#jewce

[jewsinfandoms]

Assemble, fans and creators, and get ready to dive into the exhilarating world of comics and Jewish culture! JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience convention and the JewCE Awards are returning for their second spellbinding year. The excitement unfolds with the Convention on Sunday, November 10, 9AM – 6PM, followed by the JewCE Awards from 6PM – 7PM. Brace yourselves for a weekend of epic proportions!

[eretzyisrael]

by Shiryn Ghermezian

A one-day pop culture convention set to take place in New York City in November will be the first of its kind to celebrate characters, narratives and creators of Jewish comic books and graphic novels.

“JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience” is being organized by the Center for Jewish History, which is the comprised of five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

The convention will highlight the Jewish history of the comic book industry and the tradition of Jewish storytelling as it applies to the creation of comic books, and well as Jewish comic book and graphic novel narratives, themes, characters and creators. The event will include a minimum of 10 panels and workshops, the opportunity to meet 24 comic book artists and writers and other programming. Guests are also invited to visit the new Jews in Comics exhibit at the Center for Jewish History in advance of the convention.

“JewCE is designed to be an inclusive convention, celebrating an industry largely created by Members of the Tribe, and promoting diverse Jewish narratives in comics and graphic novel,” the Center for Jewish History said in its description of the event.

Tickets are already on sale for the convention, which will take place on Nov. 12, in-person and on Zoom, with a preview night on Nov. 11 in-person only at the Center for Jewish History. There will also be a JewCE Awards ceremony, to be held on preview night, that will celebrate diverse Jewish comics and graphic novels. Nine awards will be presented by a panel of judges from the industry. The honors include a Combating Prejudice Award, a Book Award in Diverse Jewish Representation and the Macherke Award for Career Contributions to Jewish Comics.

“The Jewish Comics Experience has what it takes to make it to the major league of comic conventions and I could not be more proud to be a part of it,” Fabrice Sapolsky — a comic book creator, publisher and co-creator of JewCE — said in a released statement. “Comic books, graphic novels, and sequential arts are amazing mediums to convey stories. This industry was founded by a group of young — mostly Jewish — creators in the 1930/40s. JewCE will keep honoring the past while promoting present-day storytellers and inspiring creators of tomorrow. It will be an inclusive journey into Jewish diversity through art and creativity.”

JewCE Co-Creator Dr. Miriam Eve Mora, who is also director of academic and public programs at the Center for Jewish History, called JewCE “a love letter to the creators themselves, Jewish and non-Jewish, who have worked to include Jewish characters in their stories, to demonstrate Jewish diversity across the pages, and to provide a visual and cultural home for Jewish readers of all ages to feel seen, included, and embraced.”

“At times only perceptible to those in the know, Jews have long had a home between the covers of comic books of all sorts,” she added. “JewCE brings that home to light, celebrating Jewish characters and creators of all ethnicities, nations of origin, religious observances, genders, sexual orientations, and political affiliations.”

[graphicpolicy]

JewCE! The Jewish Comics Experience Returns to the Center for Jewish History this November

JewCE! The Jewish Comics Experience Returns to the Center for Jewish History this November #jewce #comics

Head to JewCE! The Jewish Comics Experience for a full day of panels and interactive workshops with legendary comic creators. This unique event celebrates the profound impact of Jewish culture on comics and pop culture, offering engaging activities for fans of all ages. The convention takes place Sunday, November 10, 2024 at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY…

[juliakristeva]

seminarians: tfw you realize mysticism is not real professors: awww you can still study the history me taking a really big hit of meeting God juice: pussies

[uninformedartist]

Viv, where is the chicken?

WHERE IS THE CHICKEN Viv, vaguely even where is it?

Also she's uncomfortable again. Would you also be uncomfortable addressing your allegations of workplace abuse, missgendered employees/people, your transphobic discord messages, stealing the ideas of others, being ace-phobic, your Nazi ocs, your art trades with "i hate jewce", your speaking over & disregarding the voices of SA survivors, defending a employee with a r*pe kink & lying about said employee being a survivor when in his own words he states he isn't and so much more, you know just before we move on Vivienne.

