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Essay Let There Be Kvetch! Ken Krimstein is the author of Kvetch As Kvetch Can: Jewish Cartoons. He’ll be blogging all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning‘s… Ken Krimstein December 20, 2010
News Rabbi Harvey Interviews Gary Shteyngart Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterRabbi Harvey interviews Gary Shteyngart (Super Sad True Love Story) for JBooks.com here.And, check out the trailer for Super… JBC Staff July 20, 2010
Essay Consider Your Audience In her last posts, Miriam Libicki blogged on taking Egged buses across Israel and on her process of drawing comic books. She has been blogging… Miriam Libicki May 28, 2010
Essay Egged Bus Life In her last post, Miriam Libicki blogged on her process for creating the comic series jobnik. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book… Miriam Libicki May 26, 2010
Essay The Evolution of a Page: jobnik! 8, Page 11 Miriam Libicki, an American Jewish girl from a religious home, enlists in the Israeli Army one summer against everyone’s better judgment. Many qualities seem to… Miriam Libicki May 24, 2010
Essay David Ostow: Punk Rock Visits the Holy Temple David Ostow, the comic artist behind So Punk Rock (And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother), and his sister, Micol Ostow, are guest-blogging all week… David Ostow November 3, 2009
News R.Crumb Does Genesis Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterR. Crumb has finished his “Genesis Project,” a graphic novel projected for this Fall as reported by GalleyCat.Robot 6Crumb… JBC Staff March 26, 2009
Recommended Reading Waltz with Bashir: The Book Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterCreated simultaneously with the Award winning film, Waltz With Bashir: A Lebanon War Story (Ari Folman and David… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 2, 2009
