List of Jewish American cartoonists
For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.
This is an alphabetized list of notable Jewish American cartoonists. Jewish Americans took the lead role in creating the comics industry.[1]
- Neal Adams, comic book artist[2]
- Ralph Bakshi, animator (Fritz the Cat, Lord of the Rings)[3][4]
- Brian Michael Bendis, comic book writer[5]
- Dave Berg, cartoonist (Mad)[1]
- Sol Brodsky, comic book artist and Marvel Comics executive
- Al Capp, cartoonist (Li'l Abner)[6][7]
- Roz Chast, cartoonist (New Yorker)[8]
- Howard Chaykin, comic book writer[9]
- Daniel Clowes, alternative comics writer (Ghost World)[10]
- Gene Colan, comic book artist (Daredevil)[11]
- Sophie Crumb, alternative comics artist (Jewish mother)
- Peter David, comics writer and "writer of stuff" [12]
- Kim Deitch, comics artist
- Arnold Drake
- Mort Drucker, cartoonist (Mad)
- Will Eisner, comics artist (The Spirit)[6][13]
- Will Elder, cartoonist (Mad magazine)
- Miriam Engelberg, comics writer (Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person)
- Lee Falk, cartoonist (The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician)
- Jules Feiffer, cartoonist[14]
- Lyonel Feininger, cartoonist (Kin-der-Kids) [13]
- Al Feldstein, cartoonist (MAD Magazine)
- Bill Finger, comics artist (Batman)
- Dave Fleischer, animator; brother of Max Fleischer
- Max Fleischer, animator (Popeye, Betty Boop); father of director Richard Fleischer
- Friz Freleng, animator (Looney Tunes)
- Max Gaines, founder of EC Comics, pioneering figure in the creation of the modern comic book[1]
- William Gaines, comics artist and MAD founder[1]
- Leo Garel, cartoonist for Playboy and The New Yorker
- Rube Goldberg, cartoonist[6][15]
- Jordan B. Gorfinkel, comic book writer (Batman) and cartoonist[16]
- Steve Greenberg, editorial cartoonist
- Milt Gross, Gross Exaggerations[13]
- Allan Heinberg, comic book writer (Young Avengers)[17]
- Herblock, cartoonist; three Pulitzer Prizes[18]
- Harry Hershfield, cartoonist (Abie the Agent, Desperate Desmond)[19]
- Alex Hirsch, animator and writer, Gravity Falls
- Al Hirschfeld, caricaturist[20]
- Al Jaffee, cartoonist (MAD Magazine)[15]
- Bob Kane, comics artist (Batman)[13]
- Gil Kane, comics artist (Green Lantern)[21][22]
- Jack Kirby, comics artist (Captain America, Hulk)[23]
- Neil Kleid, cartoonist, graphic designer[13]
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb, cartoonist (Dirty Laundry)[24]
- Adam Kubert, comics artist[13]
- Andy Kubert, comics artist
- Joe Kubert, comics artist[13]
- Harvey Kurtzman, comics artist and MAD editor[25]
- Mell Lazarus, cartoonist (Momma, Miss Peach)[26][27][28]
- Stan Lee, comics writer (co-creator of Spider-Man, co-creator of X-Men, The Hulk, Fantastic Four)[23]
- Larry Lieber
- Jeph Loeb, comics writer (Batman: The Long Halloween)
- Robert Mankoff[8]
- Clifford Meth, comics writer and editor (The Futurians)
- Josh Neufeld, Xeric Award-winning cartoonist (A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge)
- Martin Nodell, comics artist (Green Lantern)[29]
- Paul Palnik, cartoonist, writer (The God of Cartoons)
- Harvey Pekar, comix writer (American Splendor)[30]
- Rachel Pollack, comic book writer (Doom Patrol); see also "Authors"
- Trina Robbins, comix writer[25]
- Julius Schwartz, comic book and magazine editor
- Joe Shuster, comics artist (Superman)[31]
- Jerome Siegel, comics artist (Superman)[31]
- Joe Simon, comics artist (Captain America)
- Art Spiegelman, comics writer (Maus)[6][32]
- William Steig, cartoonist and children's writer
- Saul Steinberg, cartoonist and illustrator
- Hilda Terry, cartoonist (Teena)
- Lauren Weinstein, comic book artist
- Mort Weisinger, comic book and magazine editor
- Morris Weiss, comic book and comic strip artist (Margie)
- Judd Winick, comics writer and artist (Pedro & Me, Green Lantern)
- Marv Wolfman, comic book writer
- Zeke Zekley, cartoonist on Bringing up Father
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Sangiacomo, Michael. "Jewish men took lead role in creating comics industry", The Plain Dealer. October 4, 2003. p. E6
- ↑ Adams, Neal. Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams. Page 6. DC Comics, 2005.
- ↑ Erens Patricia, Patricia Erens, The Jew in American Cinema
- ↑ Murray Polner (1982), American Jewish biographies
- ↑ "The Ultimate Spider-Decade: Part 2". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "Contemporary Scribes: Jewish American Cartoonists". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "That's funny? Jews in New Yorker cartoons". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ↑ Comic Book Artist Collection. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Celebrity Jews". Jweekly.com. August 2, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ↑ Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ↑ Webslinger: unauthorized essays on your friendly neighborhood Spider-man. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Samantha Baskind, Ranen Omer-Sherman (2008). The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-4367-3. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ↑ "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
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Jordan B. Gorfinkel". Huffington Post.
- ↑ Heinberg – "Jewish authors who may be of interest... Allan Heinberg"
- ↑ The Jews of Chicago: from shtetl to suburb. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Jewish Cartoonists and the American Experience", A collaboration of the Ohio State University Melton Center for Jewish Studies and the Cartoon Research Library
- ↑ Kilian, Michael (January 21, 2003). "Al Hirschfeld: 1903–2003; Caricaturist's style awed public, celebrities alike". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ↑ The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
- ↑ Up, up, and oy vey!: how Jewish history, culture, and values shaped the comic book superhero. June 27, 2006. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
- 1 2 "X-Men as J Men: The Jewish Subtext of a Comic Book Movie". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ↑ You should see yourself: Jewish identity in postmodern American culture. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
- 1 2 Arie Kaplan (2008). From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and comic books. Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 0-8276-0843-8. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ↑ "Jewish Cartoonists and the American Experience". The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
- ↑ . (May 7, 2004). "Comics: Momma". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
- ↑ Jewish humor: what the best Jewish jokes say about the Jews. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
- ↑ Dubner, Stephen J. (December 13, 2006). "The Death of a Jewish Superhero Creator". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
- ↑ "Of Mice And Menschen: Jewish Comics Come of Age", Авторы P. Buhle, Журнал Tikkun, Издательство, Institute for Labor & Mental Health
- 1 2 Shelley M. Buxbaum, Sara E. Karesh (2003), "Important people in American Jewish history", Jewish faith in America, ISBN 978-0-8160-4986-8
- ↑ "We Were Talking Jewish; Art Spiegelmans's Maus as Holocaust Production, Contemporary Literature, Michael Rothberg, 1994
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
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