comics research bibliography: Comics and Religion

Based on the comics research bibliography, copyright 2002 by John Bullough and Michael Rhode.


[Unknown.] 1990.
Islam's Satanic comics.
Newsweek 115(Feb 5):36.

[Unknown.] 1993.
Christian Comic Books Hope to Soar.
Christianity Today 37(8; Jul 19):48.

[Unknown.] 1997.
New in paperback: A Jew in Communist Prague, 1. Loss of Innocence, by Giardino [review].
Washington Post (Apr 13).

[Unknown] 1990
"Islam's Satanic Comics"
Newsweek Feb. 5, pp.36

Abella, Olga. 1992.
Comics: Religion, myth and fable (panel).
Popular Culture Conference.

Aleiss, Angela. 1998.
An epic of inclusion: In making animated film on Moses, DreamWorks listened to Christians, Jews and Muslims [The Prince of Egypt].
Washington Post (April 25): B8.

Alston, Jon P. & Larry A.Platt. 1969
"Religious Humour: A Longitudinal Content Analysis of Cartoons"
Sociological Analysis: A Journal in the Sociology of Religion. vol.30 no.1 Spring pp.217-222

Alterman, Eric. 1998.
Why do Jewish cartoonists get away with it? When Woody Allen exposes his neuroses, he's a self-hating Jew; When Art Spiegelman does it, he's a genius.
Salon (June 1): http://www.salonmagazine.com/media/1998/06/01media.html.

Alterman, Eric. 1998.
Why Do Jewish Cartoonists Get Away with It? (Stan Mack, Art Spiegelman)
Salon Magazine (June 1)
http://www.salonmagazine.com/media/1998/06/01media.html

Ament, Albert. 1998.
The Christian response [letter regarding Cho artwork in Tapper article on comic strips].
Washington City Paper (July 24): 4.

Anthony, Ted. 1998.
Where comics and Christianity meet: Using pop culture to save souls, California man sends evangelical Christian message by way of cartoon tracts [Jack Chick].
Associated Press (July 18)

Aragones, Sergio. 1965.
Fanny Hillman: Memoirs of a Jewish Madam [gag cartoons about Jews and prostitution].
New York: Kanrom

Associated Press. 1979.
Clergymen find some links between Jesus, Superman [religion].
Baltimore Sun (February 24)

Astor, David. 1996.
Controversy over a pulled 'B.C.' comic [religion].
Editor & Publisher (April 13): 50-51

Banks, Adelle M. 1995.
Black religion titles find growing market [including comic books].
Albany Times Union (Aug 3):B11.

Belk, Russell. 1987.
A child's Christmas in America: Santa Claus as deity, consumption as religion [Santa Claus in comics].
Journal of American Culture 10(1; Spring):87-100.

Bergson, Steven M. 1998.
Warten auf, SuperJew [Jewish superheroes, in German].
Allegemeine J=FCdische Wochenzeitung (August 7)

Berry, Colin. 1997.
The mystery of Chick Comics [religion].
Wired 5(2; Feb):76.

Bleton, Paul & Christian-Marie Pons.
" Ça n'a rien à voir. BD, signe, regard & folie ",
Arachne, vol. 2, n° 2, 1995 - p. 237-266.

Bleton, Paul & Christian-Marie Pons.
" L'image dans le livre et le livre dans l'image (bande dessinée et culture du livre) ",
in Édition et pouvoirs, (Jacques Michon ed.),
Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 1995 - pp. 233-246.

Bleton, Paul & Christian-Marie Pons.
" Mégots et journaux : signes interprétables et obtus ",
in Mieux vaut Tardi, (Jacques Samson ed.), 1989,
Analogon, Montréal - pp. 95-106.

Briggs, David. 1996.
Churchgoers find joy through humor [religious comics].
Albany Times Union (Feb 17):C8.

Briseno, J., L. Toohey and E. Jew. 1994.
Hero worship [favorite superheroes].
Entertainment Weekly (217; Apr 8):68.

