ABSTRACT

For over 16 years I’ve been creating my own visual autobiography, The Book of Sarah, and I recently co-curated and exhibited my work in Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women—an internationally touring exhibition that traces Jewish women’s autobiographical comics from the 1970s until today. Doing so “was like finding my own creative family” (Lightman 2010: 1), though not all Jewish women artists are as enamoured. Corinne Pearlman, an artist in Graphic Details, wrote in her comic column “Playing the Jewish Card,” about her disappointment in discovering other autobiographical comics by Jewish women: “And I thought I was UNIQUE! Huh. I’m giving up CONFESSION for LENT” (2009: 2) (Figure 24.1). “Show and Tell” (detail) from Playing the Jewish Card. Courtesy of Corinne <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1320">Pearlman (2009</xref>). Pen and ink on paper https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203497470/24c1aebe-757f-4505-b693-395d656530a5/content/fig24_1_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>