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.

MARCH 3, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

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

The Superman comic, found in excellent condition with a nine out of ten rating by the company CGC, was released in 1939 by Detective Comics Inc. and is one in only a handful which still exist.

NOVEMBER 25, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

The festival’s showcased artists and their works will reflect the darker reality that Israel has faced over the last two years.

JULY 17, 2025|BySARA SIOUNI

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

The cartoonist, who died on Monday at the age of 87, applied a screwball approach to his view of Israel.

APRIL 16, 2025|ByGIL TROY

Al Jaffee, iconic Mad Magazine cartoonist, dies at 102

For cartoon consumers associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish movement Jaffee’s most important contribution came in a different publication, The Moshiach Times.

APRIL 12, 2023ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

Festival special guest Sam Viviano has been art director of ‘Mad’ magazine for over 18 years

A graphic novel of the Purim story, from a Batman comics editor

Gorfinkel’s newest project combines those two passions into a graphic novel version of the Purim story, usually read in what’s called a Megillah scroll.

MARCH 4, 2023ByJULIAN VOLOJ/JTA

People read the megillah on Purim night, March 17, 2022.

The Davai comedy group brings 'under construction' to Israel

The Davai physical theater group offers a wordless fun fantasy world

FEBRUARY 1, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS

The Davai comedic troupe is bringing its show 'under construction' to Israel next week

Happy 50th anniversary of the Dry Bones cartoons

The Dry Bones cartoonist, who has been called a “national treasure of the Jewish people,” has received many awards, such as the Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Award and The Golden Pencil Award.

DECEMBER 31, 2022BySTEVE LINDE

Transformative Jewish cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb dies at 74

Aline Kominsky-Crumb, who died Wednesday at 74 in France of pancreatic cancer, was Jewish cartoonist Robert Crumb's longtime partner.

DECEMBER 2, 2022ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA

Aline Crumb and Robert Crumb attend A Night at Crumbland celebrating Stella McCartney and Robert Crum Collaboration and the R. Crumb Handbook at the Stella McCartney Store, in New York City, April 12, 2005.

Jerusalem highlights October 28-November 3

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

OCTOBER 30, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN

'A Visit to Moscow': An otherworldly story of escaping antisemitism - review

In A Visit to Moscow, Yevgenia Nayberg’s drawings create a striking backdrop to Olswanger’s text. Her palette changes according to the story, adding to the effect of the words.

OCTOBER 8, 2022ByMIRIAM KATES LOCK