Featured Artist: Ben Baruch

This article was written by Ben Baruch. For more comics, animations, and his blog, visit his website.

ShaBot 6000 is the continuing cartoon saga of a pious Jew who purchases a robot to work as Shabbos Goy for his household. The inquisitive robot, ShaBot, decides that he is Jewish, and is therefore unable to fulfill his duties as servant. ShaBot spends his days asking questions about Judaism, trying to find logic in a religion that sometimes DOES NOT COMPUTE.

ShaBot 6000 is unlike any other Jewish comic strip. In fact, the only other Jewish cartoon worth mentioning is Dry Bones by Yaakov Kirschen, a venerable comic strip which has been in syndication since the 1970's! Whereas Dry Bones is mostly about Israel and Middle Eastern politics, ShaBot 6000 is more about Jewish faith. ShaBot 6000 looks at the lighter side of kashrut, parshat ha-shavuah, Talmud, interfaith and more, often challenging Jewish principles that most would never dare question. ShaBot 6000 is a comic strip for the 21st century modern Jew!