[brazenautomaton]

inspired by that dogpost, thinking again about the idea of some kind of Interdimensional Council Of Reed Richardses (or whatever character that's equivalent) that had to establish a veil of ignorance rule that they NEVER intervene in anyone else's world for ideological good vs evil reasons and are EXCLUSIVELY about existential threats to the entire planet, galaxy, universe, etc -- because when you first discover alternate universes with alternate Reeds you don't know how many of them are going to be evil and if you make it a point to go intervene in another world to "set things right" and turns out the majority don't have the same definition of "right" you have invited Trouble into your universe. so you have to be nice to and cooperate with Nazi Reed and he has to be nice to and cooperate with you and with Israeli Reed and Mixed-Race Reed and whoever because if push comes to shove neither of you actually know who has the majority (and people are reluctant to reveal what kind of ideology dominates their world lest they make themselves a target, or maybe their ideology isn't dominant in the world, etc.)

like ideological Dark Forest Theory or whatever.

so then what happens when Nazi Reed reports that Galactus is coming to eat Earth-1488 and kill everyone, all of the pure white Aryan Nazis that dominate the world and all of the inferior mud people they're enslaving and genociding, and he needs your help to stop it?

apparently Nazi Reed has helped out in worlds where tolerant liberalism is the order of the day, and he was clearly disgusted by all of it and was a huge asshole to everyone about their racial inferiority but he got in there and was vital in fighting off Kang or who the fuck ever and didn't try to spread Nazism or undermine the majority ideology of tolerant liberalism. he just bitched about how long the shower he'd have to take to wash off all the Jew Juice (Jewce) would be.

Now he needs your help to save the entirety of his Philip K. Dick-ass planet from the Devourer of Worlds, to walk around in streets covered in Nazi propaganda extolling the volksreich or whatever, ignore the ghettos, ignore the ongoing genocide, don't publicly say anything negative about the regime, and work with the extremely unethical Nazi Scientists who have all of this world's data about what Galactus is doing and how to thwart it. The reciprocal agreement you signed with all of your counterparts says that you absolutely cannot do anything to undermine or supplant Nazism while you're there, and this guy has shown he obeyed that rule.

What is the right thing to do here? Do you refuse to help, do you refuse to help without having some demands met, do you help and then once Galactus is defeated go to war against Nazi Earth in the name of freedom, do you help but while you're there you try to covertly aid the resistance or do things to topple the regime that aren't obvious, or do you just bite your tongue, beat Galactus, and wish his planet a Reich-tastic day?

Does your decision change if you know something about the split of evil vs good universes? If you're 75% sure that the majority of universes are good and would support you? If you knew for a fact that the split was 50-50? If 75% of universes were evil, but also hated each other's evil ideologies a bunch? What if it was just recently proven that the vast and overwhelming number of universes are good-aligned, but only after everyone agreed to the Pact and Nazi Reed has been instrumental in saving like ten universes?

(Assume the number of universes is large but not infinite, infinity makes things break. New universes are periodically discovered but not consistently or predictably.)

[chaifootsteps]

Hello, sorry to bother you. I've been seeing things about vivzie drawing "nazi comics" and I was wondering if there was any validity to this claim? I know she's abusive, toxic, and transphobic, and I've seen the evidence to support those claims, but I've been out of the loop (for mental health reasons) and I'm not sure where the claim came from and if it was true or just people lying (not that they'd need to, but you know how the internet can be). Thank you for your time!

No bother at all! This is one of those bits of misinformation where the truth is arguably worse than the rumors, because no, Viv didn't actually draw Nazi comics. She was, however, really into Sausage Party when it first came out and had a secret blog for Sausage Party art, which is how we got this.

And truth be told? I don't actually think this is a big deal. It's pretty obvious what she was doing, which was taking the Hitler caricature that already exists in Sausage Party, the Hitler caricature from Producers, and mixing chocolate with peanut butter. Whether or not it's funny or appropriate is up for debate, but it's obvious what gag she was going for.

