![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The Wisdom Kid”), this plot has more momentum than a runaway stagecoach on a mountain road.īut it’s more than just a great yarn. Starting with a seemingly innocent act of saving a drowning man’s life and moving with quarter horse speed to the climactic (though gun-free) “High Noon”-style showdown with Rabbi Ruben (a.k.a. The Wisdom Kid,” is perfect for the big screen because it’s a full-length, well-plotted graphic tale. “It’s against character, I suppose, but the look is right.”Ĭasting aside, the latest saga, “Rabbi Harvey vs. “Someone suggested Adam Sandler as Harvey, but I don’t know,” said Sheinkin, whose prior books in the series are the collections, “The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey” and “Rabbi Harvey Rides Again” (both from Jewish Lights Publishing). The cult hero of a generation of Jewish boys, Park Slope author Steve Sheinkin’s Talmud-spouting Wild West lawman rides again this month, in a new full-length graphic novel that is practically daring a film studio to finally make a hero out of this man in a black hat. Finally, Rabbi Harvey is made for Hollywood. ![]()
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