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Current Exhibition
JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience
Action Comics #1, 1938. Written by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Art by Joe Shuster. TM & Copyright DC Comics.
JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience looks at the Jewish origins of the development of iconic comic book superheroes beginning in the 1930s through the 1960s.
Which superhero had a bar mitzvah? Who crushed a glass at his comic book wedding? Learn about superheroes with Jewish creators, writers, and artists, from Spider-Man to Senorita Rio. Sections on the development of cartoons in Yiddish and in modern Hebrew augment the story. The exhibition includes contemporary graphic novels which explore Jewish themes from Israel to Iraq and back to America. Scenes from local DC-area comic fandom round out the exhibition, welcoming new and old comic enthusiasts into the story. See original copies of rare comic books, get the chance to draw your own comic book page and dress up as your new favorite superhero.
JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience comes to the Museum from the Center for Jewish History in New York City and has been adapted and expanded for the DC presentation.
With Thanks to Our Sponsors:
Exhibition sponsored in part by Occasions Catering and the Eli and Judith Lippman Family Foundation.
Action Comics #1, 1938. Written by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Art by Joe Shuster. TM & Copyright DC Comics.
Photograph of a child reading a Superman comic book by Marjory Collins, October 1942. Library of Congress.
Nyu-yorker yidishe folkstsaytung, New York, October 4, 1889. Art by Max Sande. Courtesy of the YIVO Library.
Batman Detective Comics #27, 1939. Written by Bill Finger. Illustrated by Bob Kane. Trademark and Copyright: DC Comics
Captain America #1, March 1941. Written by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. TM & Copyright Timely Comics (Marvel).
Señorita Rio, Fight Comics #38, April 1945. Fiction House. Written by Morgan (Joe) Hawkins. Art by Lily Renée.
Miki Maoz (Mighty Mickey) Series #2, Tel Aviv, 1947. Edited by Yehoshua Tan Pai. Published by D. Topol & Sons Publishing. Yeshiva University Museum.
Secrets Behind the Comics by Stan Lee, 1947.
The Fantastic Four #1, 1961. Written by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. TM & Copyright Marvel
The Agony and the Ecstasy of a Shayna Mandel, Wimmen's Comix, No 3, 1973. Written by Diane Noomin. Art by Diane Noomin. Published by Last Gasp.
MAD fiddler MAD #156, January 1973. Published by Entertaining Comics, INC. TM & Copyright EC.
Katy Cruel, Wimmen's Comix No 6, The Special Bicentennial Issue, 1976. By Sharon Rudahl. Published by Last Gasp.
Raw V1 Issue #2, 1980, open to Art Spiegelman’s Maus. On loan from Danny Fingeroth.
Big Planet Comics Logo design, ca. 1986. Art by Joel Pollack. On loan from Joel Pollack
Mock-up of the final cover art design for "Bill, the Boy Wonder, the Secret Co-Creator of Batman," ca. 2011. Art by Ty Templeton. On loan from Marc Tyler Nobleman.
Le Juif Arabe by Asaf Hanuka, 2023. TM & Copyright Steinkis BD.
Exterior view of the Museum with a yellow school bus parked in front of the entrance, March 2024.
Action Comics #1, 1938. Written by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Art by Joe Shuster. TM & Copyright DC Comics.
Press Release
October 28, 2024
Capital Jewish Museum Announces the Special Exhibition JewCE! The Jewish Comics Experience
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