Brod, Harry. 1999.
Did you know Superman is Jewish?
Tattoo Jew (3): http://www.tattoojew.com/supermensch.html

Buhle, Paul. 1992.
Of Mice and Menschen: Jewish Comics Come of Age.
Tikkun 7(2; Mar):9-16.

Chambers, Mary. 1990.
Church Is Stranger Than Fiction [religious gag cartoons].
Intervarsity Press

Colton, Michael. 1999.
Cartooning for Christ [Jack Chick's religious comics].
Brill's Content 2 (9; November)

Davenport, Christian. 1998.
The Brother Might be Made of Steel, But He Sure Ain't Super...Man [Superman; African-American issues].
Other Voices 1(2; September):
http://dept.english.upenn.edu/ov/1.2/cdavenport/steel.html

de Moraes, Lisa. 1999.
Network's Holy Trinity, 3 networks, 3 movies about Jesus [including a claymation animated one].
Washington Post (September 3): C7

Dery, Mark. 1999.
Fear and Loathing: The Gospel According to Jack [Chick religious comics].
Village Voice Literary Supplement (April-May)

Douglas, Allen and Fedwa Malti-Douglas. 1999.
Islamic "Classics Illustrated": Regendering medieval philosophy in a modern Tunisian strip.
International Journal of Comic Art 1 (2; Fall): 98-106

Editors of Leadership Journal. 1999.
The Best Cartoons from Leadership Journal, Vol. 1 [religious gag cartoons].
Broadman & Holman Publishers

Editors of Leadership Journal. 1999.
The Best Cartoons from Leadership Journal, Vol. 2 [religious gag cartoons].
Broadman & Holman Publishers

Editors of Leadership Journal. 2000.
Best Cartoons from Leadership Journal, Vol. 6: "Quick, Jenkins! They're dividing again!" [religious gag cartoons].
Broadman & Holman Publishers

Elkins, Robert J. and Christian Bruggemann. 1971.
Comic strips in the teaching of English as a foreign language.
Conference on the Teaching of English (Feb), Kassel, West Germany.

Fisher, Marc. 1997.
Religious Right baits a mousetrap: James Dobson's Focus on the Family joins list of Disney boycotters.
Washington Post (Aug 28).

Fitzgerald, Mark. 1994.
Wilkinson's sex-abuse cartoon causes flap for Catholic papers [editorial cartoon; religion].
Editor and Publisher (January 8): 32

Friedman, Jane. 2000.
A dash of trash: At the Smithsonian Craft Show, discarded objects get respect [jewelry made from comic strips].
Washington Post (April 22): C2

Frieman, Barry B. 2000.
Reading and wronging [letter on Hart's 'B.C.' and Jews].
Washington Post (July 29): A17

Fritz, John. 1999.
Navy Comic Book Hero Told To Stow His Cape [religious military comic].
Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville] (February 25)

Gelman-Waxner, Libby. 1999.
Mass exodus: A trip to see 'The Prince of Egypt' answers the prayers of a deeply spiritual [Jewish] critic.
Premiere (March): 48-9

Greiner, Robert P. 2000.
Divine comedy ["B.C." religion reference letter].
Washington Post (August 12): A19

Horn, John. 1999.
The last temptation: Fearing a religious backlash, Disney and Miramax juggle the latest hot property from director Kevin Smith.
Premiere (May): 45-6

Husler, Dean S. 1989.
Gotham great grows grim.
Christianity Today 33(May 12):65.

Judd, Roger. 1997.
Beyond Belief : Cartoon Confessions of Faith [religious gag cartoons].
Chicago: Cornerstone Press

Katchor, Ben. 1999.
The Jew of New York [graphic novel].
New York: Pantheon Books

Keane, Bil. 1995.
Count Your Blessings [religious cartoons].
Colorado Springs: Focus on the Family Publishing

Kirschen, Ya'akov. 1996.
What A Country [Dry Bones collection by Israeli cartoonist]!
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society

Kurtz, Howard. 1999.
Media notes: Unnecessary surgery [editorial cartoonist Sean Delonas perceived anti-Jewish cartoon].
Washington Post (March 29): C10

Ladika, Susan. 1994.
The Hitler comic book.
Christian Century 111(21; Jul 13):670.

