Ehnes was the honoured guest on radio show Art & Fine Living with Jona, produced and hosted by Jona Rapoport on Radio Shalom, a mere 24 hours after receiving the coveted Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra.
The residents of Bloomington (Indiana) have been invited to read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay as part of this year’s One Book One Bloomington and Beyond program.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is the Pulitzer Prize award winning novel about a fictional pair of Jews who become a successful comics-creating team.
This past Sunday (May 9th), Hollywood producer Michael Uslan gave the lecture “The Golden Age of Comics : How Jewish Immigrants and First Generation Jews Created the Comic Book and Its Super-Heroes” at the library of Indiana University in Bloomington.
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On Friday night (May 14th), Kabbalat Shabbat Services at the Park Slope Jewish Center with Cantor Judy Ribnic (at 6:30 PM) will be followed by a pot luck dinner and program on the Jewish contribution to and content in American comic books.
• In the 1930s, did Goebbels denounce Superman as a Crypto-Jew? • What comic book supervillain is not only a Jew but a Holocaust survivor? • Was the crackdown on comic books in the 1950s an anti-Semitic movement, or was it started by Jews, or both? • With so many Jews involved in comic book writing and publication since the 1930s, why were there no Jewish characters in mainstream comic books until the 1970s and why did it take a guy named Chris to create some? • Which of the X-Men are Jews? Which of the Fantastic Four? • What Jewish-themed comic book won a Pulitzer Prize?
For answers to these and other burning questions join Dale Rosenberg – PSJC Member and sometime comic book fan – as she shares what she has learned about the Jewish influence on American comics. Whether you think comics foster truth, justice and the American way or believe that comics cause seduction of the innocent, you’ll learn something about the influence American Jews have had and continue to have on this quintessentially American art form. Park Slope Jewish Center 1320 8th Ave Brooklyn, NY Phone: (718) 768-1453
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The session will take place in the Jackman Humanities Building (170 St. George Street) in Room 616.
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New Radio Show Draws Accolades by jona rapoport on February 23rd, 2008 Art & Fine Living with Jona is the brilliant initiative of producer/host Jona Rapoport on Radio Shalom in Montreal.
On May 8th, James Sturm (author-illustrator of The Golem’s Mighty Swing) will read and present from his new work (Market Day). Joining him on stage will be British Columbia-based artist Miriam Libicki. Libicki was an American Jewish girl from a religious home who has become the author-illustrator of the biographical 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.
Both artists will have prepared audio/visual presentations, and will participate in a moderated Q&A with the audience. Market Day, jobnik!, and other works by both Sturm and Libicki will be available on site for purchase courtesy of The Beguiling Books & Art.
This FREE event is part of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, being held Saturday May 8th and Sunday May 9th at the Toronto Reference Library in Toronto, Canada. For more information on TCAF events, please visit http://www.torontocomics.com.
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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.
* Sarah Dyer, who has co-written the following : “The Gift of the Maccabees” (in The Simpsons Winter Wing Ding #1 ; “One-Punch Goldberg” (in Biff Bam Pow! #1 ; the one-page comic “How to Cook a Gentile” (Heeb #15)
* Evan Dorkin, who has written or co-written the following : “The Gift of the Maccabees” (in The Simpsons Winter Wing Ding #1 ; “One-Punch Goldberg” (in Biff Bam Pow! #1 ; the one-page comic “How to Cook a Gentile” (Heeb #15) and “The Soda Thief” (in Streetwise : Autobiographical Stories by Comic Book Professionals)
* Sammy Harkham, author-illustrator of “Lubavitch, Ukraine 1876″, which appeared in Kramer’s Ergot #6
* 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
* James Sturm, author-illustrator of The Golem’s Mighty Swing and Market Day
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Panels these creators will be at
Comics as Art Objects: Form vs Function Saturday, May 8th, 10:45 – 11:30am, Novella Room
Screenprinted; hand-sewn; individually colored; hand-done die-cuts — some comics are created as art objects in and of themselves. How does this focus on the comic as an art object affect the stories comics tell? Join cartoonists Willow Dawson, Lizz Lunney, Alexis Frederick-Frost, Matt Swanson, Robbi Behr, and Matt Wiegle to answer these questions and raise many more! Moderator TBD.
Feature: Daniel Clowes, James Sturm, Seth, Chester Brown, and Jim Woodring Saturday, May 8th, 11:30 – 12:30pm, Learning Center 1
Five of the world’s most respected cartoonists in one room, on one panel! Moderated by Tom Spurgeon.
