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Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 10:41 AM, xmarxts--- via Hasafran <[email protected]> wrote: Great news! Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 6: 16 PM, Heidi Rabinowitz via Hasafran <hasafran@ lists. osu. edu> wrote: Steven, thanks for the roundup of Jewish comics related news. FYI, Terry LaBan will#yiv6398603663 #yiv6398603663pfptBanner7geh8v4 {display:block !important;visibility:visible !important;opacity:1 !important;background-color:#CFD3D7 !important;max-width:none !important;max-height:none !important;}#yiv6398603663 .yiv6398603663pfptPrimaryButton7geh8v4:hover, #yiv6398603663 .yiv6398603663pfptPrimaryButton7geh8v4:focus {background-color:#adb0b4 !important;}#yiv6398603663 .yiv6398603663pfptPrimaryButton7geh8v4:active {background-color:#8c8e91 !important;}Great news! Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 6:16 PM, Heidi Rabinowitz via Hasafran <[email protected]> wrote: Steven, thanks for the roundup of Jewish comics related news. FYI, Terry LaBan will be appearing on The Book of Life Podcast to talk about Mendel the Mess Up sometime in the coming months. Make sure you don't miss it by subscribing to my Book of Life newsletter on Substack at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bookoflifepodcast.substack.com/__;!!KGKeukY!3bk8OD5PyXzOX5hpW2YqNkFp88Ag7WyEn_6ZyuHzqfjmuR6Uq3GMSKGrp-P_4krrHxSzLM7xKrR65ERBpb-IxsZz3zhTgfZmOUH5nVYcDWM$ . Best, Heidi Rabinowitz Host, The Book of Life Podcast. On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM Steven M. Bergson via Hasafran <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shalom from Canada. Those of you (older) library folk who have been around > AJL since the '90s might remember me as "the librarian who likes to talk > about Jewish comics". I still like to talk about comics, but I haven't had as > much to say / write > Shalom from Canada. > > Those of you (older) library folk who have been around AJL since the '90s > might remember me as "the librarian who likes to talk about Jewish comics". I > still like to talk about comics, but I haven't had as much to say / write > since I got involved with other things circa 2020. > > However, I felt compelled to share 3 short items that I became aware of with > the group, as I see noone seems to have mentioned them on hasafran yet, > > If you've read the book From Krakow to Krypton, you'll recognize the author's > name (Arie Kaplan). But you might not know that he also writes graphic novels > occasionally including The Day I Became a Potato Pancake. I don't know if > it'll be reviewed in AJL Reviews, but there's a JBC review online at > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-day-i-became-a-potato-pancake__;!!KGKeukY!3bk8OD5PyXzOX5hpW2YqNkFp88Ag7WyEn_6ZyuHzqfjmuR6Uq3GMSKGrp-P_4krrHxSzLM7xKrR65ERBpb-IxsZz3zhTgfZmOUH5ZLyXUK8$ > > > I'm excited to get a copy of Mendel the Mess-Up by former Edge City > cartoonist Terry Laban. I'm sure Heidi Estrin will have more to say about the > book & author in the near future. > > Finally, I was disappointed (though not surprised) to learn that Joe Sacco is > busy crafting more anti-Israel material. If you attended my session at the > 2008 AJL conference, you might recall my calling attention to Sacco's "comics > journalism" which had even gotten published in such esteemed publications as > Time Magazine and New York Times Magazine. My introduction that led with > Sacco is online at > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://israelincomics.blogspot.com/2008/04/introduction.html__;!!KGKeukY!3bk8OD5PyXzOX5hpW2YqNkFp88Ag7WyEn_6ZyuHzqfjmuR6Uq3GMSKGrp-P_4krrHxSzLM7xKrR65ERBpb-IxsZz3zhTgfZmOUH5n-Uos0o$ > , as well as my discussion of the 1990s which included his work during the > period- > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://israelincomics.blogspot.com/2007/11/1990s.html__;!!KGKeukY!3bk8OD5PyXzOX5hpW2YqNkFp88Ag7WyEn_6ZyuHzqfjmuR6Uq3GMSKGrp-P_4krrHxSzLM7xKrR65ERBpb-IxsZz3zhTgfZmOUH5_qiS7QM$ > > > His latest work is titled War on Gaza. Haaretz has written about it - > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.haaretz.com/life/2024-12-20/ty-article-magazine/.premium/joe-sacco-on-gaza-war-this-is-israels-genocide-but-it-is-also-americas/00000193-def6-d184-a5bf-fffe59ff0000__;!!KGKeukY!3bk8OD5PyXzOX5hpW2YqNkFp88Ag7WyEn_6ZyuHzqfjmuR6Uq3GMSKGrp-P_4krrHxSzLM7xKrR65ERBpb-IxsZz3zhTgfZmOUH5eAyW9ag$ > & > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/2025-01-16/ty-article-review/.premium/in-war-on-gaza-joe-sacco-has-reached-a-boiling-point-of-his-own/00000194-6478-db9d-a1b5-7e7efa230000__;!!KGKeukY!3bk8OD5PyXzOX5hpW2YqNkFp88Ag7WyEn_6ZyuHzqfjmuR6Uq3GMSKGrp-P_4krrHxSzLM7xKrR65ERBpb-IxsZz3zhTgfZmOUH5Vzhg704$ > > as well as The Library Journal - > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/war-on-gaza-1814413__;!!KGKeukY!3bk8OD5PyXzOX5hpW2YqNkFp88Ag7WyEn_6ZyuHzqfjmuR6Uq3GMSKGrp-P_4krrHxSzLM7xKrR65ERBpb-IxsZz3zhTgfZmOUH5o5rdA7w$ > > > I don't think I could write a decent review of it for AJL Reviews, but maybe > someone else will try. > > If you'd like to take a look at it for free, the pages are being hosted at > the Comics Journal website - > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tcj.com/topic/the-war-on-gaza/__;!!KGKeukY!3bk8OD5PyXzOX5hpW2YqNkFp88Ag7WyEn_6ZyuHzqfjmuR6Uq3GMSKGrp-P_4krrHxSzLM7xKrR65ERBpb-IxsZz3zhTgfZmOUH5o6gz5Nw$ > > > B'shalom, > > Steven M. 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