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The panel from the launch party for my book, Masters
of the Comic Book Universe Revealed! (from left to right)
R. Sikoryak, Danny Fingeroth, me, Jerry Robinson and moderator
Eddy Friedfeld.
I'm available to do lectures, teach classes
and moderate panel discussions on pop culture history.
Due to my "Wizards of Wit" series
in Reform Judaism magazine, I have been specializing in the History
of Jews in Comedy. However, my range extends beyond subjects
dealing with Judaica. Please contact me at 
with any questions.
Recent Panels and Lectures
"ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero:
1938-1950 - The Golden Age of
Comic Books"
Janice Charach Epstein Gallery at the Jewish Community Center
West Bloomfield, Michigan
November 4-8 2006
I'll be doing a series of lectures and classes in
the Detroit Area from November 4-8, 2006.
* Saturday November 4th 2006, 8:00 PM - History
of Jews in Comedy Lecture and discussion with Temple Israel Emagine
Group.
* Sunday November 5th, 2006, 5:00PM – Book Fair Lecture
and Book Signing
* Monday November 6th, 2006, 5:00PM – History of Jews in
Comedy High School Night
* Tuesday November 7th, 2006, 1:00PM – History of Jews in
Comic Books Middle School Event with Hillel and Akiva Day School
* Tuesday November 7th, 2006, 4:00 PM – Cartoon Workshop
for kids and teens - How I create magazine gag cartoons for Nickelodeon
Magazine and how I come up with ideas for MAD Magazine
* Wednesday November 8th, 2006: Jews in comic books Oak Park Michigan
JCC Speaking Engagement
The Jewish Graphic Novel: Artist's Panel
Wed. April 26, 2006 at 7PM
Moderated Symposium by Arie Kaplan, Mad Magazine writer and screenwriter
With artists Joe Kubert, Peter Kuper Miriam Katin, and James Sturm.
Free.
One West 4th Street (bet. Broadway and Mercer)
New York, NY 10012
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
WHAZZAT? Comics and American Visual Culture Panel
Discussion
Comics and American Visual Culture
Mizel Center for Arts and Culture at the JCC
350 South Dahlia Street
Denver, CO 80246
Moderated by Arie Kaplan, comic book historian and writer for
MAD Magazine.
- Erika Doss: Director of American Studies and Professor of Fine
Art, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Phil Normand: Artist, designer, and comic book aficionado
- John Severin: Pioneering Marvel Comics artist
- Ed Stein: Editorial cartoonist, Rocky Mountain News
Who Knew? How Jews Created the Comic Book!
Connecticut Historial Society
in conjunction with the exhibit "Heroes, Heartthrobs and Horrors:
Celebrating Connecticut's Invention of the American Comic Book"
Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m.
"Wizards of Wit" Jews in comedy Panel on May
4th, 2003
Sunday May 4, 7-9 pm
Featuring:
- Todd Barry, Stand-up comedian, The Late Show with David Letterman,
Comic Remix, Late Night with Conan O’ Brien; actor, Spin
City, Road Trip, Sex and the City.
- David Javerbaum, Emmy award-winner and head writer for The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart; writer, The Late Show with
David Letterman; co-author, The Onion books Our Dumb Century
and Dispatches from the Tenth Circle.
- Tammy Faye Starlite, “country gospel” singer, the landmark “filthy
gospel country” album On My Knees; actress, Pootie Tang,
The Howard Stern Show, and Guiding Light.
- David Steven Cohen, writer/producer, Living Single, Alf,
Strangers With Candy, and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.
- Eric Drysdale, Stand-up comedian, NBC’s Late Friday, Comedy
Central’s Premium Blend; writer, The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart.
Laughing at Ourselves: The Changing Face of Satire
in America
Skirball Cultural Center
Friday, March 28, 2003
Moderator: Arie Kaplan
Panelists (all members of MAD’s “Usual Gang of Idiots”) included:
- “Spy Vs. Spy” artist Peter Kuper
- movie and TV satirist Arnie Kogen
- MAD's poet laureate" Frank Jacobs
- writer/cartoonist Paul Peter Porges
- writer David Shayne
- and co-editor Nick Meglin
How Jews Have Revolutionized Comedy in America
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 North Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles CA
August 22, 2002
Wizards of Wit: How Jews Have Revolutionized Comedy
in America
A discussion of the position of Jews in American Comedy today.
May 7th, 2002 at Hebrew Union College, New York City
Hosted by Reform Judaism Magazine and Hebrew Union College
I moderated a panel of guests including:
- Paul Peter Porges (Cartoonist for MAD magazine and
The New Yorker)
- Sam Gross (Cartoonist for National Lampoon, The New Yorker,
The Realist)
- Susie Essman (standup comedian, Curb Your Enthusiasm,
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist))
- Hugh Fink (writer for Saturday Night Live, Comedy
Central Presents )
- Judy Gold (standup, The Drew Carey Show, The Rosie O'Donnell
Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)
Other Lectures include:
Flickering Shadows: A History of Jews in Film from the Marx
Brothers to the Coen Brothers (and all brothers in between),
a three part lecture series
Wizards of Wit, a History of Jews in Comedy
From Sarnoff to Seinfield, a 5 part lecture series on Jews
in Television
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