List of Jewish American cartoonists explained

This is a list of notable Jewish American cartoonists. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

• Ralph Bakshi, animator (Fritz the Cat, The Lord of the Rings)
• Brian Michael Bendis, comic book writer^[1]
• Dave Berg, cartoonist (Mad)^[2]
• John Broome^[3]
• Al Capp, cartoonist (Li'l Abner)^{[4] [5]}
• Roz Chast, cartoonist (The New Yorker)^[6]
• Howard Chaykin, comic book writer^[7]
• Daniel Clowes, alternative comics writer (Ghost World)^[8]
• Gene Colan, comic book artist (Daredevil)^[9]
• Peter David, comics writer and "writer of stuff" ^[10]
• Will Eisner, comics artist (The Spirit)^{[4] [11]}
• Jules Feiffer, cartoonist^[12]
• Lyonel Feininger, cartoonist (Kin-der-Kids) ^[11]
• Bill Finger, comics artist and creator of Batman
• Max Gaines, founder of EC Comics, pioneering figure in the creation of the modern comic book^[2]
• William Gaines, comics artist andMad founder^[2]
• Rube Goldberg, cartoonist^{[4] [13]}
• Jordan B. Gorfinkel, comic book writer (Batman) and cartoonist^[14]
• Milt Gross, Gross Exaggerations^[11]
• Allan Heinberg, comic book writer (Young Avengers)^[15]
• Herblock, cartoonist; three Pulitzer Prizes^[16]
• Harry Hershfield, cartoonist (Abie the Agent, Desperate Desmond)^[17]
• Al Hirschfeld, caricaturist^[18]
• Al Jaffee, cartoonist (Mad)^[13]
• Bob Kane, comics artist (Batman)^[11]
• Gil Kane, comics artist (Green Lantern)^{[19] [20]}
• Jack Kirby, comics artist and writer (Captain America, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Fourth World (comics))^[21]
• Neil Kleid, cartoonist, graphic designer^[11]
• Aline Kominsky-Crumb, cartoonist (Dirty Laundry)^[22]
• Adam Kubert, comics artist^[11]
• Joe Kubert, comics artist^[11]
• Harvey Kurtzman, comics artist and Mad editor^[23]
• Mell Lazarus, cartoonist (Momma, Miss Peach)^{[24] [25] [26]}
• Stan Lee, comics writer (co-creator of Spider-Man, co-creator of X-Men, Hulk, Fantastic Four, and Avengers)^[21]
• Robert Mankoff^[6]
• Michael Netzer, American-Israeli artist best known for his comic book work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics in the 1970s,^[27] as well as for his online presence.^{[28] [29] [30]}
• Eli Valley, cartoonist and author best known for Diaspora Boy.^[31]
• Martin Nodell, comics artist (Green Lantern)^[32]
• Nina Paley, cartoonist, animator and free culture activist (Sita Sings the Blues).^[33]
• Harvey Pekar, comix writer (American Splendor)^[34]
• Trina Robbins, comix writer^[23]
• Joe Shuster, comics artist (Superman)
• Jerome Siegel, comics artist (Superman)
• Art Spiegelman, comics writer (Maus)^{[4] [35]}
• Mat Tonti, comics writer ("The Book of Secrets")
• Alan Weiss, comics artist and writer

See also

• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000 novel)
• List of documentary films about comics

External links

• "The creation of a Jewish cartoon space in the New York and Warsaw Yiddish press, 1884—1939", Portnoy, Edward A., The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2008

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Ultimate Spider-Decade: Part 2 . . November 30, 2010.
2. Sangiacomo, Michael. "Jewish men took lead role in creating comics industry", The Plain Dealer. October 4, 2003. p. E6
3. From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Bookshttps://books.google.com/books?isbn=0827610432Arie Kaplan - 2010 - ArtBroome. makes. a. clean. sweep. Julius“Julie”Julius“Julie”. Schwartz was, like Mort ... One of those clients was a Jewish short story writer named John Broome.
4. Web site: Contemporary Scribes: Jewish American Cartoonists . . November 27, 2010.
5. Web site: The Escapist: Fantasy, Folklore, and the Pleasures of the Comic Book in Recent Jewish American Holocaust Fiction . . November 27, 2010.
6. News: That's funny? Jews in New Yorker cartoons . . November 30, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100110225940/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/2009/03/mankoff.html . January 10, 2010 .
7. Book: Comic Book Artist Collection . April 2005. 9781893905429 . November 30, 2010. Cooke . Jon B. . TwoMorrows .
8. Web site: Celebrity Jews . Jweekly.com . August 2, 2007 . November 30, 2010.
9. Book: Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan . 9781893905450 . November 30, 2010. Field . Tom . Colan . Gene . 2005 . TwoMorrows .
10. Book: Webslinger: unauthorized essays on your friendly neighborhood Spider-man . 22 June 2009. 9781935251521 . November 30, 2010. Conway . Gerry . Wilson . Leah . BenBella Books .
11. Book: The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches. Samantha Baskind, Ranen Omer-Sherman . Rutgers University Press. 978-0-8135-4367-3 . 2008 . November 27, 2010.
12. http://www.reference-global.com/doi/abs/10.1515/humr.1991.4.2.149 "Mightier than the Sword; Jewish cartoons and cartoonists in South Africa"
13. Web site: The Distinctiveness of American Jewish Humor . https://web.archive.org/web/20160113202635/http://mj.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/3/245.extract. dead. January 13, 2016. Stephen J. Whitfield. Modern Judaism, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp. 245–60 . October 3, 2010 . November 27, 2010.
14. News: Jordan B. Gorfinkel. Huffington Post .
15. Heinberg – http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16464 "Jewish authors who may be of interest... Allan Heinberg"
16. Book: The Jews of Chicago: from shtetl to suburb . 9780252021855 . November 30, 2010. Cutler . Irving . 1996 . University of Illinois Press .
17. https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/28790/1/nn990622.pdf "Jewish Cartoonists and the American Experience"
18. News: Al Hirschfeld: 1903–2003; Caricaturist's style awed public, celebrities alike . https://archive.today/20120713011208/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/279015441.html?dids=279015441:279015441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+21,+2003&author=Michael+Kilian,+Tribune+national+correspondent&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Al+Hirschfeld:[phone]+;+Caricaturist's+style+awed+public,+celebrities+alike&pqatl=google . dead . July 13, 2012 . . January 21, 2003 . November 30, 2010 . Michael . Kilian.
19. Book: The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches . 9780813543673 . December 4, 2010. Baskind . Samantha . Omer-Sherman . Ranen . 2008 . Rutgers University Press .
20. Book: Up, up, and oy vey!: how Jewish history, culture, and values shaped the comic book superhero . June 27, 2006 . 9781881927327 . December 4, 2010. Weinstein . Simcha . Leviathan Press .
21. Web site: X-Men as J Men: The Jewish Subtext of a Comic Book Movie . . November 27, 2010.
22. Book: You should see yourself: Jewish identity in postmodern American culture . 9780813538457 . December 4, 2010. Brook . Vincent . 2006 . Rutgers University Press .
23. Book: From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and comic books. Arie Kaplan. . 978-0-8276-0843-6 . 2008. November 27, 2010.
24. Web site: Jewish Cartoonists and the American Experience . The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum . December 4, 2010.
25. News: Comics: Momma . . May 7, 2004 . December 4, 2010.
26. Book: Jewish humor: what the best Jewish jokes say about the Jews . 18 May 2010. 9780062012852 . December 4, 2010. Telushkin . Joseph . Harper Collins .
27. Web site: Michael Netzer at Lambiek . Lambiek Comiclopedia . 28 November 2011.
28. Web site: Being and Time: An Interview with Michael Netzer . Young, Thom . 5 October 2005. Comics Bulletin. https://web.archive.org/web/20110522192329/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/11285429833515.htm. 22 May 2011. 28 November 2011.
29. Web site: Netzer: He don't want to ball around like everybody else . McMillan, Graeme . 21 June 2006 . Newsarama. https://web.archive.org/web/20130616204807/http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/21/netzer-he-dont-want-to-ball-around-like-everybody-else/. 16 June 2013. 14 June 2015.
30. Web site: Michael Netzer: Party Animal. Meth, Clifford. Clifford Meth. August 2004. Comics Bulletin. https://web.archive.org/web/20110522191639/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/meth/108991804326809.htm. 22 May 2011. 28 November 2011.
31. Book: Diaspora Boy" Comics on Crisis in America and Israel . 2017 . OR Books . 9781682190708.
32. News: Dubner . Stephen J. . The Death of a Jewish Superhero Creator. The New York Times. December 13, 2006 . December 4, 2010.
33. Web site: My Official Position on Copyright . Paley . Nina . March 18, 2009 . blog.ninapaley.com. August 6, 2018.
34. https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=1689760 "Of Mice And Menschen: Jewish Comics Come of Age"
35. https://www.jstor.org/pss/1208703 "We Were Talking Jewish; Art Spiegelmans's Maus as Holocaust Production