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“fun to read”
— no mean feat given
the subject matter.

Holocaust, and the medium
proved its worth for exploring
even the most difficult topics.

— THE NEW YORK TIMES
Now there are a plethora of
weighty, meaningful graphic
novels by Jewish authors, many of
whom were recently featured in a
panel called “Ink Bleeds History: Reclaiming and Redrawing the
Jewish Image in Comics” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in
New York.

One of the panelists was Miriam Libicki, author of Toward a
Hot Jew. Libicki grew up Orthodox, went to Jewish day school,
and then joined the IDF and wrote a graphic novel about it. In
her newest collection of illustrated essays — rendered with
graphite, inkwashes and watercolor —
Libicki reflects upon Jewish identity,
from black-Jewish relations to the Israeli
soldier as fetish object. The book is
richly nuanced and philosophical, and
could open the eyes of both Israelis and
American Jews.

Another of the panelists, Amy
Kurzweil, also has a new book out:
Flying Couch. In this graphic novel,
Kurzweil tells the story of three Jewish
women: her, her mother and her grand-
mother, a World War II survivor who
disguised herself as a gentile to escape the Warsaw Ghetto. She
juxtaposes her own experience as an
anxious, preoccupied child with her
grandmother’s harrowing life, told in her
own words.

Meanwhile, her mother, a very
American psychologist, is the intermedi-
ary in this story of intergenerational
trauma. Though she takes on serious
topics, Kurzweil’s cartoony style makes for
an enjoyable, compulsive read, calling to
mind graphic novels by Roz Chast and
Alison Bechdel.

Finally, for a much lighter touch,
consider the new book by the beloved co-
star of Broad City Abbi Jacobson, a Wayne
native. Carry This Book is not a graphic
novel; rather, it’s a series of drawn set
pieces in which Jacobson imagines what
famous people (Donald Trump, Anna
Wintour, Bernie Madoff) and fictional
characters (Homer Simpson) carry in
their purses and briefcases.

Philadelphia’s Questlove, of the Roots,
said of the book: “Looking at these illustra-
tions and trying to guess who they belong to
is like an inside-out game of Where’s
Waldo?” Refinery 29 said, “This is the next
best thing to being BFFs with Abbi
Jacobson.” In other words, it’s the perfect
gift for the Jewish millennials in your life, all
of whom — trust us — do want to be best
friends with Jacobson.

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