Disaster is his Muse

The artist who turned comic books into searing journalism.

The Speakers

Highlights

  • Art Spiegelman: The language of comics is a language of sign systems and symbols

    30 secs

  • Art Spiegelman: There's a great history of comics and every once in a while a book breaks through

    45 secs

  • Art Spiegelman: I was inspired by a 1930s comic book called 'Little Orphan Annie'

    2 mins

  • Art Spiegelman: I was just doodling, focusing on the New Yorker's central figure

    1 min 30 secs

  • Art Spiegelman: The goal is to make something interesting to me, and then hopefully to others

    30 secs

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