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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, comics book writer^[5]
Dave Berg, cartoonist^[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, see below)
Peter David, comics writer & "writer of stuff"^[12]
Kim Deitch, comics artist
Arnold Drake
Will Elder, cartoonist (MAD Magazine)
Will Eisner, comics artist (The Spirit)^[6]^[13]
Miriam Engelberg, comics writer (Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person)
Lee Falk
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]
Chester Gould
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 & children's writer
Saul Steinberg, cartoonist & 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 & artist (Pedro & Me, Green Lantern)
Marv Wolfman, comic book writer
Zeke Zekley, cartoonist on Bringing up Father and several others

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.
^ ^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. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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
^ ^a ^b 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ "Jordan B. Gorfinkel". Huffington Post.
^ Heinberg – [1] "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^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.
^ "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. {{cite news}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
^ 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
^ ^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

[Plain_Dealer-1] Sangiacomo, Michael. "Jewish men took lead role in creating comics industry", The Plain Dealer. October 4, 2003. p. E6

[2] Adams, Neal. Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams. Page 6. DC Comics, 2005.

[3] Erens Patricia, Patricia Erens, The Jew in American Cinema

[4] Murray Polner (1982), American Jewish biographies

[5] "The Ultimate Spider-Decade: Part 2". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 30, 2010.

[autogenerated1-6] "Contemporary Scribes: Jewish American Cartoonists". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

[7] "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.

[boston1-8] "That's funny? Jews in New Yorker cartoons". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[9] Comic Book Artist Collection. Retrieved November 30, 2010.

[10] "Celebrity Jews". Jweekly.com. August 2, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2010.

[11] Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan. Retrieved November 30, 2010.

[12] Webslinger: unauthorized essays on your friendly neighborhood Spider-man. Retrieved November 30, 2010.

[google1-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Samantha Baskind, Ranen Omer-Sherman (2008). The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-4367-3. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

[14] "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

[oxfordjournals1-15] 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[16] "Jordan B. Gorfinkel". Huffington Post.

[17] Heinberg – [1] "Jewish authors who may be of interest... Allan Heinberg"

[18] The Jews of Chicago: from shtetl to suburb. Retrieved November 30, 2010.

[19] "Jewish Cartoonists and the American Experience", A collaboration of the Ohio State University Melton Center for Jewish Studies and the Cartoon Research Library

[20] Kilian, Michael (January 21, 2003). "Al Hirschfeld: 1903–2003; Caricaturist's style awed public, celebrities alike". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 30, 2010.

[21] The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches. Retrieved December 4, 2010.

[22] Up, up, and oy vey!: how Jewish history, culture, and values shaped the comic book superhero. June 27, 2006. Retrieved December 4, 2010.

[autogenerated2-23] "X-Men as J Men: The Jewish Subtext of a Comic Book Movie". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

[24] You should see yourself: Jewish identity in postmodern American culture. Retrieved December 4, 2010.

[google2-25] Arie Kaplan (2008). From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and comic books. Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 0-8276-0843-8. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

[26] "Jewish Cartoonists and the American Experience". The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Retrieved December 4, 2010.

[27] . (May 7, 2004). "Comics: Momma". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 4, 2010. {{cite news}}: |author= has numeric name (help)

[28] Jewish humor: what the best Jewish jokes say about the Jews. Retrieved December 4, 2010.

[29] Dubner, Stephen J. (December 13, 2006). "The Death of a Jewish Superhero Creator". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2010.

[30] "Of Mice And Menschen: Jewish Comics Come of Age", Авторы P. Buhle, Журнал Tikkun, Издательство, Institute for Labor & Mental Health

[Imp-31] Shelley M. Buxbaum, Sara E. Karesh (2003), "Important people in American Jewish history", Jewish faith in America, ISBN 978-0-8160-4986-8

[32] "We Were Talking Jewish; Art Spiegelmans's Maus as Holocaust Production, Contemporary Literature, Michael Rothberg, 1994

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