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...superheroes in its own image, why not just replace them with new ones? Partly because comic books aren't supplying them. After Marvel deconstructed the superhero, the comics' top talents started creating more personal, nonsuperheroic work, from R. Crumb's counterculture Zap Comics to Art Spiegelman's Holocaust story Maus to the haunting graphic novels of Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blockbuster Summer: Superhero Nation | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

...belly of the Philadelphia Free Library last Saturday for a far-reaching discussion that touched on everything from their increasing use of new technology in their works, how comix may or may not fit into a museum, and whose works they currently admire. The panel included Art Spiegelman ("Maus," winner of the Pulitzer Prize,) Kim Deitch ("The Mishkin File,") Charles Burns ("Black Hole,") Chris Ware ("Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth,") Richard McGuire ("Here,") and Kaz ("Underworld") and was moderated by Chip Kidd, editor of Pantheon's graphic novel division...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Comix Panel | 3/6/2002 | See Source »

...Kidd, whose sweeping part of dark hair and wire-rim glasses give him the look of a teenage Devo fan, began by asking Art Spiegelman what it means to be a successful cartoonist. "It's a very mixed blessing," Spiegelman said. "I've felt this incredible weight ever since 'Maus' became a crossover hit because it puts all these eyeballs looking over you shoulders. ... The flip side of course is you have all these half-baked notions and somebody will say yes." By way of example Spiegelman spoke of a musical theater piece he's been working on with composer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Comix Panel | 3/6/2002 | See Source »

...Maus uses cartoons to tell the story of his father’s experiences as a German Jew during the Holocaust, including his survival at Auschwitz...

Author: By George Bradt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Famed Cartoonist Cites Comics’ Importance | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...described Maus as a an “extraordinarily post-modernist work” and said that Spiegelman has a rare ability to understand society’s problems...

Author: By George Bradt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Famed Cartoonist Cites Comics’ Importance | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

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