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Shirlee Bloom
Mildred Winston
Maggie and Ron Asmar
Wish their Customers and Friends
A Very Healthy, Happy and Peaceful Passover
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of Rogers Park, began
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whether the Ardins were
in fact "members of the
tribe."
Every other comic strip
A Passover panel from "Edge City"
had some reference to
Christmas. "That really
"We didn't want to get too arcane
pushed us over the edge," said
for people, but we figured most peo-
LaBan. "We said, 'This is silly; we
ple know a little about Passover.
should make them be Jewish.'"
Everyone goes to the grocery store
Tom Heintjes, editor of Hogan's
and sees matzah."
Alley, a magazine for aficionados of
Although furthering Jewish pride
the comics, could not say with cer-
was not part of their motivation
tainty whether or not Abby and Len
when they began the strip, LaBan
Ardin comprise the first Jewish fami-
said he recognizes that Jewish ritual
ly to appear in the daily comic pages.
is not respected in the mainstream
But he ventured, "I would surely
media. Instead, it often is made fun
think that very few, if any, comic
of, or portrayed as a burden charac-
strips have celebrated Jewish holi-
ters are trying to escape.
days.
On the other hand, comic strips
"The medium has historically
are meant to amuse the reader, and
taken a very middle-America
LaBan didn't want the Jewish theme
approach to subject matter, and
to impede on the humor. "We didn't
although religion is rarely mentioned
want to make it a deadly serious
in the comics [out of concern of
thing," he said. "Funny things hap-
alienating a segment of the reader-
pen during the seder, but we're not
ship], the implication is that every-
criticizing the notion of the seder
one is Christian."
itself."
The LaBans thought Passover
Edge City will remain mostly about
would be the perfect opportunity to
the busy American family, but now
bring up the comic-strip characters'
that the fictional Ardin family is
religion.
being "outed" as Jews, the LaBans
So in the week before Passover,
plan to reintroduce Jewish themes
Abby, the wife, has been broaching
periodically.
the subject, saying she wants the hol-
"Every once in awhile, we would
iday to be more meaningful this year
like for them to go to a bar mitzvah,"
- although other family members
said LaBan. "Maybe we'll do some-
appear less than interested.
thing on religious education for the
In one strip, Abby asks Len
kids, and something around getting
whether she should write some ques-
out of school for Jewish holidays.
tions to prompt discussion, like "Do
That's never appeared in a comic."
we all have an inner Pharaoh that
Then, LaBan added, "not long after
oppresses us?"
that, it will be Christmas season, and
Len says the kids wouldn't relate to
we'll definitely do something on that.
that. A better option, he says, would
Every couple months, we'd like to
be: "If Pharaoh was a [World
have [their Judaism] come up,
Wrestling Federation] bad guy, what
depending on how it goes."
would his costume look like?"
- Suzanne Chessler contributed
With Abby searching for the true
to this article.
meaning of the holiday, "[the strip's
theme] is universal," said LaBan.
In addition to appearing in the
"One only has to watch A Charlie
Detroit Free Press, the comic strip
Brown Christmas to see that.
Edge City also is available on the
"It's a big family holiday when
King Features Syndicate Web
families get together and there are
site, www. kingfeatures . corn.
issues about family dynamics.
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