Art Spiegelman

About the Author

Art Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden on February 15, 1948. He is the son of Polish Jews who survived imprisonment in Auschwitz. His family immigrated to the United States. He became a professional cartoonist at the age of 16. He studied art and philosophy at Harpur College. He became a show more creative consultant, designer, and writer for Topps Chewing Gum, Inc., where he created Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids and other novelty items. The Complete Mr. Infinity was published in 1970 and won the Joel M. Cavior Award for Jewish Writing. In 1980, Spiegelman and his wife, Françoise Mouly founded the avant-garde comics magazine RAW. His best known work Maus: A Survivor's Tale, was published in 1986 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. His other works include Maus: A Survivor's Tale II, In the Shadow of No Towers, Breakdowns, Jack and the Box, Be a Nose, and The Ghosts of Ellis Island. MetaMaus won the 2011 National Jewish Book Award in the Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir category. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Art Spiegelmn, Art Spiegelman, Art Speigelman, Art Spiegelman, Shpigel'man A., Mouly Spiegelman, ed. Art Spiegelman, comp Art Spiegelman, Art Spiegelman e.a., ארט ספיגלמן, Art Spiegelman, Editor, Art author. Spiegelman, Art Spiegelman, author, artist.

Image credit: Photo by Chris Anthony Diaz / Flickr

Series

Maus: A Survivor's Tale

RAW

Little Lit

Arcade: The Comics Revue

Short Order Comix

Works by Art Spiegelman

Popular Recent

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (1986) 11,154 copies, 263 reviews

The Complete Maus (1986) 9,188 copies, 258 reviews

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (1991) 7,672 copies, 142 reviews

In the Shadow of No Towers (2004) 1,248 copies, 24 reviews

MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus (2011) 583 copies, 12 reviews

Folklore and Fairy Tale Funnies (2000) — Editor — 334 copies, 7 reviews

Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! (1978) 314 copies, 10 reviews

Strange Stories for Strange Kids (2001) 214 copies, 3 reviews

Raw Vol. 2, No. 1: Open Wounds from the Cutting Edge of Commix (1989) — Editor — 200 copies, 2 reviews

Open Me... I'm a Dog! (1997) 198 copies, 3 reviews

It Was a Dark and Silly Night... (2003) 197 copies, 3 reviews

Jack and the Box (2008) 195 copies, 18 reviews

Jack Cole And Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits! (2001) 185 copies, 1 review

The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics (2009) 149 copies, 3 reviews

Raw Vol. 2, No. 2: Required Reading for the Post-Literate (1990) — Editor — 147 copies

Raw Vol. 2, No. 3: High Culture for Low Brows (1991) — Editor — 135 copies

Big Fat Little Lit (2006) — Editor — 123 copies, 5 reviews

Read Yourself Raw (1987) 111 copies, 1 review

Be a Nose! (2009) 94 copies, 2 reviews

Co-Mix: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps (2013) 74 copies, 1 review

NEW-The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon Graphic Library) 53 copies

Whole Grains: A Book of Quotations (1973) 31 copies

The Narrative Corpse: A Chain-Story by 69 Artists (1995) 26 copies

Legal Action Comics, Volume 2 (2003) 25 copies

Raw No. 8: The Graphic Aspirin for War Fever (1986) — Editor — 22 copies

Comix, Essays, Graphics and Scraps: From Maus to Now to MAUS to Now (1998) 17 copies

New York's Most Wanted (2002) 16 copies, 1 review

Raw No. 7: The Torn-Again Graphix Magazine (1985) — Editor — 16 copies

Raw No. 5: The Graphix Magazine of Abstract Depressionism (1983) — Editor — 14 copies

Raw No. 6: The Graphix Magazine That Overestimates the Taste of the American Public (1984) — Editor — 13 copies

Raw No. 1: The Graphix Magazine of Postponed Suicides (1980) — Editor — 13 copies

Raw No. 4: The Graphix Magazine for Your Bomb Shelter's Coffee Table (1982) — Editor — 12 copies

Raw No. 3: The Graphix Magazine that Lost Its Faith in Nihilism (1981) — Editor — 12 copies

Raw No. 2: the Graphix Magazine for Damned Intellectuals (1980) — Editor — 10 copies

