Jewcy's Greatest Hits

Lead artwork for Eli Valley's "Israel Man and Diaspora Boy" comic. Ran May 13, 2008. Taken from the center tile of the comic strip, Eli felt this best exemplified the overarching theme of the artwork. Colored by Craig because art director Tara Rice was on vacation in Italy, getting her sister sick.

Lead image from "The Morning After", where Jewcy's own Izzy Grinspan tells the story of her transition from "watching Aqua Teen Hunger Force in a crappy Brooklyn apartment with her boyfriend" to "watching Aqua Teen Hunger Force in a crappy Brooklyn apartment with her husband-to-be."

The story ran on March 15, 2007. The artwork was done by Art Director Michael Morlitz using photographs from things lying around the office. Except the ring, of course, which was Photoshopped in. Izzy's ring looks a little different.

This image was created to accompany Tomas C. Laird's article on Communist party propaganda and the protests surrounding the Olympic torch relay that took place earlier this year. I chose this image as one of my favorites for its clean, simple graphics and strong color. The juxtaposition of the Tibetan flag backdrop and the Olympic torch graphic in the foreground makes the tension inherent in the article immediately palpable.

We all remember the Michael Vick scandal. We also remember the droopy, saddened eyes of Michael Weiss's dog, Kingsley, begging the Jewcy readership to stand up for canine justice. This was one of the earliest pieces I did here at Jewcy. I think the art does a great job reflecting the scandal, not only with the rather literal dog-man fight, but also the underlying racial tensions the story was bringing up in the US at the time.

Who doesn't love Madonna? Especially for Rosh Hashanah!  (Get it?  Because it rhymes??)  Anyway, since Madge is the master of rebirth, renewal, and re-invention, and since she also has a reputation for throwing her sexuality in our faces, we found her to be the perfect icon to mascot the holiest of holidays in an article about sexual makeovers for the new Jewish year by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Paired with a backdrop of layered butterfly wings, she is perpetually springing from her cocoon, radiating her fierce attitude and energy.

This image got alot of response (I think I even heard the word "viral" muttered at some point) when it was posted in conjunction with John Derbyshire's kickoff article in a set of dialogs on immigration that we published last year. The image is a spin on a classic icon - Jewcy style.

This image was from a breaking story about Ron Paul accepting campaign funds from skinheads. Here he is: preaching to the public with a swastika on the wall behind him barely covered by the red, white, and blue.

This Daniel Koffler article talked about whether there is a connection between race and IQ (hint: probably not.) I love the same-same mirrored quality of this image and its illustrated feel. Whether white or black, up or down, the brains are exactly the same. It's the people measuring them and the measuring stick itself that changes.

This photo is mostly here because I love putting beards and turbans on pop culture icons. It's always a big hit. This photo accompanied a post in which Ali Eteraz enlightened us on the subject of how Muslims (much like Jews...and probably every other minority) look for their own religious connections in everyone famous. For example, some claim Michael Jackson is a Muslim, which is always a real thriller (sorry.)

In celebration of Godwin Day, and in the spirit of other Hitler cat websites...voila! The birth of the highly superior and cutest one of them all, Kitler. As adorable as he is frightening, he really made my day, and has since regularly got me thinking, "I can't believe I get paid for this shit." That being said, I must admit that Lolcats ain't got nothing on me!

This art was recently created in connection with Shmuel Rosner's article on the UN's ongoing complicity with genocide.  Whether it is in Darfur or Rwanda, the UN has a terrible history of standing on the sidelines while entire races are allowed to be wiped off the face of the earth. I created this image to enlighten the subject matter and to reflect the issue in a slightly cartoonish way.  I showed a person, long dead, sitting on the sidelines watching the UN proceedings. He is a witness to the General Assembly debate, but is removed and disconnected from the conference room activities going on below him. The only connection he has is with his audience, the viewer.

This image was published alongside Matthue Roth's look into the shomer negiah dating scene on New York's Upper West Side.  The image was a hit. I like its 1970s sleazy motel feel. It's the morning after one Jewish super-macho-man's wildest night of his life, guaranteed to make any male Jewcy reader jealous.

This image was based on a discussion of the afterlife between two hipster types.  I just like the hipster nature of the image: the cosmos revolving around one hipster skeleton while it lectures the other hipster skeleton on its ideas...even though they are already dead. The whole scene looks like a conflict of good versus evil, only one participant is aggressively arguing his point, while the other appears only to be making angelic "I" statements and politely waiting for his turn to speak.

This is a Michael Morlitz (our previous art director) image from an article about how trash talking Jewish people is akin to professional suicide. Michael built this very strong image from scratch in Photoshop. I find the way the "Don't F*ck with the Jews" tape is gagging the girl to be especially gripping. It's like the Jewish Mafia is going to come and get you while you sleep.