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L.A. Artist Merges Comics, Superheroes, Modern Judaism, and Women

Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik's"Tree of Mothers and Daughters
Detail from Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik’s”Tree of Mothers and Daughters,” 2015. The artwork is on view at exhibition “Women of Valor.”

Last month, Shana Nys Dambrot wrote a piece for the Artbound section of KCET’s website, spotlighting the work of Southern California artist Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik. Dambrot explores his latest work, a show for the National Council of Jewish Women,  and its incorporation of the superheroic with Jewish moral responsibility via papercut techniques:

The thing about superheroes is that they are a way for us regular folks to imagine being better — to imagine being strong enough to help others and fix the world, as well as being dedicated enough to understand how important it is to use our powers for good.

Currently a teaching fellow at American Jewish University’s Dream Lab, Brynjegard-Bialik feels, “Comic superheroes exist outside of the ‘natural’ world. Be they visitors from other planets, or people whose powers stem from strange scientific accidents; they have weaknesses and flaws, and their struggles are often a metaphor for the human experience.”

His “Women of Valor” show concluded November 30th but its catalog can still be viewed online through his site.

academic, events

Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics Wins Eisner Award

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Last Friday at the San Diego Comic Con International, the winners of the 2015 Eisner Awards were announced. We at Sacred & Sequential would like to offer our congratulations to editor Sarah Lightman who took home the Eisner Award for “Best Scholarly/Academic Work” with her book Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews, published by McFarland. It’s a treat to see academics at the intersection of comics and religion take home such a prestigious industry award for their scholarship. We look forward to following such achievements as scholars delve ever further into the worlds of Jewish culture, of autobiographical comics, and of the women who make them.

On behalf of Sacred & Sequential, we wish the contributors to Graphic Details all the best and, again: Congratulations!

cultural, events

Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women

Thanks to Sequential Tart for highlighting this:

KOFFLER GALLERY OFF-SITE PRESENTS
Graphic Details:
Confessional Comics by Jewish Women

Vanessa Davis, Bernice Eisenstein, Sarah Glidden, Miriam Katin, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Miss Lasko-Gross, Sarah Lazarovic, Miriam Libicki, Sarah Lightman, Diane Noomin, Corinne Pearlman, Trina Robbins, Racheli Rotner, Sharon Rudahl, Laurie Sandell, Ariel Schrag, Lauren Weinstein, Ilana Zeffren

February 17 to April 17, 2011
Koffler Gallery Off-Site at the Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W (Toronto, Ontario)
Originated by Michael Kaminer and Sarah Lightman

OPENING RECEPTION | FREE
Thursday, February 17, 7:30 – 10 PM | Curator’s Talk at 8 PM

Graphic Details is a groundbreaking touring exhibition, providing the first in-depth look at a unique and prolific niche of graphic storytelling – Jewish women’s autobiographical comics. While the influential role of Jews in cartooning has long been acknowledged, the role of Jewish women in shaping the medium is largely unexplored. This exhibition of original drawings, full comic books and graphic novels, presents the powerful work of eighteen Canadian and international artists whose intimate, confessional work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades, creating an entirely new genre.

More at Koffler Events.