Comics

Ink and irony: A closer look at the cartoonist who chronicled Israel’s formative years

From a discarded book at the National Library to iconic sketches of Arieh Navon, a personal journey through the satirical heart of early statehood reveals the humor and grit of our founding years.

THE CHIZBATRON, (1948) by Arieh Navon
 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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

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


'Gal Gadot is doing a great job as Wonder Woman' - Ana de Armas

Ana de Armas wqas asked about a rumor that she will play Wonder Woman instead of Gal Gadot, but she replied that Gadot should keep doing it.

Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman 1984

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.

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.

 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

 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.

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

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.

 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?

 ‘A FABLE about the world.’

'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.

 CLEANING A vandalized tomb reading ‘Death to Jews!’ at a Jewish cemetery near Moscow, 1998. The book describes experiencing and escaping antisemitism during the Soviet Union era.

Marvel to modify Israeli superhero after anti-Zionist backlash

Superheroine ‘Sabra’ will be much different to her comic book counterpart in the fourth Captain America film.

 Left: Marvel superhero Sabra as she appears in the comics. RIGHT: Israeli actress Shira Haas

Shira Haas to play Israeli superheroine Sabra in MCU's Captain America 4

Shira Haas playing the role of Jewish Israeli superhero Sabra in the MCU's "Captain America: New World Order," set to be released on May 3, 2024.

 Left: Marvel superhero Sabra as she appears in the comics. RIGHT: Israeli actress Shira Haas