The 'Art Spiegelman' Tag Archive

Below you'll find all my writing tagged with the word Art Spiegelman. The posts are listed in chronological order. Click the post title to read more.

August 8th, 2009

In the Shadow of No Towers

A few months ago my friend Wolfdogg loaned me a couple of post-9-11 anthologies that contained a bunch of short graphic (as in pictures and not extremely, grossly detailed) stories about the artist’s reactions to 9-11. I dove into one of the books and about half-way through put it down. I couldn’t continue. It’s not [...]

July 9th, 2009

Finally pleased by one of the revered graphic novels of our time

Finally! Finally one of the High Holys of the graphic novel realm held up to the hype. After abandoning Watchmen and being disappointed by Sandman, I approached Maus with a bit of trepidation. Could it live up to the hype? Hell yes. I’ve read Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel. I’ve seen “Schindler’s List,” “Life is [...]