Megillat Esther: The Graphic Tale (New Edition) - Jt Waldman

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Waldman, Jt: - JT Waldman is a comic book creator and educator. In addition to Megillat Esther, he is best known for his collaboration with Harvey Pekar, Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me (Hill + Wang, 2012). He has contributed to several edited volumes that detail the intersection of comic books and Judaism, including From Krakow to Krypton (JPS, 2008), The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches (Rutgers, 2010), and Colonial Comics (Fulcrum, 2014). In 2015, Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park, PA commissioned Waldman to create a site-specific comic book that decoded the monumental stained-glass windows in their synagogue. JT conducts lectures and workshops around the country on topics ranging from comic books and religion to visual narratives and midrash. His current project, America's Chosen Spirit, is an alternative history webcomic and transmedia project about untold bourbon backstories. He lives in Philadelphia.