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Jews And The American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form

Hardback

Main Details

Title Jews And The American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Paul Buhle
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 23,Width 23
ISBN/Barcode 9781595583314
ClassificationsDewey:741.5973089924
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher The New Press
Imprint The New Press
Publication Date 4 September 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Readers have long cherished the work of comic masters such as Will Eisner, Jules Feiffer and Art Spiegelman, all of whom happen to be Jewish. Few, however, are probably aware that the Jewish role in creating the American comic art form is no less significant than the Jewish influence on Hollywood filmmaking. Filled with the most stunning examples of this vital artistic tradition, Jews and American Comics tells us how the people of the book' became the people of the comic book.'

Author Biography

Paul Buhle is a retired senior lecturer in the American studies department at Brown University. He is a co-author, with Dave Wagner, of Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies and the editor of Jews and American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form, Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation, and A Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman, all published by The New Press. Buhle is the founder of the Oral History of the American Left archive at New York University and a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of the American Left. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and has continued actively producing books of comic art, including Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land and Bohemians: A Graphic History.