When Jewdar heard that superhero Atom Smasher, aka, Albert Rothstein, was going to be appearing on season premier of The Flash, we were pretty jazzed. Until...
Conan writer Rob Kutner explains his sci-fi comedy excursion into comic books, muses about Jewish brains, and divulges what he really learned in Hebrew school.
We stop by Art Spiegelman's studio to chat with the legendary comic creator about some of his favorite artists, and his "intellectual Vaudeville show," WORDLESS!
For those not in the know, Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg) was one of the true giants of the comic book industry. So let's give the guy a museum, huh?
Although there are those who babble on about how Jewish' this or that comic book character is a Member of the Tribe ('Superman believes in justice, that's a Jewish value!'), Jewdar likes his Jewish characters to be a little more explicit.
He's a Kryptonian who crashed on Earth, and was raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent--good people, salt of the Earth, and normally, good Americans, but there does seem to be one violation of American law they helped facilitate.