Maus pg. 5-71
Round One
Art
Spiegelman (born in 1948) is an American cartoonist and editor best known for
his most successful graphic novel, Maus. He is married to designer, Francoise
Mouly, and has a daughter and a son, his daughter, Nadja Spiegelman is also a
writer. In 1992 he spent a decade providing several high profile and sometimes
controversial covers for The New Yorker. The first book that he publicly
contributed his art to was, The Wild Party, which was published around 1930.
His
most successful novel is Maus, published in 1980. In 1972, before it was
published, it was just simply a three-strip comic, named MAUS. The comic, as
well as the graphic novel, is based on a man who survived World War II. A big amount of the story revolves around
Spiegelman’s difficult relationship with his father and the absence of his
mother who committed suicide when he was still young.
The
graphic novel won two book awards; The
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards, and The American Book Awards. It’s not certain if Spiegelman (66) will
continue writing graphic novels, though it seems like he has no trouble with
continuing his career.
Interesting post Flor... you mostly talked about Art Spiegelman the author and the book Maus. Great job as a researcher but, you could have added some information about what is happening inside the book. It was a good idea to talk about the book itself and the author, but since many people might be also curious about the information of the book, you could have added the information. It could have been about the Holocaust, the World War 1, or why Hitler did these terrible things. But otherwise interesting post.
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