Spotlight: Paul Pope and Dash Shaw Saturday May 8th, 12:00-1:00 pm, The Pilot
TCAF Featured Guests Paul Pope and Dash Shaw are two of the most exciting creators in comics, mixing their influences and innovations to create groundbreaking work. Now Inkstuds Radio/Podcast host Robin McConnell will moderate a conversation between these two creators about the role that influences play in creating comics, ranging from traditional comics to film and music and from classical to contemporary works. This also includes a discussion of education, some key points in creating your own vision in comics, and an examination of how to make influences work and finding out where they lead you.
Comics and Social Media Sunday, May 9th, 11:00 – 12:00 pm, The Pilot
Is comics a solitary pursuit, in creation and enjoyment? Or can there be community, sharing, support, and all of the headaches that come with it? More importantly, should there be? And what happens when it comes time to get away from it all? Join creators Kate Beaton, Ray Fawkes, Jeff Rowland, Rich Stevens, and James Sturm, to hear what they have to say about building communities and using social media, and getting away from the internet entirely! Moderator TBD.
Webcomics and Serial Storytelling Sunday, May 9th, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, The Pilot
Comics have a long history of gag a day and serialized storytelling in comic strip culture… but as the medium has moved to the web it is the gag-a-day strips that seemed to find immediate success. We talk to a number of comics creators doing long-form, serialized comics on the internet to see the challenges they face, and how serial storytelling works when it’s online. Creators include Ananth Panagariya (Applegeeks), Meredith Gran (Octopus Pie), Spike (Templar, Arizona), Jonathan Rosenberg (Goats), Tara Talan (Galaxion), Cameron Stewart (Sin Titulo), and Ramon Perez (Kukuburi). Moderated by Holly Post of Topatoco.
Re-making History: Curating and Packaging Reprints Sunday, May 9th, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, The Pilot
The comics reprint boom is in full effect, but we’re still only learning just how history is made or invented. What are the moral, legal and aesthetic issues involved in the reprinting and repackaging comics? With Seth, Jeet Heer and Evan Dorkin. Moderated by Dan Nadel.
Research and History: Inspiration versus Obligation Sunday, May 9th, 3:00 – 4:00 pm, The Pilot
A discussion about different approaches and uses of research from the hardcore to the writers of historical fiction. Inspiration versus obligation … for everybody. A lively discussion led by Kathryn Immonen, and featuring Stuart Immonen, Jim Ottaviani, Kate Beaton, Ho Che Anderson, Willow Dawson, and Matt Kindt.
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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.
From Saturday, April 17th to Sunday, April 25th, Torontonians (and visitors to the city) can experience the 18th annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival – an opportunity to watch films and listen to panels & lectures related to Jewish film and filmmakers (and some of them are even FREE!).
This year’s special theme is “People of the Comic Book: The Creators of Superheroes, Graphic Novels and Toons”. Ellie Skrow’s curator statement includes the following :
Comic-book movies are now big business. Disney’s recent acquisition of Marvel Comics for $4.24 billion attests to the fact that this phenomenon will likely continue. The current crop of comic-book flicks are revamped with ever more spectacular digital technology and special effects. The same holds true for animated features — another huge box-office draw.
People of the Comic Book takes us back to the very beginning, when comic art began. As we witnessed in previous TJFF sidebars, it isn’t just the fact that Jews dominated this particular form of popular culture that is the cause for celebration; it’s the fact that they were fantastically good at what they created.
In this moderator’s opinion, the best / most interesting / most relevant events are the following :
Sun., Apr. 18th
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Al Green Theatre Paul Buhle Talk – “Jews and Comics” The connections between Jews and comic art on the printed page and on screen (film, TV and computer) offer one of the most enigmatic and valuable sagas in all Jewish/popular cultural life. Before Jewish artists and entrepreneurs created the comic book and the archetypal superhero, Rube Goldberg and Milt Gross invented wildly imaginary machines and the first graphic novel. More important, the Fleischer brothers as much as invented animation, with Betty Boop’s syncopated madness. For 30 years, movie cartoons filled theatre screens between features, and as they crashed, William M. Gaines (EC Comics) and Harvey Kurtzman (Mad Magazine) reinvented comic art once more. And that was only the beginning! Comics scholar Paul Buhle (author of Jews and American Comics) opens up the TJFF’s exploration and celebration of this field with film clips and observations, high points, disappointments and, increasingly, Jewish self-identification.