Landers, John, Sandra Bryer, and Leonard G. Goss (Editors). 1999.
The Best Cartoons from Leadership Journal, Vol. 3 [religious gag cartoons].
Broadman & Holman Publishers

Landers, John, Sandra Bryer, and Leonard G. Goss (Editors). 1999.
The Best Cartoons from Leadership Journal, Vol. 4: "I Like a Pastor who Makes Things Happen" [religious gag cartoons].
Broadman & Holman Publishers

Lange, Alexandra. 1999.
New York, 1830 [Ben Katchor book The Jew of New York].
New York (January 11)

Long, Pamela H. 1997.
'Warrior Nun' comic raises some controversy [comics and religion].
Albany Times Union (Jun 2).

Lutes, Jason. 1999.
Book Review Revue: The Jew of New York by Ben Katchor.
The Stranger (February 11)

Mack, Stan. 1998.
The Story of the Jews: A 4,000-Year Adventure
New York: Villard.

MacWilliams, Mark. 1995.
Buddhist pilgrim/Buddhist exile: old and new images of retired emperor Kazan in the Saigoku Kannon temple guidebooks [Comics Histories].
History of Religions 34(May):303-28.

Maxwell, Joe. 1995.
The gospel according to B.C.
Charisma and Christian Life 20(8; Mar):20.

McCormick, Cynthia & Rebecca Mazur. 1998.
Christian tracts lead Barnstable to set guidelines: The school system is trying to govern outside materials handed out by students [religious comic books].
Cape Cod Times (August 5).

McCormick, Patrick. 1996.
See you in the funny papers [morality and religion in comics].
U.S. Catholic 61(2; Feb):45.

Moerk, Christian. 2000.
WB Tooning 'Cats And Dogs' [animated movie].
Reuters / Variety (January 12)

Mullen, Peter and Martin Pitts. 1981.
The parables of Jesus in pictures [British; religion].
London: Edward Arnold

Nichols, Peter. 2000.
Home video: Bibleman, in God's armor [religious superhero, not comic book-based].
New York Times (August 11): B29

Paris, Howard. 1977.
Tuesday morning will be OK, and other cartoons [religion].
Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House

Pekar, Harvey. 1998.
[review of Stan Mack's The Story of the Jews].
Austin Chronicle 18 (3; September 18)
http://www.auschron.com/issues/vol18/issue03/books.graphics.jews.html
Peltonen, Anita. 1998.
Bonk if you love oddities [Finnish cartoonist Alvar Gullichsen exhibit].
Washington Post (May 24): G1, G8-9.

Pinsky, Mark I. 2000.
Faith in funnies: More than Peanuts [religion in comic strips; Hart].
Orlando Sentinel (February 6)

Portlock, Rob. 1991.
Climbing the Church Walls [religious gag cartoons].
Intervarsity Press

Powell, Kirsten & Elizebeth C. Childs. 1990
Femmes d'esprit: Women in Daumier's Caricature [exhibition catalogue]
Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery, Vermont

Rothberg, Michael. 1994.
"We were talking Jewish:" Art Spiegelman's Maus as "Holocaust" production.
Contemporary Literature 35(Winter):661-687.

Rubin, Mike. 1999.
The Art of the Schlemiel [The Jew of New York by Ben Katchor].
Village Voice (January 27).
online at http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/9904/rubin.shtml

Sawyer, Joel C. 2000.
A slur to Christians ["Boondocks" religion reference letter].
Washington Post (August 12): A19

Schaefer, Tom. 1997.
Comic strips hold treasures of faith, if we look for them [religion].
Lexington Herald-Leader (Jun 28).

