Art Spiegelman: Conversations (Conversations with Comic Artists) (Conversations with Comic Artists Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934110124 ISBN 13: 9781934110126

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 2008

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About this title

Synopsis:

When the graphic novel "Maus: A Survivor's Tales" won a Special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for its vivid depiction of the Holocaust, critics and mainstream audiences came to realize that the comic book was capable of exploring complex, aesthetic, moral, and cultural themes."Art Spiegelman: Conversations" is a collection of interviews and profiles spanning 30 years (1976-2006), that reveal an artist who had long been working to establish comics as a serious art form.Alongside his wife, he founded RAW - one of the most influential showcases for avant-garde comics in the world - which helped now-established comic artists such as Chris Ware, Kaz, and Gary Panter get their first exposure, and launch the graphic novel into the mainstream.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1934110124
• ISBN 13: 9781934110126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Witek Joseph