Forward, October 14th, 1994
Joel Lewis Forward 10-14-1994 Journal of a Plagued Year: Harvey Pekar's Artistic Catharsis.
Comic books are not a form of literature that Jews are supposed to read, much less create -- something having to do with our reputation as the People of the Book and the typical comic book fan imagined as one who moves his lips as he reads. True, Superman's creators were two nerdy Jewish teenagers and many of Marvel Comics' superheroes spouted Yiddish and Yinglish phrases, thanks to editor Stan Lee. Of course, there was Art Spiegelman's Holocaust epic "Maus," but despite its acclaim, its popularity h...
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