On April 9th and 10th, the annual
Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Festival will be held at the
Lexington Avenue Armory (Lexinton and 25th) in Manhttan (New York), between the hours of 11 AM and 6 PM.
Among the creators of Jewish comic stories / art who will be in attendance are :
Jonathan Baylis (author of
So ... Buttons mini-comic)
Josh Bernstein (a contributor to the magazine
Royal Flush which includes stories of the "Mitzvah 4")
Nick Bertozzi (co-illustrator of
Houdini : The Handcuff King)
Richard Codor (author-illustrator of
Richard Codor’s Joyous Haggadah,
Babushkin's Catalogue of Jewish Inventions and
Too Many Latkes)
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.
Josh Eiserike (writer of the stories in the comic series
Assholes, whose
Liberal Crap comic strips for University of Maryland's
Diamondback student newspaper included
a cartoon about Jewish dating websites and
a cartoon about the perks (and downside) of being Jewish)
Danny Fingeroth (author of
Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero)
Sarah Glidden (author-illustrator of the autobiographical
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less!)
Dean Haspiel (illustrator of many
Harvey Pekar stories, including his graphic novels
The Quitter and
Ego & Hubris : The Michael Malice Story)
Al Jaffee (cartoonist best known for his work in
Mad magazine, who also contributed artwork to
Moshiach Times, who will be receiving the Klein Award)
Ben Katchor (author-illustrator of
The Jew of New York and the upcoming
The Dairy Restaurant
Neil Kleid (Xeric award-winning author / illustrator of
Stable Rods, "Shomer Negiah",
Pilgrimage : Two Weeks in G-d's Country, the graphic novels
Brownsville and
The Big Khan, as well as the forthcoming
Migdal David)
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)
Paul Levitz (author of "Tradition" in DC Comics'
9-11 September 11th 2001)
David Malki! (author of the
Wondermark webcomic, which has been collected in trade paperback). Among the comics that have appeared on the site is
one with the punch line "Hannukah bush",
one about the Jewish New Year,
one that uses the juice/Jews homonym joke and
one about Hebephiles.
Jeff Newelt (contributor to
Heeb magazine)
Jerry Robinson (Batman series artist who also did illustrations for
Bible Tales for Young Folk)
Mitch Rothenberg (writer of the comic series
Assholes, which showed
a Jewish date in the 2nd issue)
Leslie Stein (author-illustrator of the semi-autobiographical
Eye of the Majestic Creature, as well as a short piece in
Comics Festival, in which she made reference to her "Jewish nose")
Seth Tobocman (author-illustrator of
Portraits of Israelis and Palestinians : For My Parents and "The Serpent of State")
Li-or Zaltzman (cartoonist currently working on a 100+ page coming of age story that takes place in Tel Aviv)
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