We talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and cartoonist Art Spiegelman. Best known for his holocaust narratives "Maus" and "Maus II," Spiegelman’s most recent book, "Breakdowns" is a collection of new and previously published work.
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Graphic Novels Panel: Art Spiegelman, Chip Kidd, Jessica Abel, Charles Burns & David Heatley
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The Dark Pages: An hour of radio dedicated to the graphic novel
The funny pages always have a handful of comics that are without comedy. Mary Worth, Gasoline Alley, Dick Tracy and Apartment 3-G are among the serious serials. These were the adult comics of the 50’s, then came the 60’s.… comics, like everything else, went underground.
Underground, cartoonists such as R. Crumb, Greg Irons, and Jay Lynch, were writing about sex, drugs, and violence. For this reason, the new comics became known as “comix” to set them apart from mainstream comics and to emphasize the “x” for x-rated.
In the early 90’s the underground scene got an upgrade when Art Spiegleman received a Pulitzer Prize for Maus, an illustrated narrative of Holocaust survival. Maus gave birth to the genre and there have been numerous graphic novels that have been documenting the dark side ever since. Whether it’s the Bosnian war or the aggressive banality of the everyday, the graphic novel has revealed itself to be an exquisitely effective medium for portraying physical, psychic and emotional devastation.
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‘MetaMaus’: The Story Behind Spiegelman’s Classic
http://n.pr/n1Fa1Y + video ("book trailer") http://youtu.be/ql4oZtLruFE
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