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Miriam Eve MoraThe Conversation |
Kirby based the character of Ben Grimm – The Thing – on himself, hailing from fictional Yancy Street, a tribute to the Delancey that will bear his...
New York City played a starring role in the golden age of comics. And like Kirby, many of the genre’s most famous artists were Jewish.
Denying Jewish men’s masculinity, or blaming them for weakening ‘traditional’ masculinity, has long been part of antisemitism.
Jewish American artists were at the heart of the comics industry – and a closer read of beloved characters reflects fears about assimilation and...