What’s new in Jews and comics, and … what’s old! This lively forum — with special guests and listeners joining the conversation — will probe familiar questions (what is it about comic art that drew Jewish artists in the first place?) and go on to recent ones (why is 90 percent of comic art on the web?). Just some of the other topics: Where is the comics industry going, now that the traditional comic book of the pulp variety is dying, and what has happened since comics became a growth industry, but mainly for the sale of superhero characters to Hollywood? Paul Buhle (author or editor of 42 books, including Jews and American Comics) and Harvey Pekar (American Splendor) have collaborated on a series of comic art volumes, including The Beats, Students for a Democratic Society, an adaptation of Studs Terkel’s Working and the forthcoming Yiddishland. Graphic novelist Ben Katchor (“The most poetic, deeply layered artist ever to draw a comic strip”) is the only cartoonist to receive a “genius” MacArthur Fellowship. Katchor’s most recent Pop Opera (in collaboration with Mark Mulcahy) will be performed at Lincoln Center in May.
Mon., Apr. 19th
12:00 PM – 1:41 PM Al Green Theatre Screening of American Splendor (the movie)
Based on two of writer Harvey Pekar’s popular comic-book series (American Splendor and Our Cancer Year), this Oscar®-nominated and multi-award-winning feature ingeniously interweaves documentary footage of the real-life Harvey Pekar and his wife, Joyce Brabner, with uncanny performances by Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis. The story of the former file clerk from Cleveland — a compulsive jazz lover and collector, and a curmudgeonly “poet of the mundane who knows that all the strategizing in the world can’t save a guy from picking the wrong supermarket checkout line” — is innovatively captured in this cinematic gem, from Pekar’s friendship and collaboration with artist Robert Crumb and others, to the creation of his own unique brand of underground comic books and his rise to fame with appearances on the David Letterman Show.
{moderator’s note : Harvey Pekar told about his experiences of having his life filmed in the trade paperback Our Movie Year}
Harvey Pekar will be a guest at the screening.
8:30 PM – 9:30 PM Al Green Theatre The False Forest and Other Picture Stories (slide show / reading)
In this special live appearance, graphic novelist Ben Katchor (The Jew of New York, Julius Kniple: Real Estate Photographer) will read from his works, accompanied by projected images of his comic art illustrations, on the subjects of architecture and urban design. Katchor, “the most poetic, deeply layered artist ever to draw a comic strip” (New York Times Book Review),is the only cartoonist to receive a “genius” MacArthur Fellowship. He has also written for the stage, including three pop operas with composer Mark Mulcahy; he’s a former contributor to Art Spiegelman’s Raw; and he’s a regular contributor to The New Yorker and The Forward. Katchor’s picture-stories appear in Metropolis Magazine. According to author Michael Chabon, “We have never — at least not since Herriman (Krazy Kat) — had a writer like Katchor.… Though his style in no way resembles that of Jack Kirby or Will Eisner, Ben Katchor is along with them one of the three great depictors of New York City in the history of comics.… Katchor’s style, like all the great styles, is addictive.… In the end it isn’t nostalgia but loneliness of an impossible beauty and profundity that is the great theme.…”
Canadian filmmaker Ron Mann’s acclaimed documentary is a terrific introduction to TJFF’s sidebar series, offering an entertaining, insightful survey of a largely unrecognized art form. Through interviews, animated montages and readings, the film traces the journey of comic book art through the 1930s and ’40s and the explosive popularity of superheroes, through to the groundbreaking work of Will Eisner and the crime and horror comics of the 1950s. Comic Book Confidential also looks at the impact of the Comic Code, which cited comic books as a major cause of juvenile delinquency, resulting in the chilling effect of censorship. Mad Magazine defiantly survived the era, profoundly influencing everything that came after it. The film also looks at the rise of Stan Lee’s Marvel Comics and the independent and underground “comix” of the ’60s and beyond. Appearing as commentators and participants are a roster of Jewish masters of comic art, including Art Spiegelman, Harvey Pekar, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby and Harvey Kurtzman.