Arcade: The Comics Revue No. 1 (1975) — Editor — 10 copies

Street Cop (2021) 9 copies

Arcade: The Comics Revue No. 2 (1975) — Editor — 9 copies

Arcade: The Comics Revue No. 5 (1976) — Editor — 8 copies

Arcade: The Comics Revue No. 6 (1976) — Editor — 5 copies

Maus Edicion 40 Aniversario (Estuche) (2021) 5 copies

Little Lit Three-Book Collection (2001) 5 copies

Arcade: The Comics Revue No. 4 (1975) — Editor — 5 copies

Maus Now: Selected Writing (2023) 5 copies

Arcade: The Comics Revue No. 3 (1975) — Editor — 5 copies

Arcade: The Comics Revue No. 7 (1976) — Editor — 5 copies

Autophobia (2008) 4 copies, 1 review

Short Order Comix #2 (1974) 4 copies

Sleazy Scandals of the Silver Screen 3 copies

Maus : bizirik irtendako baten kontakizuna (2022) 2 copies, 1 review

Le Monde de Maus (2022) 2 copies

Maus I and II A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History And Here My Trouble Began 2 copies

Prisoner on the Hell Planet 2 copies

Garbage Pail Kids (2012) 2 copies

Swift Premium Comics 2 copies

The Low-Tech Manual (1981) 2 copies

Arcade: The Comics Revue 4 1 copy

Maus: Band I & II 1 copy

מאוס II : סיפורו של ניצול ; וכאן החלו צרותי 1 copy

Maus en overlevendes fortelling 1 copy

MAUS. Relat d'un supervivent 1 copy

Mаus II : А Survivor's Tale 1 copy

Alter Alter Almanacco 1984 Supplemento 13 California — Author — 1 copy

Maus - edizione integrale 1 copy

Maus (Catalan) novela grafica Art Spiegelman - (2022) 1 copy

Maus : ühe ellujäänu lugu. I, II, Isa lugu voolab temast välja. Ja siis mu hädad algasid (2018) 1 copy

מאוס - כרך 1 : אבא מדמם היסטוריה 1 copy

Holocaust Memoir Digest: Maus I, A Suvivor's Tale, My Father Bleeds History 1 copy

BE A NOSE! - 4 VOLUMENES (Spanish Edition) (2010) 1 copy

Autophobia - in McSweeney Number 27 1 copy

Little Lit. Seltsame Geschichten. (2002) 1 copy

Work and turn 1 copy

Si Lewen : The Parade: L'Odyssée d'un artiste (2021) 1 copy

Spiegelman, Art: BreakdownsTeil: [Hauptbd.]. / [Dt. Lettering: Dieter Kerl. Übers. aus d. Amerikan. von Heinz… 1 copy

Spiegelman, Art: BreakdownsTeil: Zugabe. / Von Martin Langbein u. Klaus Theweleit 1 copy

History of Commix 1 copy

Jungian Analysts (2000) 1 copy

Comics 1 copy

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. Original Issues Numbers 1-6 [1980-1985] 1 copy

Short Order Comix #1 (1973) 1 copy

The Complete MAUS 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

The New York Trilogy (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 10,154 copies, 163 reviews

McSweeney's Issue 13 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): The Comics Issue (2004) — Contributor — 1,297 copies, 12 reviews

City of Glass: The Graphic Novel (1994) — Introduction, some editions — 1,262 copies, 29 reviews

Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, Volume 1 (1973) — Introduction, some editions — 910 copies, 33 reviews

The Future Dictionary of America (2004) — Contributor — 637 copies, 3 reviews

Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling (2017) — Illustrator, some editions — 618 copies, 9 reviews

The Wild Party (1928) — Illustrator, some editions — 581 copies, 13 reviews

The Best American Comics 2007 (2007) — Contributor — 389 copies, 5 reviews

An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories (2000) — Contributor — 370 copies, 4 reviews

A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Illustrator — 259 copies, 4 reviews

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2002) — Editor — 205 copies, 13 reviews

The Best American Comics 2009 (2009) — Contributor — 184 copies, 4 reviews

Six Novels in Woodcuts (2010) — Editor — 170 copies, 2 reviews

An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories: v .2 (2008) — Contributor — 161 copies, 2 reviews

In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists (2006) — Contributor — 148 copies

Gods' Man / Madman's Drum / Wild Pilgrimage (2010) — Editor, Introduction — 125 copies, 5 reviews

Prelude to a Million Years / Song Without Words / Vertigo (1933) — Editor — 116 copies, 3 reviews

