Influences

In interviews, Miriam Katin has explained some of the important influences on her work. She believes that being Jewish is her biggest influence.

Q. How did you get into cartooning?

Miriam Katin (MK): I am doing comics and it is different from cartooning. I think. During my work in animation I met artists who did comics and I felt that with this method, much drawing and not much text, I can tell my stories.

Q: How does your Jewish identity influence your work?

MK: In every way since all my work is coming from being Jewish. My place in history, relationships, my faith or the lack of it etc.

Read the whole interview at Jewish Women’s Archives.

Q: I feel some Raymond Briggs influence in your art. I’m maybe wrong but I had to ask…

MK : Raymond Briggs came up in many reviews of my work and I had to look up who he was. I did not know about him and other great comic artists as I actually I was really new to the comic world.

Read the whole interview at du9.