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How do comics make old stories new?
How do they give expression to contemporary hopes and traumas?
What is entailed in making books for children about serious historical subjects?
Join us for a lively discussion of the new graphic novel Judessey, a groundbreaking Holocaust story told through dialogue with Homer's Odyssey, with the book's author-illustrator Shay Charka and its translator, Professor Michael Weingrad of Portland State University.
In the first segment, we will learn about Charka's acclaimed work, with spontaneous sketches from the artist as we go. In the second segment, meet graphic novelists Gilad Seliktar and Miriam Vilner, whose very different artistic styles and visions will expand our sense of life in Israel and human experience in our moment.
Galit Dahan Carlibach, novelist and children's author, joins us for both segments. Michael Weingrad serves as moderator.
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Schedule:
10-11:00AM
Judessey: A Story of the Holocaust and the Jewish Search for Home
With: Shay Charka, Michael Weingrad, and Galit Dahan Carlibach
11-11:10AM
Break
11:10AM - 12:10PM
Israel Stories: A Conversation With Graphic Novelists
With: Gilad Seliktar, Miriam Vilner, Shay Charka, Galit Dahan Carlibach, and Michael Weingrad
For more info about the panelists and the graphic novel, visit https://www.pdx.edu/judaic-studies/2024-levy-event.