JGooders Cartoons!

Among my recent commissions are an illustration and comic for www.jgooders.com - a website that "aims to increase the world of good deeds and good doers." Thanks to my various travelings around the world last year - specifically, three times to Israel for networking and fellowship related events - I met a couple of the people who now work there, and I thank them for the opportunity to once again utilize my cartooniness for good!

Enjoy, and check out their site!

A PEREfectly Purim Update!

It's been a typical weekend in the life of a Staten Islander. Y'know the kind - when one has driven through and/or stopped in ALL 5-BOROUGHS *and* NEW JERSEY. No biggie.

But here IS a biggie - a big update, that is!! All my Purim commissions are up and ready to be sent out through the internet superhighway at the speed of light.

The Orthodox Union, my biggest client at the moment, has been commissioning me for various e-cards and cartoonwork ("artwork" doesn't seem to be the appropriate term). I spent the last three weeks succumbing to my Transylvanian Vampire heritage tendencies and saw the light of day enough times to count on both hands.

But it was worth it! Here are a list of projects that y'all can now have the privilege of sending around to your most treasured friends and family. (And if you don't like 'em, bear in mind - my blood, sweat, and tears went into each and every one of these pieces. Have you no pity?!)

1) 4 E-cards:

http://community.ou.org/site/Ecard?ecard_id=1141 - My designs are listed below. Please send them to as many of your friends as possible:
D. Happy Healthy Purim!
E. Haman Hangman
K. Hats 'R Us
O. Raashan


2) Children's Activity Pages:

a. Purim "I-Spy" and Maze: http://www.ou.org/holidays/purim/purim_children
b. Purim Coloring Book pages: http://www.ou.org/holidays/purim/purim_coloring_pages

3) Purim Slideshow (as told by your Friendly Neighborhood Hamantash!
http://www.ou.org/holidays/purim/story_of_purim_narrated_by_neighborhood_hamantash


So that's all for now, folks. Got some more work that I'm gonna feature shortly on here - but in the meantime, get out your finger clickin' goodness. If you like my work - please support me! Send forth my work out from the OU website and into the e-mailbox of a friend near & dear to you!

*Hugs* and Happy Purim,

~Chari =0)

Unmasked: The True Story of why I've been MIA!

I've indulged in my Transylvania heritage and haven't left the house much in, oh, say the last MONTH or so. But with good reason - I have MANY amazing updates to share with you.

But, like my multi-vitamin, I will share the good news with you only One a Day....

Here's the biggest news:


Inbal Freund-Novick, a dear friend of mine, had approached me last year about a collaboration. The result is this: "Unmasked: The Ariella Dadon Story".

The comic has been live for barely over 24 hours, and it already has been passed around faster than a hot potato. The three-page comic tells the powerful true story of Ariella Dadon, a 28 year old woman who managed to receive a get (a Jewish divorce) from her violent, abusive husband, after struggling for many years.

When I first heard Ariella's story, I was blown away. There are so many details that I could not include - the 3-page limit was certainly a challenge. I hope to have the opportunity to tell her story in full detail - it would make a phenomenal movie as well.

The comic is to raise awareness about Agunot, women whose husbands refuse to divorce them. But the story is an inspirational one, and one that appeals to anyone who has been in an abusive relationship.

Inbal and I have already begun to receive rave reviews. Check them out:

Online Comic Breaking Chains: ‘Get’ this Empowering Tale of a Young Jewish Woman
(eJewish Philanthropy)

Jewish Divorce: What You Need to Know
(Matthue.com)

What’s new in Jewish comics?
(J. Weekly, San Francisco)

Special thanks to the amazing Sarah Lefton for helping create the website. I'll certainly keep you posted on any updates. Inbal and I hope that this comic will be just the beginning of many great things.

Please feel free to pass the comic around to your friends and family. Spread the word - we're just trying to deliver one amazing woman's story and help others in situations like hers.

Click on the image below to read the comic: