Jeremy Dauber

Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Jewish literature and American studies at Columbia University. His books include Jewish Comedy and The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem, both finalists for the National Jewish Book Award. More recently he is the author of Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew and American Comics: A History. He lives in New York City.

How Blazing Saddles Deflated Western and Gentile Notions of Masculinity

On the Political Context and Playfulness of Mel Brooks’s 1974 Parody

March 20, 2023 By Jeremy Dauber

Tracing the Internet’s Enormous Impact on American Comics

Jeremy Dauber on Web Comics, Fan Communities, and the Rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

November 16, 2021 By Jeremy Dauber

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