However, during this time, she also did things like follow "I-hate-jewce..."

And ship her OC (a cannibalistic candy cane and an Angel Dust prototype) with the Josef Mengele inspired OC of someone who proudly admitted to finding Mengele fascinating, even referring to him respectfully as "Dr. Mengele."

Vivzie referred to this character, happily based off a man who tortured and murdered Jewish children, as a "science bab."

And just to be clear, this wasn't some cringe thing Viv did as a young teenager. She would have been around 24.

[demiaroacejadeharley]

Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if Vivziepop WAS a Zionist considering her history of antisemitism + following a blog called “I-Hate-Jewce” (which is pronounced I hate Jews by the way)

(Also this was a side blog Viv had where it was dedicated to Sausage Party)

I remember seeing a drawing she made a long time ago where she drew Hitler as a hot dog if he was in Sausage Party. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't she get caught doing Nazi propaganda artwork in the past? I've heard she did that somewhere a long time ago, but I don't remember if it's true or not.

I've seen people on here talking about how Mimzy is portrayed as an antisemitic troupe. Is it because Mimzy is depicted with a beak-like nose? I'm not well aware of how she's portrayed as antisemitic and also, I'm not Jewish, and it's not my place to say if Mimzy is or isn't antisemitic.

Her being antisemitic/a Zionist wouldn't be surprising due to the fact that she's a fujoshi and a misogynist.

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

fascinated by vivziepop fans continually only defending a few points. its almost as if making an oc based off of a real life nazi, with practically negative addressing that he was an objectively horrible man, is indefensible!

i think being friends with I-hate-jewce is enough to condemn her in general. Imagine being 24 or older and seeing that url and thinking “wow I should do a crossover with this person and ship our OCs”

[xx-slug-xx]

Hello! It have been a while since i've heard about the controversies of Viv, especially about some of her views

If you want, can you explain about her transphobia, homophobia, racism and antisemitism, pls?

I’m not an expert by any means, but I can explain a little bit. There’s other sources that are more reliable than my word though, especially since I’m not going to go into huge detail lol. I encourage you to do your own research, my word is not law and there’s a good chance I’m misinformed.

I will give a disclaimer that, despite being proship, I do discuss some of the things she depicts in her fictional works on top of things she does irl. Some of which is just my opinions based on observation of the show. But most of this is in regard to stereotypes being portrayed, which is an area of fiction that actively perpetuates bigotry and I don’t really see it as “just fiction”. That’s just me though. There’s some screenshots of how she treats real people too.

Anyway, antisemitism:

The character Mimzy from HH is a blatant Jewish stereotype. Not only is she someone who’s extremely money hungry, small sharp teeth, short, fat, has a nasally voice, but she’s also got the classic hooked nose that’s seen in antisemitic propaganda, (none are bad things on their own. If it wasn’t for all of them combined, then I wouldn’t think twice about it tbh) On top of that, she’s not a well liked character in the show, being portrayed as annoying, selfish, greedy, and even sleazy to some extent. She’s not a character that has many positive aspects to her

But on top of that the character Rosie is based on the Jewish mother stereotype as well. It’s even in her audition notes.

But wait! There more! She was a fan of the I-hate-jewce blog here on tumblr, as she followed them and did an art trade with them that depicted Hitler as a Sausage Party character. The excuse she makes was that she didn’t believe in I-hate-jewce’s opinions, but admired their way they voiced their opinions. And that it was a different time when making jokes and stating harmful opinions like these were “more accepted”. Which, to me, is a piss poor excuse for being a bigot in the past and/or present.

Onto transphobia:

This screenshot may be faked, but it also lines up with her pfp at the time the screenshots were taken, as well as other viewpoints she’s lauded to. They are from discord, formatting is wierd bc they were taken in compact mode

However, she does misgender her trans associates. There’s been an ongoing (to my knowledge) situation and dispute between someone named Ken and Vivzie. Ken uses they/them pronouns. Vivzie has been seen many times referring to Ken using she/her, despite knowing Ken’s identity quite well. Here’s some screenshots from some times they’ve talked together, Vivzie talking about Ken to others, and Ken voicing their concern twards Vivsies views on their gender. (Sorry for bad quality btw)

In addition to this, Vivzie in the past (when zoophobia was being worked on), has created a character by the name of Jojo who was a direct caricature of a past friend that she clearly didn’t like.

