The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches #1

The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches — Rutgers University Press

Issue: #1

In the 1970s and 1980s Jewish cartoonists such as Will Eisner were some of the first artists to use the graphic novel as a way to explore their ethnicity. Although similar to their pop culture counterpart, the comic book, graphic novels presented weightier subject matter in more expensive packaging, which appealed to an adult audience and gained them credibility as a genre.The Jewish Graphic Novel...