Agony (1987) — Editor — 116 copies, 6 reviews

Wacky Packages (2008) — Introduction — 99 copies, 4 reviews

Krazy! The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art (2008) — Contributor, some editions — 85 copies, 2 reviews

Bearing Witness: Stories of the Holocaust (1995) — Contributor — 84 copies

It Occurs to Me That I Am America: New Stories and Art (2018) — Contributor — 77 copies, 1 review

The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics / The Best of Bijou Funnies (1981) — Contributor — 75 copies, 2 reviews

The New Comics Anthology (1991) — Contributor — 68 copies, 1 review

Nothing Makes You Free: Writings by Descendants of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (2002) — Contributor — 67 copies, 1 review

Vertigo (1937) — Editor, some editions — 61 copies, 2 reviews

Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel (2015) — Contributor — 61 copies, 2 reviews

Wild Pilgrimage (1932) — Editor, some editions — 57 copies, 1 review

SPX: EXPO 2001 (2001) — Contributor — 53 copies

Little Nemo's big new dreams (2015) — Foreword — 45 copies, 2 reviews

Streetwise: Autobiographical Stories by Comic Book Professionals (2000) — Contributor — 41 copies

Perdita Durango (1995) — Designer — 40 copies, 2 reviews

Wacky Packages: NEW NEW NEW (2010) — Author, some editions — 39 copies

Gauntlet: Exploring the Limits of Free Expression, No. 2 - Stephen King Special (1991) — Contributor — 31 copies, 1 review

Who We Are: On Being (and Not Being) a Jewish American Writer (2005) — Contributor — 28 copies

McSweeney's Issue 74 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): 25th Anniversary Issue (2024) — Illustrator — 15 copies, 1 review

The Best of Bijou Funnies (1975) — Contributor — 9 copies

Forgotten Fantasy - Sunday Comics, 1900-1915: Visions from Lyonel Feininger, Winsor McCay and Many More (Giants of the… (2011) — Contributor — 9 copies

World War 3 Illustrated #37: Unnatural Disasters — Contributor — 5 copies

World War 3 Illustrated #34: Taking Liberties (2003) — Contributor — 4 copies

Bijou funnies, No. 2 — Illustrator, some editions — 4 copies

Mineshaft #31 (2014) — Contributor — 3 copies

Mondo Snarfo: Surrealistic Comix (1978) — Contributor — 2 copies

World War 3 Illustrated #33: The Situation (2002) — Contributor — 2 copies

Turned on cuties — Contributor — 1 copy

Linus. Giugno 2018 (Linus 2018) — Author — 1 copy

Linus. Maggio 2018 (Linus 2018) — Cover artist — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Spiegelman, Art
Legal name: Spiegelman, Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev
Birthdate: 1948-02-15
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Poland
Sweden
Country (for map): USA
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Education: State University of New York, Binghamton
Occupations: editor
illustrator
Relationships: Mouly, Françoise (wife)
Spiegelman, Nadja (daughter)
Organizations: RAW
Topps
The New Yorker
Awards and honors: Grand Prix de la Ville d'Angoulême (2011)
National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2022)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (2015)
Pulitzer Prize (1992)

Members

Discussions

Group Read: Maus by Art Spiegelman in Book talk (June 2022)

Site Read—Maus? in Talk about LibraryThing (February 2022)

AUGUST READ - SPOILERS - The Complete Maus in The Green Dragon (August 2013)

Reviews

The Complete Maus by Spiegelman Art

Top notch. The holocaust displayed in an honest, graphic way.

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KnickKnackKittyKat | 257 other reviews | Dec 31, 2024 |

Maus a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

I do not typically read graphic novels, and while it was a dark and strange experience, it worked well for the story. I made the mistake of not getting the full two-volumes and I did not like where this story ended...

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jawertman | 262 other reviews | Dec 23, 2024 |

Maus a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

A sad book, sadder than betrayal than turning on those you love: but in those times whom you loved was survival

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Sri-Hari-Palacio-MEd | 262 other reviews | Dec 21, 2024 |

Maus a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

I thought this was well done. I've read a lot about the holocaust both fictional accounts and non-fiction and I wasn't expecting much with a graphic novel. But the author captured the traumatised old Jewish man retelling his experiences to his son. I thought being a graphic novel, I'd be able to skim but it sucked me in deeply to the story and I found myself rereading passages and pages and holding the Spiegelman family's story in my prayers.

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Wishbear83 | 262 other reviews | Dec 17, 2024 |

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