About this project

Graphic Details:  Confessional Comics by Jewish Women is an acclaimed exhibit that puts women cartoonists in their place – on the walls of museums.

After successful runs in San Francisco, Toronto, and New York, we now have the chance to bring the work of these incredible artists to a wider audience. You can help us share this amazing part of comix history.  See below for our roster of 18 incredible artists.  The video you're watching is an excerpt from Miss Lasko-Gross' "The Turd", narrated by the artist!  Special thanks to Yeshiva University Museum for the animated Prezi presentation.

Museums across North America are asking to schedule the show.  To do that, we have to produce exhibit components that can travel -- think of the panels, wall text, and graphics you see at a museum show.

So we’re here on Kickstarter to raise funds that will enable us to transform Graphic Details into a bona fide traveling exhibit.  

Graphic Details is a not-for-profit venture.  We’ve been successful with the help of our sponsor, the Jewish Daily Forward, and some brilliant and generous curators. 

The show’s now at NYC's Yeshiva University Museum through April 15.  We’ve been thrilled at the incredible reviews, the unbelievable response from visitors, encouragement from comics luminaries, and – most importantly – the enthusiasm and support of our artists.

But we need your help to keep it going.  With enough support, we may soon bring Graphic Details to your city!

The 18 artists in Graphic Details span continents and generations:

·        Vanessa Davis - USA

·        Bernice Eisenstein - Canada

·        Sarah Glidden - USA

·        Miriam Katin - USA

·        Aline Kominsky-Crumb – USA/France

·        Miss Lasko-Gross - USA

·        Miriam Libicki - Canada

·        Corinne Pearlman - UK

·        Sarah Lightman - UK

·        Sarah Lazarovic - Canada

·        Diane Noomin - USA

·        Trina Robbins - USA

·        Racheli Rottner - Israel

·        Sharon Rudahl - USA

·        Laurie Sandell - USA

·        Ariel Schrag - USA

·        Lauren Weinstein - USA

·        Ilana Zeffren – Israel

Graphic Details has toured three sites to much acclaim, including coverage in USA Today, The New York Times, Huffington Post, Toronto Star, Jewish Week, Vogue, Naamat, National Post, Time Out New York, The New York Times, Huffington Post, Haaretz, The Jewish Chronicle, Artsync, and much, much more.  We’ve been name-checked by MoCCA, the Israeli Consulate, and tons of blogs.

What the critics say….

 

“Yeshiva University Museum has upped its cool — and its feminist — factor with a new exhibition showcasing comic art by Jewish women artists.”

The Jewish Week

 

“Must-see”

NOW Toronto

 

“Think of the twitchy, witty neurosis of Woody Allen, or the acid barbed intelligence of Lenny Bruce, but with XX chromosomes."

Bay Area Reporter

 

"Vanessa Davis went to Fat Camp. Lauren Weinstein played with Barbies in junior high.  Ariel Schrag lost her virginity in a hotel room in Capitola. For some people these would be secrets too shameful to admit in public. But for the Jewish Women [in Graphic Details] there’s no such thing."

JWeekly

 

 

“The underground comix scene of the 70s was more than just Rip Off Press and Zap Comix, however. There was a similar scene being fomented by young Jewish women that exists to this day. Wait, you've never heard of it? Thank goodness for museum exhibits.”

GeekChicDaily

 

“Papo de Mulher!”

Vogue Brasil

 

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