Jewish Comics and Graphic Narratives

Matt Reingold teaches at TanenbaumCHAT, Canada, where he also serves as the co-head of the Jewish History department. He is the author of Gender and Sexuality in Israeli Graphic Novels: Contested Masculinity and Independent Femininity (2021) and Reenivisioning Israel through Political Cartoons: Visual Discourses During the 2018-2021 Electoral Crisis (2022).

• Series Editor PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionJewish Literature in the 21st centuryGraphic novels as a mediumDefining Jewish graphic novelsLiterature review of scholarly research about Jewish graphic novels[LB1] Book overviewHistorical OverviewJewish comic-book writers and illustrators in the superhero eraJewish content in superhero comic-booksJewish superheroesUnderground comix, Will Eisner, and Art SpiegelmanJewish graphic novels go mainstream: AmericaJewish graphic novels go mainstream: IsraelSocial and Cultural ImpactLegitimizing graphic representation of sites of traumaShifting understandings of gender by challenging hegemoniesMixed-media in Jewish graphic novelsJewish graphic novels and classroom instructionCritical usesGraphic novels about the HolocaustGraphic novels about IsraelGraphic novels about the diasporic Jewish experienceReligious graphic novels AutobiographyKey TextsHolocaust graphic novelsX-Men: Magneto Testament – Greg Pak and Carmine di GiandomenicoThe Diary of Anne Frank – Ari Folman and David PolonskyGraphic novels about IsraelPink Story – Ilana ZeffrenThe Property – Rutu ModanGraphic novels about the diaspora experienceMarket Day – James SturmThe Rabbi’s Cat – Joann SfarReligious graphic novelsMegillat Esther – JT WaldmanHereville – Barry DeutschAutobiography and MemoirHow to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less – Sarah GliddenMichel Kichka – Second Generation: Things I Didn’t Tell My FatherAppendixList of Jewish graphic novels sorted by genreGlossaryIndex

A prolific scholar in his own right, Reingold has produced a lucid and detailed guide that appears at a time when interest in the genre is at its peak... [The book] is an exceptional resource for teachers, scholars, students, and readers of all stripes who are curious about Jewish graphic narratives.