Disaster is his Muse
The artist who turned comic books into searing journalism.
The Speakers
Highlights
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Art Spiegelman: The language of comics is a language of sign systems and symbols
30 secs
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Art Spiegelman: There's a great history of comics and every once in a while a book breaks through
45 secs
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Art Spiegelman: I was inspired by a 1930s comic book called 'Little Orphan Annie'
2 mins
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Art Spiegelman: I was just doodling, focusing on the New Yorker's central figure
1 min 30 secs
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Art Spiegelman: The goal is to make something interesting to me, and then hopefully to others
30 secs
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In the Words of Sir Harry…
Matthew Rhys reads from Harry Evans’ book My Paperchase
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Eyes on Gaza
An award-winning Reuters photojournalist on documenting the horror of war in Gaza for the past 18 months.
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Yulia Navalnaya Unbowed
How the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is carrying on his fight to bring down Putin.
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Weaponising Media
How open-source intelligence, YouTube, and traditional investigative reporting are being used to expose the lies of the Putin regime.