“It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … Superman!” The Man of Steel took the world by storm when Toronto-born Joe Shuster (artist) and Cleveland native Jerome Siegel (writer) created the character for DC Comics in 1938. This new documentary traces the fascinating story of the invention of the iconic superhero, and posits several theories about the character’s origins, including Jewish and other influences that helped shape the Superman mythology. Incorporating never-before-seen archival footage, Last Son looks at the stories behind Superman’s mild-mannered secret identity, and what actually happened when Jerry Siegel’s father mysteriously died during a robbery. The son of Jewish immigrant parents from Rotterdam and Kiev, Joe Shuster moved to Cleveland from Toronto when he was 10. A cousin to Frank Shuster, of Wayne and Shuster fame, Joe worked as a newsboy for the Toronto Daily Star, which he claims was the model for The Daily Planet.
An unnamed special guest has been invited.
Wed. Apr. 21st
8:30 PM – 10:06 PM Al Green Theatre Screening of the documentary Will Eisner : Portrait of a Sequential Artist
Named “the most influential comic artist of all time” by Wizard magazine, Will Eisner transformed the “funny papers” by creating a new form of art — the graphic novel. Part of an extraordinary group of Jewish cartoonists of the time, as well as a successful entrepreneur, Eisner was perhaps the most highly regarded internationally. The Spirit, an urban crime-fighter series based on Eisner’s Jewish upbringing in the tenements of New York, was a realistic portrayal of life on the streets, filled with subtle humour. Other Eisner works that dealt overtly with Jewish themes include A Contract with God, The Plot, Fagin the Jew and Family Matter. Eisner’s life, work and times are brought wonderfully to life in this film, which includes interviews with Michael Chabon, Jules Feiffer, Neil Gaiman, Art Spiegelman, Frank Miller and others. A TJFF reprise screening.
Fri., Apr. 23rd 4:00 PM – 5:26 PM Al Green Theatre Screening of the documentary Line King : The Al Hirschfeld Story
This delightful, Oscar®-nominated documentary is a rich and loving portrait of the remarkable Al Hirschfeld — best known for his caricatures of show-biz personalities (most notably of the Broadway stage) that graced the arts section of the New York Times for decades. Produced when Hirschfeld was a vibrant 93 (he died in 2003 at age 99), the film captures his touching relationship with his second wife, Dolly, and his daughter Nina (whose name is cryptically embedded in all of Hirschfeld’s drawings), his proficiency in sculpture and lithography, and his travels and interests. Perhaps best of all, the film reveals the true mastery of Hirschfeld’s work. His ability to depict the essence of an image in a deceptively simple line profoundly influenced other artists, including cartoonists and animators. Celebrities appearing in the film to pay homage to the legend include Lauren Bacall, Carol Channing, Katherine Hepburn, Jules Feiffer and Colleen Dewhurst.
Sat., Apr. 24th
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Bloor Cinema Screening of the documentary-in-progress Joann Sfar Draws from Memory
This work-in-progress, part of a special spotlight programme on documentary filmmaker Sam Ball (see also Balancing Acts), tracks Joann Sfar, author of The Rabbi’s Cat and Klezmer, on an odyssey through the dual Algerian and Eastern European family heritage that is the wellspring of his work. Co-produced by Sophie Constantinou, Estelle Fialon and Valerie Joseph. French comic-book artist/director Joann Sfar’s Le Chat du Rabbin (The Rabbi’s Cat) is slated to be released as a feature film in June 2010.
Special guests at the screening will include director Sam Ball, executive director Valerie Joseph, producer Liam Romalis (Pleasures of Urban Decay)
Will Elder, born Wolf William Eisenberg in the Bronx in 1921, was a comic-book artist who perhaps best epitomized the essence of the legendary Mad Magazine’s zany humour and irreverent parody and satire. Filmmaker Gary VandenBergh (who also happens to be Elder’s son-in-law) brings his exciting documentary-in-progress to the TJFF, with a fascinating, entertaining look at the man, his times and his work. Elder was best known for his frenzied and painstaking method of filling every inch of the page with hilarious things going on in the background — the “incidentals,” described lovingly by Elder’s colleagues as “chicken fat.” The preview includes terrific interviews with Mad editor Harvey Kurtzman, Jerry Garcia, Terry Gilliam, writer/cartoonist Al Jaffee and others who comment on Elder’s incredible talent, humour and influence, as well as his work on humour magazines Mad, Trump and Humbug, and the Little Annie Fanny comic strips in Playboy.
Special guests at the screening will include director Gary VandenBergh and Nancy VandenBergh (Will Elder’s daughter)
Tickets are required for ALL TJFF events, including those that are free.
