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Witek, Joseph, ed. Art Spiegelman: Conversations. Conversations with Comic Artists. Jackson: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2007. Added by: joachim (7/20/09, 1:34 AM) Last edited by: joachim (1/19/10, 9:57 AM) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 9781934110119 BibTeX citation key: Witek2007a Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Interview, Spiegelman. Art, USA Creators: Witek Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi (Jackson) |
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When the graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale won a Special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for its vivid depiction of the Holocaust and its effects, critics and mainstream audiences recognized that a comic book was capable of exploring complex aesthetic, moral, and cultural themes. Maus's creator Art Spiegelman (b. 1948) became the most famous alternative cartoonist in America. Art Spiegelman: Conversations reveals an artist who had long been working to establish comics as a serious art form. With his wife Françoise Mouly, he founded and edited RAW—the most influential showcase for avant-garde comics in America—which published early work by such well-established cartoonists as Chris Ware, Kaz, and Gary Panter. Spiegelman's essays and lectures helped to establish that comics have a history and a canon. This collection of interviews and profiles spans 1976–2006 and covers Spiegelman's career as an artist, critic, educator, and art historian. A previously unpublished interview conducted by the volume's editor discusses themes rarely touched upon in earlier profiles. Added by: joachim |