List of Jewish American cartoonists

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

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

• Mat Tonti, comics writer ("The Book of Secrets")
• Eli Valley, cartoonist and author best known for Diaspora Boy.[35]

See also

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

References

1. Adams, Neal. Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams. Page 6. DC Comics, 2005.
2. Erens Patricia, Patricia Erens (1984), The Jew in American Cinema, ISBN 0253204933
3. Murray Polner (1982), American Jewish biographies, ISBN 9780871964625
4. "The Ultimate Spider-Decade: Part 2". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
5. Sangiacomo, Michael. "Jewish men took lead role in creating comics industry", The Plain Dealer. October 4, 2003. p. E6
6. From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0827610432 Arie Kaplan - 2010 - Art Broome. 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.
7. "Contemporary Scribes: Jewish American Cartoonists". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
8. "The Escapist: Fantasy, Folklore, and the Pleasures of the Comic Book in Recent Jewish American Holocaust Fiction". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
9. "That's funny? Jews in New Yorker cartoons". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
10. Cooke, Jon B. (April 2005). Comic Book Artist Collection. ISBN 9781893905429. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
11. "Celebrity Jews". Jweekly.com. August 2, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
12. Field, Tom; Colan, Gene (2005). Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan. ISBN 9781893905450. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
13. Conway, Gerry; Wilson, Leah (22 June 2009). Webslinger: unauthorized essays on your friendly neighborhood Spider-man. ISBN 9781935251521. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
14. Samantha Baskind, Ranen Omer-Sherman (2008). The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4367-3. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
15. "Mightier than the Sword; Jewish cartoons and cartoonists in South Africa", Glenda Abramson, International Journal of Humor Research, Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 149–64, ISSN 1613-3722, 1991
16. Stephen J. Whitfield (October 3, 2010). "The Distinctiveness of American Jewish Humor". Modern Judaism, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp. 245–60. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
17. "Jordan B. Gorfinkel". Huffington Post.
18. Heinberg – "Jewish authors who may be of interest... Allan Heinberg"
19. Cutler, Irving (1996). The Jews of Chicago: from shtetl to suburb. ISBN 9780252021855. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
20. "Jewish Cartoonists and the American Experience", A collaboration of the Ohio State University Melton Center for Jewish Studies and the Cartoon Research Library
21. Kilian, Michael (January 21, 2003). "Al Hirschfeld: 1903–2003; Caricaturist's style awed public, celebrities alike". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
22. Baskind, Samantha; Omer-Sherman, Ranen (2008). The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches. ISBN 9780813543673. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
23. Weinstein, Simcha (June 27, 2006). Up, up, and oy vey!: how Jewish history, culture, and values shaped the comic book superhero. ISBN 9781881927327. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
24. "X-Men as J Men: The Jewish Subtext of a Comic Book Movie". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
25. Brook, Vincent (2006). You should see yourself: Jewish identity in postmodern American culture. ISBN 9780813538457. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
26. Arie Kaplan (2008). From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and comic books. Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 978-0-8276-0843-6. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
27. "Jewish Cartoonists and the American Experience". The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
28. . (May 7, 2004). "Comics: Momma". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 4, 2010.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
29. Telushkin, Joseph (18 May 2010). Jewish humor: what the best Jewish jokes say about the Jews. ISBN 9780062012852. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
30. Dubner, Stephen J. (December 13, 2006). "The Death of a Jewish Superhero Creator". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
31. Paley, Nina (March 18, 2009). "My Official Position on Copyright". blog.ninapaley.com. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
32. "Of Mice And Menschen: Jewish Comics Come of Age", Авторы P. Buhle, Журнал Tikkun, Издательство, Institute for Labor & Mental Health
33. Shelley M. Buxbaum, Sara E. Karesh (2003), "Important people in American Jewish history", Jewish faith in America, ISBN 978-0-8160-4986-8
34. "We Were Talking Jewish; Art Spiegelmans's Maus as Holocaust Production, Contemporary Literature, Michael Rothberg, 1994
35. Diaspora Boy" Comics on Crisis in America and Israel. OR Books. 2017. ISBN 9781682190708.

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