Eli Valley

Eli Valley is an American cartoonist and author. He is best known for his political cartoons, which often feature prominent politicians, business-people, and media personalities.

Eli Valley
Born1970
Rhode Island
EducationCornell University
OccupationCartoonist and author

Early life

Valley was born in Rhode Island, and grew up Troy, New York, and New Jersey. His father was a Conservative rabbi, while his mother was secular. Valley has one sister. He attended Jewish day school until 8th grade, and received an undergraduate degree in English from Cornell University.[1][2] While at Cornell, Valley contributed cartoons to the university's newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun.[2]

Work

Valley published cartoons in The Forward until they chose to discontinue featuring his work.[3]

Writing in Vulture, Abraham Riesman has referred to Valley's work as "expressionist [and] woodcut-esque".

Valley contributed illustrations to The Chapo Guide to Revolution.[4]

Bibliography

Non-fiction
  • Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide & Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Crakow & Budapest (1999)

Collections
  • Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel (2017, OR Books)

References
  1. Worcester, Kent (1 September 2010). "The Eli Valley Interview". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. Riesman, Abraham (20 February 2019). "Eli Valley Is the Angriest Political Cartoonist in America". Vulture. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. Goldman, Nathan (11 November 2017). "Redefining Jewish Authenticity: An Interview with Eli Valley". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  4. Hughes, Donald (23 August 2018). "…of what use was the rule?". Harper's. Retrieved 22 January 2020.


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