ShaBot 6000 is a try-weekly comic
strip ... I'll try to put up at least one every week.
ShaBot 6000 is the
continuing cartoon saga of a pious Jew who purchases a robot to
work as Shabbos
Goy for his household. The inquisitive robot, ShaBot,
decides that he is Jewish, and is therefore unable to fulfill
his duties as servant. ShaBot spends his days asking questions
about Judaism, trying to find logic in a religion that sometimes DOES
NOT COMPUTE.
ShaBot 6000 is unlike
any other Jewish comic strip. In fact, the only other Jewish
cartoon worth mentioning is Dry
Bones by Yaakov
Kirschen, a venerable comic strip which has been in
syndication since the 1970's! Whereas Dry Bones is mostly
about Israel and Middle Eastern politics, ShaBot 6000 is
more about Jewish faith. ShaBot 6000 looks at the lighter
side of kashrut, parshat
ha-shavuah, Talmud, interfaith and
more, often challenging Jewish principles that most would
never dare question. ShaBot 6000 is a comic strip
for the 21st century modern Jew!
Testimonials
Check out these real and encouraging testimonials
from Jewish publication pundits to whom I submitted ShaBot
6000!
"Your comics are clever" — Alan
D. Abbey, Executive Editor - Internet for The
Jerusalem Post
"I enjoyed the strip, but it doesn't
quite fit with the Forward's editorial tone. Best of
luck placing it elsewhere." — Wayne Hoffman,
Managing Editor for Forward
William Levin (ben
Baruch),
a direct descendant of the Vilna
Gaon, has been asking unconventional questions about Judaism
ever since he was a young boy in Yeshiva. While his queries about
the Jewish faith were often met with disapproval, his passion
for finding humor in religion only grew stronger. Eventually,
he found that his only outlet was to express these feelings in
the form of an innocuous comic strip. Today, Ben lives in Brooklyn,
and in fear of G-d.
