• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

graphic novels

A spread from Amy Kurzweil's graphic memoir “Artificial: A Love Story." (Courtesy)
Posted inArt

S.F. cartoonist traces her family’s past and outlines an AI future

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 12, 2026February 18, 2026

What would it mean to bring a loved one back to life, especially if you’ve never met? That’s one of the questions that Amy Kurzweil, a New Yorker cartoonist and […]

Detail of the cover of "Two Tribes" by Emily Bowen Cohen
Posted inComics

Q&A: Graphic novelist tells story of Jewish and Native American girl

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 3, 2024January 10, 2024
"Camp Pock-A-Wocknee and the Dyn-O-Mite Summer of ‘77" is the first graphic novel by Eric Glickman
Posted inComics

Jewish summer camp nostalgia comes to comics in ‘Camp Pock-a-Wocknee’

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
Art Spiegelman, author of "Maus," poses in Paris, March 20, 2012. (Photo/JTA-Bertrand Langlois-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

The great ‘Maus’ giveaway is on as comic shops, professors and churches counter Tennessee school board’s ban

by Andrew Lapin and JTA February 2, 2022February 2, 2022
From the cover of the first issue of "Whistle."
Posted inComics

She’s 16. She’s Jewish. She’s Gotham’s newest superhero.

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward September 2, 2021
A page from the new graphic novel "The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt"
Posted inOff the Shelf

Tale of Kafka’s writings and a graphic novel on Arendt’s life show intellectual world destroyed by Nazis

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 8, 2019January 9, 2019
The cover of the first issue of Captain America, published in 1941, famously features Captain America giving Hitler what for.
Posted inCulture

When comic books were the best way for teens to learn about the Holocaust

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten May 10, 2018May 10, 2018
From the cover of "Love That Bunch" by Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Posted inCulture

Pioneering underground comics artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb has nothing to hide

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 23, 2018April 23, 2018
a family celebrates. below it, text: "It's the last time Harvey will speak clearly. The last time we'll celebrate together as a family. I can feel something dark lurking under the joy, much as I try to push it away."
Posted inArt, Books, Culture

On loss, love and life: Graphic memoir by kids’ author shares family tragedy

by Liz Harris May 4, 2017May 9, 2017

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
Loss of egg-cellence: Why Boichik is discontinuing its beloved egg bagels
Berkeley’s Beth Israel celebrates two decades of rabbi’s leadership
Years after boycott fight, Ben and Jerry’s Israel debuts flavor celebrating Israeli resilience
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 lineup: 65 films and an award for Rachel Bloom
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack