Solomon J Brager
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Description
Solomon J Brager (they/them) is the author of Heavyweight and other comics, a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artists Fellow, and a member of the Pinko magazine editorial collective. They previously taught feminist theory and cultural studies at Rutgers University. Brager’s earlier work includes the Sassyfrass Circus and Femme a Barbe series of zines.
Books
It's time to make a zine!
This one-page folding-zine minicomic zine is an illustrated guide to the zine-making process in pictures rather than words.
Bound to Struggle
Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet was a 'zine anthology from 2004-2011.
Doykeit #5
The concept of “doykeit,” Yiddish for “hereness,” is taken from the pre-World War II Polish-Jewish group The Bund, which believed that Jews have both a night to live and a political commitment to work for change “here and now.”
Doykeit #2
The concept of “doykeit,” Yiddish for “hereness,” is taken from the pre-World War II Polish-Jewish group The Bund, which believed that Jews have both a night to live and a political commitment to work for change “here and now.”
The Sinew That Shrinks
This zine, by a PhD student, includes musings on souls, death, ghosts, transformation and her great grandmother. The centerfold is a news story about a 91-year-old woman who kept the remains of her sister and husband in her house after they died. Jenna also excerpts content from The Dybbuk, and accompanies her text with illustrations, photographs, book recommendations, a soundtrack listing, image credits and references.
Doykeit #1
The concept of “doykeit,” Yiddish for “hereness,” is taken from the pre-World War II Polish-Jewish group The Bund, which believed that Jews have both a night to live and a political commitment to work for change “here and now.”
Doykeit #3
The concept of “doykeit,” Yiddish for “hereness,” is taken from the pre-World War II Polish-Jewish group The Bund, which believed that Jews have both a night to live and a political commitment to work for change “here and now.”
Swan Lake
KLASSICS FOR KIDS
Doykeit #4
The concept of “doykeit,” Yiddish for “hereness,” is taken from the pre-World War II Polish-Jewish group The Bund, which believed that Jews have both a night to live and a political commitment to work for change “here and now.”
Not Forever Just Right Now
JB Brager details their breakup and the process of learning how to live without someone you built a life in this autobio comics zine, exploring heartbreak, the difficulties of making art, and finding friends to help them heal after their first divorce. This zine, by a Phd student, includes musings on souls, death, ghosts, transformation and her great grandmother. The centerfold is a news story about a 91-year-old woman who kept the remains of her sister and husband in her house after they died. Jenna also excerpts content from The Dybbuk, and accompanies her text with illustrations, photographs, book recommendations, a soundtrack listing, image credits and references.