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Henry Bernstein, Brandon Bernstein
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Episode 14 - Colossal Boy - Live at the AJL Digital Conference!
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08/20/20 • 50 min
Back in July 2020, Brandon and Henry were welcomed by the Association of Jewish Libraries to present at their Digital conference. Originally the conference was supposed to take place in person, in Evanston, IL. Obviously, because of the pandemic it was moved to Zoom. This was a unique opportunity to share the world of Judaism and Comic books with people who deal with books on a daily basis. Brandon and Henry first shared highlights of the podcast, spotlighting The Thing, Batwoman and Kitty Pryde, followed by all of the Jewish references to Colossal Boy including a live reading of TEEN TITANS GO! #49.
Rundown of the episode below:
- The Thing vol 2 #8 (2006) - The Thing's Bar-Mitzvah
- Detective Comics #860 (2009) - Batwoman and her Jewish table
- X-Men Unlimited #38 (2002) Kitty Pryde Lighting a Yahrtzeit candle
- Legion of Super-Heroes and Paul Levitz bio
- Colossal Boy - DC Special Series #21 (1979), Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Vol. 1) #1 (1980), Legion of Super-Heroes (Vol. 2) #308 (1984), Legion of Super-Heroes (Vol. 6) #6 (2010)
- Live reading of Teen Titans Go! #49, November 2017
“Oil’s Well”
Written by Sholly Fisch
Penciled and Inked by Lea Hernandez
Colored by Bob Sharen
Lettered by Wes Abbott
Edited by Kristy Quinn
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Episode 25 - Seraph - Part 2
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07/25/23 • 57 min
Welcome to Funny; They Don’t Look Jewish, “Where Judaism appears in the panels.”
Our purpose is to find characters, stories and issues of comics that explore explicitly Jewish content.
Brandon and Henry are back to finish the deep dive in our newest favorite Jewish super-hero, SERAPH!
Comics covered:
Super Friends #41, December 1980
- "Dry Earth... Stolen Waters”
- Written and Penciled by Bob Oksner
- Colored by Jerry Serpe
- Lettered by John Costanza
- Edited by Julius Schwartz
Super Friends #46, April 1981
- "Echo of Evil!”
- Written and Penciled by Bob Oksner
- Colored by Jerry Serpe
- Lettered by John Costanza
- Edited by Julius Schwartz
DC Comics Presents #46, June 1982
- "The Wizard Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead”
- Written by E. Nelson Bridwell
- Penciled by Alex Saviuk
- Inked by Pablo Marcos
- Colored by Gene D’Angelo
- Lettered by John Costanza
- Edited by Julius Schwartz
Justice League Quarterly #8 (1992)
Written by Kevin Dudley
“The Real Return of the Global Guardians”
Doomsday Clock #5 (May 2018)
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Episode 7 - Ragman - Part 1
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08/30/19 • 51 min
Episode 7: 1991 mini and Arrow episodes (maybe Suit of Souls)
Episode 8: Batman two-parter, Shadowpact #8
Henry - Excerpted from p. 124, From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books by Arie Kaplan
“Rory Regan, a character [Robert] Kanigher and [Joe] Kubert created in 1976. A Batman-style vigilante who operated out of Gotham City and wore a dilapidated costume made of the rags from the junk shop he shared with his dad, Ragman first appeared in five issues of his own short-lived series in 1976-1977. Appropriately enough for a character dressed in rags, Ragman fought crime in the ghetto, and his targets were often average gangsters and hoods rather than supervillains. This gave Ragman the air of a social crusader, not unlike Siegel’s and Shuster’s early Superman stories.”
Originally Irish - Rory Regan
1991 series, he was reimagined as a Jewish character
Brandon
16th Century Edict limiting Jews to work ragpicking
That same section in From Krakow to Krypton weirdly claims
The decision to make the character Jewish was a mutual one. “We created him with a Jewish heritage, although we didn’t make a big to-do about it,” said Kubert.
Interview with Pat Broderick
Joe Kubert discusses Ragman as Jewish from the start (not Irish) in From Krakow to Krypton
Ragman 1991 mini series
three or four panels from issue 1
two things from issue 2
a lot in issue 3
one Jewish thing from issue 8
issue 1, page 11 starts the word Emet, pages 12-13 show the Golem and Emet in Warsaw
and page 15 has him placing a stone on his father's grave
issue 2, page 16 has a sentence "true repentance requires acknowledgment of the sin," pages 23-24 have golem and the rabbi showing up
Issue 3 - whole issue
issue 6 has the Golem fight page 1. the 42 thing
issue 7, page 3 has the lady offering to cook spam for the rabbi - spam ain't kosher
and in issue 8, page 4, we have the rabbi heading to Tel Aviv
Ragman #3, Dec 1991
“The Folktale”
Plot and Breakdowns by Keith Giffen
Scripted by Robert Loren Fleming
Art by Pat Broderick
Colored by Anthony Tollin
Lettered by Albert Deguzman
Edited by Kevin Dooley and Andrew Helfer
Ragman #6, March 1992
“Shreds”
Plot and Breakdowns by Keith Giffen
Scripted by Robert Loren Fleming
Art by Pat Broderick
Colored by Anthony Tollin
Lettered by Albert Deguzman
Edited by Kevin Dooley and Andrew Helfer
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How many episodes does Funny, They Don't Look Jewish! have?
Funny, They Don't Look Jewish! currently has 42 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Super, Hero, Visual Arts, Comics, Comic Books, Religion & Spirituality, Jewish, Podcasts, Superhero, Judaism and Arts.
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The episode title 'Episode 8 - Ragman - Part 2 (with TRIGGER WARNING)' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Funny, They Don't Look Jewish! is 61 minutes.
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The first episode of Funny, They Don't Look Jewish! was released on Feb 27, 2019.
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