The Rabbi's Cat (comics)

The Rabbi's Cat (Le Chat du Rabbin)
Created by	Joann Sfar
Publication information
Publisher	Delcourt
Formats	Original material for the series has been published as a set of graphic novels.
Original language	French
Genre	Comic fantasy
Publication date	2002 – 2015
Creative team
Writer(s)	Joann Sfar
Artist(s)	Various
Creator(s)	Joann Sfar
Reprints
The series has been reprinted, at least in part, in English.

The Rabbi's Cat (French title: Le Chat du Rabbin) is a series of comic fantasy comic books created by Joann Sfar. It was originally published in France by Delcourt as a series of graphic albums; English translations of the first several stories have been released by Pantheon.

Albums

Original comics

1. La Bar-Mitsva (2002) ISBN 2-205-05207-1, prefaced by Éliette Abécassis.
   Joann Sfar dedicated it to « All the artists of XX century's Alger ». Translated in German, English, Arabic, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Czech.
2. Le Malka des lions (2002) ISBN 2-205-05369-8, prefaced by Fellag.
   German, English, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Czech.
3. L'Exode (bande dessinée, Sfar)|L’Exode]] (2003) ISBN 2-205-05497-X, prefaced by Georges Moustaki.
   Translated in English, German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish.
4. Le Paradis terrestre (bande dessinée)|Le Paradis terrestre]] (2005) ISBN 2-205-05725-1, prefaced by Jean Giraud.
   Translated in German, English, Spanish, Italian.
5. Jérusalem d'Afrique (2006) ISBN 2-205-05868-1, prefaced by Philippe Val.
   In the opening of this volume, Joann Sfar explain that it is an album against racism. Translated in German, English, Spanish, Italian.
6. Tu n'auras pas d'autre Dieu que moi (2015)

In English

• The Rabbi's Cat, Pantheon, 2007.
• The Rabbi's Cat 2, Pantheon, 2008.

Adaptations

• Le Chat du Rabbin has been adapted for the theater by Camille Nahum under the name of La Bar-mitsva du Chat du Rabbin, created at Paris at the theater Michel Galabru the 18th of September 2004 then reprised at the Théâtre Le Temple from the 22d of March 2005 to the 28th of April 2005. Staging by Élise McLeod andSei Shiomi, actors were Rémy Darcy, Shiran Azoulay and Camille Nahum.
• Joann Sfar and several artists have adapted The Rabbi's Cat into an animated film. It premiered in the cinema in France the first of June 2011.