From Dysfunctional Families to Dirty Knickers: A Herstory of Jewish Women's Comics

Guest speaker: Dr. Sarah Lightman
In the comic book world of superheroes and villains, history has often overlooked the significant contributions made to this medium by women. In celebration of International Women’s Day, join Eisner award-winning British writer and graphic novelist Sarah Lightman as she dives into the careers of Jewish women comic artists – whose work explores family, motherhood, miscarriages, identity, queerness and more! Presented in partnership with Koffler Arts, generously sponsored by UJA’s Kultura Collective.

Thursday March 6
1:00-2:30pm
Virtual – held on Zoom
Admission: $10.00

Join us on Zoom simulcast, or register to receive the recordings!

Be sure to stop by our Gallery during the month of March to enjoy our visual art exhibit In Mint Condition: Jewish Women In Comics, held in honour of International Women’s Day.

Dr. Sarah Lightman is a British artist and writer. She attended The Slade School of Art for her BA and MFA, winning The Slade Prize, The William Coldstream Award and The Slade Life Drawing Prize. She earned a PhD from University of  Glasgow in women’s autobiographical comics, and was an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London (2018-2021). She edited the first book on Jewish women and comics, Graphic Details (McFarland 2014), that was awarded The Koppelman Prize (2015) and The Will Eisner Award (2015), and a Schnitzer Award nomination (2016).  Her graphic novel, The Book of Sarah (Myriad and PSUP 2019), was shortlisted for a British Book Design & Production Award (2019) and The Communication Arts Award (2020).  Her most recent book, the co-edited collection Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders (SUP 2023) was nominated for Broken Frontier Best Book on Comics (2023). Solo shows include The Knapp Gallery (2020), Koppel Soho (2019), Occupy My Time Gallery (2013), and The New Hall Art Collection (2010) and her numerous group shows include The House of Illustration, Jewish Museum, London and The Cartoon Museum London. In 2009 she co-founded LDComics (formerly Laydeez do Comics), the largest women-led comics forum in the UK. It is our pleasure to welcome Sarah to the virtual Miles Nadal JCC this March!