Comics

US Holocaust Memorial Museum acquires rare World War II-era Captain America comics

Published in December 1940, nearly a year before America entered World War II, the issue was donated by Riot Games co-founder Brandon Beck. 

 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
A rare first edition copy of a Superman comic, forgotten for many years in an attic, sold for more than $9 million at a Texas auction house, making it reportedly the most expensive comic ever sold.

Forgotten treasure: First-edition Superman comic fetches millions at auction after attic discovery

 NIRI AND GALI, the dynamic duo whose sharp, sarcastic animated shorts have become a staple of Israeli pop culture.

Animax Tel Aviv marks 25 years amid conflict and creativity

 Yaakov Kirschen at work, and one of his Dry Bones classic cartoons.

'Dry Bones' cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen helped Jews to love our faults, not just heroics - opinion


Holocaust denier David Icke banned from Australia

The British writer was meant to tour Australia in March to share his ideas regarding how September 11 was an inside job and the British Royal family are in fact alien lizards.

A volunteer holds a Sand Lizard prior to its release into the wild in sand dunes near Talacre, north Wales September 10, 2013. The lizard, one of Britain's rarest species of reptile is being released along with 400 others at seven sites across England and Wales this week as part of a long term conse

A bitterer gelechter

This short century has already seen its fair share of cartoon controversy. Remember the 12 editorial sketches in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published in September, 2005?

An old cover of George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm: A Fairy Story,’ first published in England in 1945

Comic appeal

One of the first comic strips to feature a child’s perspective on the Holocaust appeared in 1980 with Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel “Maus.”

A page from ‘Hummaus’ by cartoonist Uri Fink

Three Times a Sh**Bag: Helping soldiers deal with military experiences

Eric Meadvin began his comics "so soldiers throughout the world can know that they are not alone.”

Gal Gadot was a POG / From the comic made by Eric Meadvin

Gal Gadot says goodbye to the Wonder-Woman team

Israeli film actress Gal Gadot thanked the one-thousand large film crew that made "Wonder-woman 1984" possible.

Gal Gadot stars as the fierce Amazon warrior princess out to save the world in ‘Wonder Woman'

Stan Lee gave comic books permission to be more Jewish

Lee raised the bar for superhero storytelling. He created characters who had godlike powers, but who were painfully human nonetheless.

Flowers and mementos are pictured on the star of late Marvel Comics co-creator Stan Lee on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 12, 2018.

Captain America no more - Chris Evans leaves blockbuster role

Fans mourn after the announcement of the departure of Chris Evans' cherished Marvel superhero character.

Captain America

Graphic novel tells story of Superman's Jewish creators

People have called Superman, who is sent away from his home planet just before it is destroyed, the ultimate immigrant character.

Superman

‘Maus’ creator Art Spiegelman is first comic artist to win MacDowell award

Spiegelman is also a recipient of a 2011 National Jewish Book Award, which he won for his book “MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus.”

Cover of the book 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman

Real superhero: 90-year-old Holocaust survivor made Comic-Con appearance

Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax, 90, who survived three Nazi concentration camps, was the main draw of a panel on “Art During the Holocaust."

Attendees arrive in costume at the pop culture convention Comic Con in San Diego, California, U.S. July 21, 2018.