To purchase comics work by any of the writers / artists whose works are highlighted at the Festival, I would personally reccommend going to The Beguiling at 601 Markham St. Besides being one of the best comic stores in the city (if not the country), it’s conveniently located very close to Bathurst and Bloor, a short walking distance from the Bloor Cinema and about a 12 minute walk from the Al Green Theatre.
– Si te gustĂł el artĂculo, deja una marca social (usando el botĂłn “Compártelo” aquĂ abajo) y compártelo con el mundo. El universo te lo agradecerá, ¡No lo dudes! –
“mobius1ski” attended the “Comix Autopsy” event at Yeshiva University Museum last week and took the time to post “tweets” (aka Twitter posts) during the event.
Although anyone with access to public Twitter postings (i.e. anyone with Internet access and a browser) could read the posts, Twitter seems to make older posts unavailable over time. Since those posts were – at the time they were available at Twitter – “public domain” and subject to reproduction under the “fair use” clause of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, I am considering it appropriate to reproduce them here. Nonetheless, if “mobius1ski” objects to my reposting them, I will immediately remove this post from the blog upon receipt of his (polite) request.
Below are the tweets in chronological order :
apparently only 5 people care about comics and being jewish — oh well
and so it begins #comixautopsy http://twitpic.com/1e5fbc
crowd has multiplied by 5 #comixautopsy
.@elivalley: “i’m often accused of perpetuating antisemitic tropes.” @thekvetcher (from the audience): “i feel you brother!” #comixautopsy
i could listen to @elivalley and miss lasko-gross talk comics all day #comixautopsy
lots of talk about racism, self-hatred & the other — an obsession of jews or comic nerds? #comixautopsy
.@peartree4 “i depicted memuchan like a hiphop gangbanger [...] because they’re always puttin’ down the hos and the bitches.” #comixautopsy
this event is like a 5-way chevrusa dissecting various pages of comic books. they project a page & the panelists analyze it. #comixautopsy
@aharonium there’s a hashtag: #comixautopsy
.@peartree4 and @elivalley want to know: how much does persepolis author marjane satrapi dote on her panels? (not fans) #comixautopsy
.@cpere and lasko-gross stump for satrapi but differ on just how oppressed she was #comixautopsy
panel takes a moment to explain indie comics to epic beard man’s doppleganger — “no, they’re not for kids” #comixautopsy
everyone agrees: the league of extraordinary gentleman movie SUCKED #comixautopsy
.@jahfurry does a great harvey pekar impression #comixautopsy
@TheJewishDream You’re at the Center for Jewish History. You expected a hip crowd? This is where Jewish culture gets embalmed. #comixautopsy
.@elivalley “To quote Charles Bukowski and Jay-Z, you don’t pick your craft. Your craft picks you.” #comixautopsy
@kungfujew18 I did at first but eff it. Contributors can be anonymous. Publisher is not.
Show’s over. A collector is pushing @elivalley to part with his originals. #comixautopsy
.@yudel brought the galleys for @bestdayofmylife’s upcoming comic
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Description : This course addresses themes related to representations of Jewish history, culture, identity as evidenced in graphic novels. In addressing these themes, will read and discuss graphic novels, and create—both individual and collective—representations of the themes. These representations will be in traditional analytic “papers” and in graphic depictions using sequential art (e.g., “comics”).
This course is cross-listed with INDA 498.04; graduate and undergraduate students please register through PROWL.
Required Text: Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics; Art Spiegelman, Maus, Vol 1 & 2; Neil Kleid and Jake Allen, Brownsville; Joann Sfar, The Rabbi’s Cat; Will Eisner, Fagin the Jew; The Golem’s Mighty Swing; Miriam Katin, We are on Our Own.
Location : LMU Campus Session : Spring 2010 Days : Tu Dates : 1/19/10 – 5/04/10
Times : 7:15 PM-10:00PM # of Classes : 15 # of Weeks : 15
Prerequisites : None.
Teachers : Scheibel, PhD, Dean Greenfield, David Teacher Bio : Dean Scheibel, PhD is Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at Loyola Marymount University. Professor Scheibel teaches a variety of courses including public speaking, research methods, and organizational communication. His area of research is organizational communication. Research topics include sororities, graffiti, rumors, faking identity, rock music, and surfing. Scheibel’s articles have been published in major communication journals including Communication Monographs, Text and Performance Quarterly, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Western Journal of Communication, Southern Communication Journal, and Communication Studies. His research has won a top award from the National Communication Association, and has been discussed and cited in numerous textbooks on organizational communication. He plays bass guitar and sings for Back Pages, a rock-and-roll cover band that play “covers” from the 1960s. He also plays tenor sax.
