List of Jewish American cartoonists
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
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- ^ 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
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- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "That's funny? Jews in New Yorker cartoons". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
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- ^ a b Arie Kaplan (2008). From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and comic books. Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 0-8276-0843-8. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
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- ^ . (May 7, 2004). "Comics: Momma". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
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- ^ "Of Mice And Menschen: Jewish Comics Come of Age", Авторы P. Buhle, Журнал Tikkun, Издательство, Institute for Labor & Mental Health
- ^ a b 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