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Al Wiesner – RIP

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D. D. Degg Published: June 24, 2025 Updated: June 24, 2025 1 minute 0 comments

Shaloman cartoonist Albert Wiesner has passed away.

Albert S. Wiesner didn’t jump into the comics scene as a youngster. He served in the U.S.A.F. and then earned a living as a women’s hairdresser. But always having an itch for cartooning. Finally, in the mid-1980s, Al took the plunge.

“I had said to my wife, ‘I really would like to get back to my artwork.’” The time seemed right given Israel’s place in the world. “With Israel becoming a country and a powerful country for its size, I felt that now people could envision a Jewish superhero that has strength as well as intelligence.”

For at least ten years Al had contributed a panel cartoon to The Villa’s Voice, a monthly neighborhood newspaper. His comic continued until March of 2020 when the community newsletter took on a different manner of publication due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

From The Daily Cartoonist’s profile of Al Wiesner celebrating his 90th birthday.

Further reading: The Legend of Shaloman