| Art Spiegelman: Conversations Contributor(s): Witek, Joseph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1934110124 ISBN-13: 9781934110126 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Thirty years of interviews covering Spiegelman's achievements as an artist, critic, educator, and art historian |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels - Art | Techniques - Cartooning - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers |
| Dewey: 741.597 |
| LCCN: 2007006712 |
| Series: Conversations with Comic Artists (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.04" W x 8.94" (1.23 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Fran oise Mouly, he founded and edited RAW-the most in-fluential 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 A previously unpublished interview conducted by the volume's editor discusses themes rarely touched upon in earlier profiles. |
Contributor Bio(s): Witek, Joseph: - Joseph Witek is director of graduate studies and professor of English at Stetson University. He is the author of Comic Books as History: The Narrative Art of Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey Pekar (University Press of Mississippi), and his work has appeared in many publications. |