Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me

Harvey Pekar, the legendary chronicler of everyday life, turns his unflinching eye inward for this graphic memoir from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, published as a single volume in 2012. Co-written with his wife, Joyce Brabner, and illustrated by JT Waldman, the book interweaves Pekar's personal history as a Jewish American with a critical examination of Israeli politics and his evolving relationship with Zionism. The result is a deeply thoughtful, argument-driven work that challenges both his own upbringing and the reader's assumptions, standing as a powerful testament to Pekar's lifelong commitment to honest, autobiographical comics.