Format : Classroom
Tuition : $370
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Though it’s obviously too late in the semester to take this course (or even to audit it), it’s not too late to get a sense of what the course is like, thanks to online course guides.
The wonderfully detailed online guide to the course The Graphic Novel and the Jewish Experience at http://libguides.wustl.edu/content.php?pid=97685&sid=732066 has tabs for Books, Films, Author Podcasts [and Interviews], Author Websites and Additional Jewish Graphic Artists, as well as the obligatory syllabus.
Here’s what the syllabus looks like :
Focus 178 / JNE 178: The Graphic Novel and the Jewish Experience
This seminar will examine the graphic novel in the context of global Jewish culture of the last half century, focusing on two primary aspects. First, it will look at the historical and aesthetic development of comic art and the graphic novel, endeavors in which Jewish graphic novelists in particular, who bring a rich tradition of Jewish storytelling to a hybrid literary and artistic form, have played a critical role. Second, it will study the ways in which Jewish artists have utilized the narrative possibilities of the graphic novel to explore Jewish identity and the Jewish historical experience, concentrating on such diverse topics as the Holocaust, Sephardic culture and Jewish-American life.
Course Goals:
To introduce students to the genre of the graphic novel and explore its development
To read some of the most critically acclaimed autobiographical and fictional graphic novels of the past several decades
To explore the ways in which Jewish culture is represented in graphic novels
To develop students’ critical vocabulary and analytical skills of texts and images
To focus on students’ ability to write discursively about literary and visual texts
Texts:
All texts for the course are available at the bookstore or from electronic reserve (ARES) To access and print texts from ARES, go to http://ares.wustl.edu/ares/ and click on “search classes.” You can then search for the course with either my last name or the course number. When you see the course password prompt, type in the word “comics”. This will give you access to all the texts that are marked “reserve.”
Texts from Bookstore:
Michael Chabon The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Will Eisner The Contract with God Trilogy
David Gantz Jews in America: A Cartoon History
Ben Katchor The Jew of New York
Miriam Katin We Are On Our Own
Stan Mack The Story of the Jews: A 4,000-Year Adventure
Josh Neufeld A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
Joann Sfar The Rabbi’s Cat
Steve Sheinkin The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey
Art Spiegelman Maus I and II
James Sturm James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, and Golems
J. T. Waldman Megillat Esther
Michael Wex The Adventures of Micah Mushmelon, Boy Talmudist
Please note that we will not read Will Eisner’s The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, even though the bookstore has ordered it for the course.
Grading:
Two Tests 35% (20% each)
Two 3-5 Page Essays: 45% (25% each)
Two Close Readings: 10% (5% each)
Participation: 10% (includes attendance, preparedness, participation in discussion)
Attendance:
Attendance is mandatory. I expect you to come to class having read the assignment and thought about the study questions. Unexcused absences will be recorded and will affect your participation grade. If you wish to be excused because of sickness, family emergency or religious holiday, you must contact me by phone or e-mail before you miss the class in question.
Writing Assignments:
In the two 3-5 page essays (due March 15 and April 19), you may address a particular aspect of one of the texts we have read or you may compare two of the texts. The papers will be graded based on content, organization, style and basic grammar. Be aware that I place a premium on organization. In other words, I expect your essay to have a well-crafted introduction (Âwith a clearly-formulated and interesting thesis) and a conclusion. You do not need to consult additional secondary literature for the essay. I will give you a handout detailing requirements a couple of weeks before the first paper is due. You are welcome to come and talk to me about your papers beforehand. If you are not satisfied with your grade on an essay, I will accept a rewrite anytime within two weeks following the date the essay is returned. I will then average the two grades.
Tests:
There will be two tests. Test I (March 1) will be an in-class examination that covers the first half of the course. Test II will be a take-home examination (due by May 5) that covers the second half. There will be no cumulative final exam. Both tests will include short term identification and essay questions. I will give you a handout with the essay questions in advance so that you can prepare for the exam.
Close Readings:
Over the course of the semester you will be asked to give two short, informal presentations in which you will perform a close reading of a particular image or series of images from that day’s reading. You should not do any outside research for these brief presentations; rather, you should pick a panel or a set of panels that you find particularly compelling and spend some extra time thinking about and analyzing it. You’ll want to consider both its visual aspects (panel design, drawing style, connections between panels) and its verbal/textual features (dialogue balloons, narrative boxes) along with its overall narrative development and its place in the larger story. In order to get an idea of what I mean by a “close reading,” we will read an excerpt from an article I’ve written in which I perform a close reading. I will pass out a sign-up sheet for these presentations during the second class meeting.
Focus 178 / JNE 178
Spring 2010
Syllabus
Wednesday, January 20 Introduction to the Jewish Graphic Novel; What Is a Graphic Novel?
Monday, January 25 What Is a Graphic Novel? (Part 2); History of the Graphic Novel; History of the Jewish Graphic Novel Read: Wolk, Reading Comics (ARES), 11-16, 29-48, 60-64 ; McCloud, Understanding Comics (ARES), 2-23 ; Chute, “Comics as Literature? Reading Graphic Narrative” (ARES), 452-457 (not entire article) ; Pekar and Waldman, Foreword to From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books (ARES), 1-4 ; Gantz, “Jews and the Graphic Novel,” 1-22 (http://jbooks.com/common/uploads/graphic_novel/index.html)
Wednesday, January 27 How to Read a Graphic Novel Read: McCloud, Understanding Comics (ARES), 24-117, 138-161 ; Wolk, Reading Comics (ARES), 118-134 ; McGlothlin, “In Auschwitz We Didn’t Wear Watches: Marking Time In Art Spiegelman’s Maus” (ARES), 66-69 (not entire article)
Monday, February 1 Jewish History in the Graphic Novel Read: Mack, The Story of the Jews: A 4,000-Year Adventure
Wednesday, February 3 American Jewish History in the Graphic Novel Read: Gantz, Jews in America: A Cartoon History
Monday, February 8 Will Eisner’s Dropsie Avenue Read: Eisner, A Contract with God, 3-121
Wednesday, February 10 Will Eisner’s Dropsie Avenue II Read: Eisner, A Life Force, 181-321
Monday, February 15 Jews in New York Read: Katchor, The Jew of New York
Wednesday, February 17 American Myths I Read: Sheinkin, The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey
Monday, February 22 American Myths II Read: Sturm, The Golem’s Mighty Swing ; “Golem” from Encyclopedia Judaica (ARES)
Wednesday, February 24 The Bible in the Graphic Novel Read: Waldman, Megillat Esther ; Esther from the Tanakh (ARES)
Monday, March 1 Test I
Wednesday, March 3 Comics in Jewish-American Literature I Read: Wex, The Adventures of Micah Mushmelon, Boy Talmudist
March 8-14 Spring Break
Monday, March 15 The Holocaust in the Graphic Novel I Read: Spiegelman, Maus I, 1-127
1st paper due
Wednesday, March 17 The Holocaust in the Graphic Novel I Read: Spiegelman, Maus I, 129-159 ; Maus II, 9-74
Monday, March 22 The Holocaust in the Graphic Novel II Read: Spiegelman, Maus II, 75-136 ; Katin, We Are On Our Own, 3-28
Wednesday, March 24 The Holocaust in the Graphic Novel II Read: Katin, We Are On Our Own, 29-129
Monday, March 29 American Traumas Read: selections from Spiegelman, In the Shadow of No Towers (ERES) ; Neufeld, A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, 1-79
Wednesday, March 31 American Traumas Read: Neufeld, A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, 80-193
Monday, April 5 Sephardim in the Graphic Novel Read: Sfar, The Rabbi’s Cat, 1-94
Wednesday, April 7 Sephardim in the Graphic Novel Read: Sfar, The Rabbi’s Cat, 94-142
Monday, April 12 Comics in Jewish-American Literature II Read: Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, 3-122
Wednesday, April 14 Comics in Jewish-American Literature II Read: Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, 123-256 Monday, April 19 Comics in Jewish-American Literature II Read: Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, 257-380
2nd paper due
Wednesday, April 21 Comics in Jewish-American Literature II Read: Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, 381-512
Monday, April 26 Comics in Jewish-American Literature II Read: Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, 513-636
Wednesday, April 28 Comics in Jewish-American Literature II / Wrap-up
Test II (take-home exam) is due PER E-MAIL {SUPRESSED by moderator} by Wednesday, May 5 at 9 a.m.!
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