Ken Krimstein
Ken Krimstein is an American author and lecturer[1]. He works as a cartoonist in The New Yorker, where he has been publishing cartoons since 2011. Krimstein has published in Forbes Magazine[2], Forward[3], The New York Observer[4], among others, and has authored two books: Kvetch as Kvetch Can: Jewish Cartoons (2010) and The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt [5] (2018). In addition to his work as a writer and cartoonist, Krimstein is an advertising creative director and teaches at DePaul University[6], The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.[7]
The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt
Ken Krimstein published a graphic biography about the turbulent and prolific life of German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt with Bloomsbury. Since its release in September 2018, the book received high praise and critical acclaim: Forbes and The Comics Journal selected it as one of the best graphic novels of 2018[8][9] and it was one of the finalists of the 2018 National Jewish Book Award[10]. The book was featured in other media outlets such as The Guardian[11][12], the Chicago Reader[13], The New York Times[14] and PEN American.[15]
References
- ^ Chicago Humanities Festival, Graphic Memoirs of Hannah Arendt, retrieved 2019-01-27
- ^ Krimstein, Ken. "Tips for the Ad World". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
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value (help) - ^ "Ken Krimstein in Forward".
- ^ "Ken Krimstein". Observer. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "Ken Krimstein | Faculty A-Z | Faculty & Staff | College of Communication | DePaul University, Chicago". communication.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "[WP2019] Just How "Jewish" is Cartooning?". YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ Salkowitz, Rob. "The Best Graphic Novels Of 2018". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "The Best Comics of 2018 | The Comics Journal". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "2018 National Jewish Book Award Winners and Finalists". www.jewishbookcouncil.org (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (2018-09-30). "A graphic history of the rise of the Nazis". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ Cain, Presented by Sian; Armitstead, Claire; Tresilian, Richard Lea Produced by Susannah (2018-11-27). "The art of biography, with Diarmaid MacCulloch and Ken Krimstein – books podcast". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ Gronvall, Andrea. "The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt tells the story of the philosopher's life and thoughts in pictures". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "The New York Times Books". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ "PEN Out Loud: Visual Disobedience". PEN America. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2019-01-21.