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| The Chosen (detail 1), by Ariel Schrag |
By Jacob Mezrahi
Everybody reads comics. From the New York Times to the Post there is
hardly any periodical published that doesn’t sometimes feature a cartoon
or comic; some kind of drawn image with text to entertain or provide
commentary. Even the Jewish Press. When most people think of comics they immediately
think of fictional comic books that kids read or the comic strips in
the daily newspapers for adults. Comics that document personal stories
dealing with political themes or traditionally taboo topics did not gain
recognition until they emerged as an underground movement in the late
1960s to early 1970s. Using comics to tell personal stories can have a
definite advantage over books, in that they help the viewer imagine the
story as it unfolds. What is particularly striking is that Jews have
always played a significant role in this complex American art form.
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