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Art Spiegelman


Born
in Stockholm, Sweden
February 15, 1948

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Art Spiegelman (born Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev) is New-York-based comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic memoir, Maus. ...more

Average rating: 4.4 · 845,191 ratings · 37,588 reviews · 176 distinct worksSimilar authors
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: ...

4.39 avg rating — 356,944 ratings — published 1986 — 63 editions
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The Complete Maus

4.58 avg rating — 240,037 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions
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Maus II: A Survivor's Tale:...

4.42 avg rating — 154,105 ratings — published 1991 — 49 editions
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In the Shadow of No Towers

3.67 avg rating — 4,075 ratings — published 2004 — 27 editions
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MetaMaus: A Look Inside a M...

4.31 avg rating — 2,905 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions
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Breakdowns: Portrait of the...

3.81 avg rating — 1,753 ratings — published 1977 — 26 editions
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Garbage Pail Kids

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4.19 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions
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Little Lit: Folklore and Fa...

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3.86 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions
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Open Me...I'm a Dog

4.13 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions
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Jack Cole and Plastic Man: ...

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Quotes by Art Spiegelman  (?)
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“To die, it's easy. But you have to struggle for life.”
Art Spiegelman, Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

“Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.”
Art Spiegelman

“Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness."
...On the other hand, he SAID it.”
Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

Polls

September 2018 New School Poll

Light in August by William Faulkner, 1932, 507 pages
 
  90 votes, 29.2%

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman, 1986, 296 pages
 
  76 votes, 24.7%

Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather, 1931, 229 pages
 
  63 votes, 20.5%

 
  51 votes, 16.6%

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, 1930, 315 pages
 
  28 votes, 9.1%

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