Shales, Tom. 2000.
ABC's Easter: Claymation on Golgotha ["The Miracle Maker", religious animation tv special].
Washington Post (April 23): G1, 5

Simon, Scott. 1996.
Bible Cartoonist [Mike Taylor's religious cartoons].
National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday (December 14)

Small, Rodney. 2000.
Spirituality lite ["Herblock" religion reference letter].
Washington Post (August 12): A19

Spiegelman, Art. 1993.
Valentine's Day [Orthodox Jew kissing black woman].
New Yorker (February 15): cover

Spiegelman, Art. 1992.
A Jew in Rostok [strip on visiting site of Maus].
New Yorker (Dec 7).

Taylor, Ella. 1998.
Colonial Life: The brave bugs of Antz and the rabid racists of The Life of Jesus [Dreamworks animated movie].
LA Weekly (October 2).
online at http://www.laweekly.com/ink/98/45/film-taylor.shtml

Taylor, Mike. 1996.
Soul Improvement [religious cartoons].
Macon Hill, GA: Peake Road Publisher

Tweed, James. 1991.
True faith [comic on Christianity]?
New Statesman and Society 4(Feb 15):19.

Ungar, Irvin. 1998.
Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk.
Chicago: Spertus Museum, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Unknown. 1993.
Jailed due to 'B.C.' [in Saudi Arabia; religious censorship].
Editor and Publisher (August 7): 38

Unknown. 1993.
'Les Moore' cartoon [syndicated by Phillip Jewell].
Editor and Publisher (February 13): 36

Unknown. 1994.
Comic adds bishop ['For Heaven's Sake' religious strip by Rev. Mike Morgan].
Editor and Publisher (January 22): 32

Unknown. 1994.
'Doonesbury' series [about gays in the Catholic Church and thus religion] gets editor reaction.
Editor and Publisher (June 11): 32

Unknown. 1995.
Columns and comic offered by Little [Mark Tatulli's 'Bent Halos' religious strip].
Editor and Publisher (October 14): 33-4

Unknown. 1995.
Religion is part of a new book by Keane.
Editor and Publisher (September 9): 35

Unknown. 1996.
An award for Hart [religious].
Editor & Publisher (March 16): 40

Unknown. 1996.
'Anthony' cartoon [Catholic religious strip "Saintly Anthony" by Mark Armstrong].
Editor & Publisher (June 29): 42

Unknown. 1996.
'Hagar' causes [religious] stir at paper in Kuwait.
Editor & Publisher (April 27): 92

Unknown. 1996.
Religious [B.C.] strip is printed by Times.
Editor & Publisher (May 4): 42

Unknown. 1999.
Briefly noted [review of Katchor's The Jew of New York].
New Yorker (January 11): 89

Vallance, Karla. 1981.
2 U.S. comic books banned in Canada as antireligious.
Christian Science Monitor (Oct 27).

Various. 1995.
LuluPalooza hits Berkeley in April [Friends of Lulu]; Kitchen Sink names directors; 500 Walden stores to feature DC Comics; Classic comic art set for auction; The Jewish Museum celebrates comics medium.
Comics Journal (175; March): 31

Weingarten, Gene. 1999.
God, that's funny or is it? Everyone loved Johnny Hart, creator of 'B.C.' - until he started drawing cartoons about Jesus [religion in comic strips].
Washington Post (April 4): F1, 4-5

White, Joseph. 1997.
Theologian finds new sermons in comics [comics and religion].
Albany Times Union (May 31).

Wolfe, Kathi / Religion News Service. 2000.
A strip for the soul: 'Peanuts' gang has reflected the nation's humanity, morality.
Washington Post (January 22): B9

Woodhead, Michael. 1999.
Nazis stole Disney tricks for anti-Jewish cartoons [World War II animation].
The Sunday Times (May 2): 21

Yu, Winifred. 1994.
Packaging religion to attract young minds [Christian comic books].
Albany Times Union (Aug 20):C13.

Zahed, Ramin. 2000.
Jesus comes to life on ABC [The Miracle Maker review; clay animation].
Reuters / Variety (April 19)

Zoba, Wendy Murray. 1995.
Trivializing the cross: Golgotha is no place for a bunny [New Yorker Spiegelman cover].
Christianity Today 39(7; Jun 19):17.