I would also like to know more about Rovi books, as I've never heard about that company before and can't find anything on them via Google.
As for publishers of Jewish religious comics / graphic novels ... There was a series titled "Mendy and the Golem". 2 series, actually ; one in the 1980's and one in the 2000's. Both have been discontinued. The largest publisher of Judaica graphic novels was Mahrwood Press, headed by Eric Mahr in Israel. Eric passed away back in February and it is unlikely new titles will come from the company. An online catalogue of what was published already may be found by going to http://www.mahrwoodpress.com/catalog.htm Other Judaica publishers that have published graphic works include : * Jewish Lights (3 "Rabbi Harvey" books by Steve Sheinkin, who has been a speaker at AJL conventions) * Shazak (Queen of Persia, Out of Egypt, Miracle Lights ; one of these books was a Sydney Taylor honor book) * JPS (Megillat Esther by JT Waldman) * Ben Yehuda Press (The Comic Torah by Aaron Freeman & Sharon Rosenzweig) Back in 2005, Seraphic Press announced their intention to publish a graphic biography by Neil Kleid about himself & his broother titled "Migdal David". You may read the 13-page preview at http://www.seraphicpress.com/archives/2005/09/migdal_david_1.php but I don't know when (if) it will ever be finished. Most Judaica graphic books are published by non-Judaica presses. There are reasons for this, but I hope someday we will see another Mahrwood-like publisher attempting to do something innovative and worthwhile. Barry Deutsch's "Hereville" just won the Sydney Taylor award in the Older Readers category. It is published by Amulet, which is an imprint of Harry Abrams. Although Abrams sounds like a Judaica publisher, it is not (although there are quite a number of Judaica books - graphic & non-graphic - in its catalogue). B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson Jewish comics blog http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
