The Rabbi's Cat (comics)

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The Rabbi's Cat
(Le Chat du Rabbin)
The Rabbi's Cat cover.jpg
French cover of the first volume
Created by Joann Sfar
Publication information
Publisher Dargaud
FormatsOriginal material for the series has been published as a set of graphic novels.
Original language French
Genre
Publication date 20022021
Creative team
Writer(s) Joann Sfar
Artist(s)Brigitte Findakly (colors)
Reprints
The series has been reprinted, at least in part, in English.

The Rabbi's Cat (French title: Le Chat du Rabbin) is a series of comic fantasy comic books created by Joann Sfar. It was originally published in France by Dargaud as a series of graphic albums. English translations of the first five stories have been released by Pantheon Books. Some volumes were also translated into Spanish, Croatian, Russian, Polish, Dutch, and German.

Contents

Albums

Original publications

  1. La Bar-Mitsva (2002) ISBN   2-205-05207-1, prefaced by Éliette Abécassis. Translated into English, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
  2. Le Malka des lions (2002) ISBN   2-205-05369-8, prefaced by Fellag. Translated into English, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
  3. L'Exode (2003) ISBN   2-205-05497-X, with a preface by Georges Moustaki. Translated into English, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
  4. Le Paradis terrestre (2005) ISBN   2-205-05725-1, with a preface by Jean Giraud. Translated into English, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
  5. Jérusalem d'Afrique (2006) ISBN   2-205-05868-1, prefaced by Philippe Val. Joann Sfar describes this album in a preface as a story against racism. Translated into English, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
  6. Tu n'auras pas d'autre Dieu que moi (2015) ISBN   2-205-07353-2. Translated into Dutch, German, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish.
  7. La tour de Bab-El-Oued (2017) ISBN   2-205-07588-8. Translated into Dutch, German, Polish and Spanish.
  8. Petit panier aux amandes (2018) ISBN   978-2205-07835-0. Translated into Dutch, German, Polish and Spanish.
  9. La Reine de Shabbat (2019) ISBN   978-2-205-07950-0. Translated into Polish and German.
  10. Rentrez chez vous ! (2020) ISBN   978-2-205-08003-2. Translated into Polish and German.
  11. La Bible pour les chats, (2021) ISBN   978-2-205-08911-0.

Translations

English

Croatian

Russian

German

Reception

The comic books received positive reviews. The Kirkus reviews called the first English album "An unexpectedly haunting work from a major talent", and described it as follows:

Although dusted with fantasy, the book is powerfully real, etched with the dark shadows of an ancient society where Jews, French and Arabs mixed, a world soon to be swept away by the winds of war and modernity. Sfar’s artwork is playfully exaggerated, adding to the otherworldly feel here, while his writing is smart and sharp, perfectly counteracting any burgeoning colonial-era nostalgia the pages might evoke. [1]

Diane Snyder in a review of second English album for the Armchair Interviews said that it "remind you of Aesop’s Fables." [2] Review for the Jewish Book Council called the second album "A little darker than the first Rabbi's Cat, but equally as enthralling, this second showing will leave readers hoping for an encore." [3]

Adaptations

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References

  1. "THE RABBI'S CAT". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. "Non-Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels Book Review: The Rabbi's Cat 2 by - Joann Sfar". armchairinterviews.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. "The Rabbi's Cat 2". Jewish Book Council. 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2021.