Funny, They Don't Look Jewish!

Episode 31 - Minyan Makers

Episode Summary

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. In this episode we cover some more minor character appearances! Harry The Fiddler, Emperor Norton (both from The Sandman), Louis "Shadow" Kravitz" (Heroes for Hire) and Ms Marvel's friend, Naftali!

Episode Notes

In this episode we cover some more minor character appearances! Harry The Fiddler, Emperor Norton (both from The Sandman), Louis "Shadow" Kravitz" (Heroes for Hire) and Ms Marvel's friend, Naftali!

Comics and Characters covered:

Harry the Fiddler

Sandman (Vol. 2) #8, August 1989

• “The Sound of Her Wings”
  • Written by Neil Gaiman
  • Penciled by Mike Dringenberg & Malcolm Jones III
  • Colored by Daniel Vozzo
  • Lettered by Todd Klein
  • Edited by Karen Berger

Emperor Norton 

Sandman (Vol. 2) #31, October 1991

• “Three Septembers and a January”
  • Written by Neil Gaiman
  • Penciled and Inked by Shawn McManus
  • Colored by Daniel Vozzo
  • Lettered by Todd Klein
  • Edited by Karen Berger

Louis “Shadow” Kravitz

Heroes for Hire (Vol. 2) #6, January 2007

• “Guns, Gems, Robots, and Terrorists!”
  • Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray
  • Penciled by Alvaro Rio
  • Inked by Scott Koblish and Tom Palmer
  • Colored by Brad Anderson
  • Lettered by Randy Gentile
  • Edited by Mark Pannicia

Naftali

Ms. Marvel (Vol. 4) #25, December 2017, Ms. Marvel (Vol. 4) #26, January 2018, Ms. Marvel (Vol. 4) #27, February 2018, Ms. Marvel (Vol. 4) #28, March 2018,  Ms. Marvel (Vol. 4) #37, January 2019 - “After the Flood”

• “Teenage Wasteland”
  • Written by G. Willow Wilson
  • Penciled by Nico Leon 
  • Colored by Ian Herring
  • Lettered by VC’s Joe Caramagna
  • Edited by Sana Amanat