The 30th Annual Miami Book Fair International was the venue for a spirited panel titled “Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women.” Held at Miami Dade College in a campus art gallery that featured old postcards from Havana juxtaposed against their current views, Professor Laurie Shrage questioned Diane Noomin, Ariel Schrag, Vanessa Davis, and Miriam Katin about their cartoons and graphic stories, and their Jewish influences. The gallery smelled of garlic and onions… , because the gallery’s air conditioning vents were situated above the Book Fair’s food court’s bbq grills. It gave the setting a homey feeling. Also present was...