Here’s the character

Plus, folks who have worked with Spindlehorse have discussed that transphobia is an issue in the work place. Not really Vivzie’s fault, she can’t control everything. But still, it’s odd and not cool that this continued to be an issue.

Millie’s trans brother in HB doesn’t have any speaking roles, or even a name. And there was an error in one of the episodes he appears in where his horns indicate that’s he’s cis male instead of being trans (not a huge concern, animation errors happen. I just find it not cool that rep for trans men was overlooked) She also doesn’t credit people who voice the only trans masc character with a speaking part, plus he’s also unnamed. But from the looks of it, his VA is a cis male. Keep in mind the contrast for Sallie Mae being that her VA is a trans woman.

Vivzie has shown a pattern of not respecting trans men as real men. Or any afab person as their gender if it’s something other than cis. It’s a pattern that’s come up that can’t be denied imo. It’s especially obvious when it’s towards people she has some sort of beef with.

Would also like to bring up how her merch sexualizes Sallie Mae. Like, to the same degree that the main characters of HB are. She’s a side character who has minimal speaking parts and appearances. Yet, she’s sexualized to hell and back. I’m all for making trans women feel desirable and beautiful, because they are! I think it’s great! But imo, I find it kinda weird that her trans fem rep is treated like this when she’s not a main character. Plus, her merch doesn’t do that to her trans masc characters. Why do it to one but not the others? But hey, that’s just me and it’s not a rule that everyone has to agree with me on that lmao

Racism:

Valentino is black coded, and is a blatant black stereotype (violent, black, drug addicted pimp archetype who sexually abuses people). I don’t feel like I need to explain why that’s not a great look.

Alastor is “black coded” (ashy skin and he’s white washed to hell). He uses voodoo, which is a closed practice that black slaves created to empower themselves and have a connection to their roots despite their horrible circumstances. He’s “mixed” Creole from some older depicting of him in notes if I recall.

She has supported Blaire White (she did black face and mocked blm) (look up that whole issue lol, too much there to talk about but I’m putting it here anyway) before back tracking when people realized what was going on. Vivzie back peddles a lot on her past though, never making a true apology or owning up to her past actions.

Any characters that DONT look white washed in the shows are not designed by her. Every poc character that she designs herself is white washed to hell and back. I know they are demons, they don’t look human, that’s a given. But Grim from TGAOBAM is a literal skeleton, but you still know he’s black. There’s better ways to depict bipoc coded characters though, that’s my point. She prides herself on her bipoc representation, when it’s shit representation when she’s the one soully behind it imo. There are really good character designs that depict people of color, but they aren’t Vivzie’s ideas and that credit goes to the character design team!

Sir Pentious is based on another ex friend of hers who she used to mock. She didn’t like him, saw him as a joke, etc. He was indigenous American, his hood is ment to look like his hair (which Vivzie mocked extensively). The whole “inventor” aspect of his character is ment to mock the steampunk aesthetic that her ex friend liked. He’s also the butt of a lot of jokes. Overall, I don’t think it’s very cool that Vivzie has repeatedly shown to make caricatures of real like people who belonged to minority groups.

Nifty’s pilot design depicted her skin as yellow. She’s Japanese. This is on top of being a maid and being boy crazy. That’s not a stereotype at all /sar. (She’s one of my favorites and she did get a redesign in the premier. And she got the best jokes in the show so far imo. She’s silly lol but I still wanted to bring it up, despite how much I like her)

She has ignored bipoc fans when they express being uncomfortable with anything relating to how she depicts poc characters. And it’s blatant that she doesn’t care about the voices of concern from her bipoc fans. If you are going to depict bipoc characters in your show, especially cultural depictions, listen to people who are bipoc and who come from those cultures you are depicting! She as a white person needs to listen to bipoc people when they voice their concerns to her about characters that are supposed to represent them!

Also! During her recent trip to Japan, she ate at McDonald’s and KFC despite there being a boycott due to the companies both supporting Israel. Idk how you feel about it, anon, and it’s not something I’ll go into too much detail over since I’m not super knowledgeable on it. But it’s a really important detail about Vivzie to a lot of people out there, and I wanted to bring it up because of that. (I hate all wars and genocides before anyone makes assumptions about my stances)

Homophobia:

Not much to say reguarding this other than I found that she favors mlm relationships heavily over wlw relationships. HB isn’t a show that focuses on lesbian relationships because that’s just not the way the show is written, and that’s fine. However, she prides herself on the wlw rep she created due to HH being female focused. The main relationship between Charlie and Vaggie feels pushed away in favor of more mlm relationships. They clearly have been dating for a while, and so, their relationship doesn’t need to be explored as much as some others imo. However, to me the show doesn’t do too much with them and there’s a large focus on the male characters and their relationships as opposed to the female lead and her girlfriend.

I will give her credit on her depictions of gay and bi men, I do like a lot of those and I can’t really find anything terrible to say about that or find evidence of how she treats real gay people. Everyone is free to think whatever they want though. However, queer people are the only minority group that Vivzie actively is in support of from what I’ve seen, which is sad imo.

You could say that Angel Dust is a homophobic stereotype (sex loving, drug addicted, drag queen, sex worker, feminine), but there’s real people in the world who share his experiences and it makes me feel like the people who claim such just don’t take into account of the real people in the queer community who share similarities to him. Like, there’s a lot of queer men who do sex work and are addicted to various substances. It’s a struggle and his character is a testament to that.

Anyway, do your own research, come up with your own conclusions, you can still like her work and characters, and all that! This is stuff off the top of my head that I could think of.

(Any Vivzie stans who try to tell me that this is either all faked or rumors will be ignored btw. I’m tired of dealing with y’all every time I say anything about her that’s even remotely negative. You guys can like what you like, even if your attachment to Vivzie is unhealthy imo and you shouldn’t place anyone on a pedestal. She’s not perfect, nobody is. This is my opinion, and it won’t change. I don’t hate her shows or her work. I just dislike her as a person.)

[jewsinfandoms]

On November 10th, the Center of Jewish History will be holding their second JewCE convention and hosting the JewCE Awards. If anyone here is based in New York City, definitely check it out!

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

I hate to defend viziepop, but you do know that that isn't actually a nazi oc, right? It's a reference to The Producers, a movie mocking the Nazis. Like, hate her for the things that are actually fucked up.

yeah like shipping her oc with her friend "i-hate-jewce"'s mengele

(also that post literally talks about why the producers ref isnt an excuse)

[bromantically]

do hazbin hotel fans know vivzie made nazi oc sausage party fanart and used to be friends with a blog titled i-hate-jewce

[graphicpolicy]

And the nominees for the 2024 JewCE! Awards are…

And the nominees for the 2024 JewCE! Awards are… #jewce #comics

The Center for Jewish History has announced the finalists for the 2024 JewCE Awards, recognizing the exceptional contributions by artists, writers, and creators who have enriched Jewish storytelling through the vibrant medium of comics. The awards ceremony will take place at 6:30 PM, on November 10, 2024, following the conclusion of the Jewish Comics Experience convention. This year’s JewCE…

[mtsodie]

Nazi's? Wait last time I checked (admittedly a long time ago) the accusations towards vivziepop were more along the lines of like... Having a questionable age gap in one comic and generally handling sensitive issues poorly but nothing that extreme, can I ask what they did?

da post <- antisemitism and nazi shit ( note i have absolutely no clue who the person reblogging this is ... the og blog is completely gone . so )

tldr . drew art of a bottle of (??? no fuckin idea what it is . cant read the text ) dressed up like hitler . from a user named "i-hate-jewce" on a sausage party sideblog . also she was friends with that same blog and shipped her cannibal candy cane oc with a pastry oc based off josef mengele

i think thats grounds enough 2 call her a nazi