BOOK LIST:

Jewish Heritage: Graphic Novels

Updated: February 22, 2024

Book cover for Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir
Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir
Lee, Stan
Call Number: 740.914 L481-2

Book cover for Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
Folman, Ari
Call Number: 92 F8275Fo

Paired with selections from Anne Frank's diary, David Polonsky’s strikingly playful, and at times, somber illustrations provide a fresh sense of energy and understanding to the words and emotions of Anne Frank. This version of the famous diary will introduce Anne, and the perilous times she lived in, to a new generation of young readers.

 

Book cover for Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman
Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman
Nobleman, Marc Tyler
Call Number: x 92 F497No

Book cover for Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman
Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman
Nobleman, Marc Tyler
Call Number: x 92 S5715No

Book cover for Brik
Brik
Glass, Adam
Call Number: 740.9999 G549

Book cover for Chasing Echoes
Chasing Echoes
Goldman, Dan
Call Number: 741.5 G619

Book cover for Chunky
Chunky
Mercado, Yehudi
Call Number: x GN

Book cover for Chunky, Vol. 2: Chunky Goes to Camp
Chunky, Vol. 2: Chunky Goes to Camp
Mercado, Yehudi
Call Number: x GN C559985 v.2

Book cover for The Contract With God Trilogy
The Contract With God Trilogy
Eisner, Will
Call Number: 740.9999 E36-3

Book cover for Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir
Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir
Feder, Tyler
Call Number: 741.5 F293

A moving graphic memoir of a young woman trying to find herself after her mother dies from cancer. Both heartbreaking and hopeful, this is a love letter to the author's mother, and a reminder that when you feel alone in loss, someone in the world understands you.


Book cover for Exit Wounds
Exit Wounds
Modan, Rutu
Call Number: 740.9999 M689-2

Book cover for From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books
From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books
Kaplan, Arie
Call Number: 741.5 K17

Book cover for Jews and American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form
Jews and American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form
Call Number: 741.5 J595

Book cover for Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Spiegelman, Art
Call Number: 740.9854 S755-2

Book cover for Shame Pudding: A Graphic Memoir
Shame Pudding: A Graphic Memoir
Noble, Danny
Call Number: 741.5 N748

Book cover for Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Creators of Superman
Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Creators of Superman
Ricca, Brad
Call Number: 740.914 S571Ri

Book cover for Superman is Jewish?: How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way
Superman is Jewish?: How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way
Brod, Harry
Call Number: 741.5 B8645

Book cover for Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the  American Comic Book Revolution
Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution
Ro, Ronin
Call Number: 740.914 K575Ro

Book cover for The Unfinished Corner
The Unfinished Corner
Colman, Dani
Call Number: x GN U5695

Book cover for We Survived the Holocaust: The Bluma & Felix Goldberg Story
We Survived the Holocaust: The Bluma & Felix Goldberg Story
Baker, Frank W.
Call Number: 940.5315296 B167

Book cover for We'll Soon be Home Again
We'll Soon be Home Again
Bab Bonde, Jessica
Call Number: 741.5 B112

Book cover for Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero
Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero
Lockhart, E.
Call Number: 741.5 L816

Book cover for Who is Stan Lee?
Who is Stan Lee?
Edgers, Geoff
Call Number: x 92 L4813Ed

Book cover for Why is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family
Why is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family
Russo, Marisabina
Call Number: 740.914 R969

Book cover for Will Eisner, a Spirited Life
Will Eisner, a Spirited Life
Andelman, Bob
Call Number: 740.914 E36An

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