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November 29, 2002
The golem is alive
New comic book series features a Jewish family
CYNTHIA RAMSAY SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH BULLETIN
Mendy Klein, 12, and his sister, Rivkie, 11, must leave their home
in New Haven, Conn., and travel to Prague, Czech Republic, to save
their father. He has been kidnapped by the scar-faced Ludmila Novakova
and her partner, Pavel Novak. They want the rabbi to make them a
golem (a "Jewish zombie") to help execute their evil plots.
And so the story goes ... in the first issue of a new comic book
series, Mendy and the Golem.
The Klein family made their debut in Mendy's Fun Page, which
continues its weekly run in Jewish newspapers throughout North America
and Australia. There was an illustrated novel in 1999, and now the
Kleins' adventures come to life in comic book form. Published by
New York-based The Golem, their stories can also be found online
at www.thegolem.com.
Golem founder Tani Pinson first got into the comic book business
in 1997, with the goal of breathing new life into the golem legends
of Prague. He and Yankel Pinson have since teamed with artist Stan
Goldberg and colorist Barry Grossman, both of Archie Comics renown,
writer Matt Brandstein and Joe Rubinstein (inks) and the result
is the première "episode" of Mendy and the Golem,
called "The Key."
To order, six issues of the bimonthly comic book costs $30 US, 12
issues are $46 US and and 18 issues are $60 US. For more information,
write to The Golem, Fifth Floor, 13-42nd St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232-2617,
or visit www.thegolem.com.
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