From Abie the Agent and Nize Baby to Edge City and Pajama Diaries Jewish families have been a part of the funny pages. Now meet The Kichels. From Steve Lipman and The Times of Israel. “The Kichels” is a comic strip that began as a three-month experiment, and will mark its tenth anniversary next year. […]
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.“Keep, ancient lands, your […]
This week’s comic-related rabbit hole is a somber one. I saw a Bluesky post about the sentencing of Texas tattoo artist Des Sanchez Estrada who was accused of transporting zines in his car. That post by Eisner-nominated author and artist Ryan Estrada (no relation) gained a lot of traction. He tells me he felt compelled […]
Movie News In August 1958 Charlie Brown first took pen to paper to write to a far away friend. That relationship lasted for forty years. Now, as they did with The Little Red-Haired Girl, the animated Peanuts is about to show us Charlie Brown’s mysterious pen pal. From Mark Kennedy at The Independent: The identity […]