Art Spiegelman

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Art Spiegelman (born Itzhak Avraham ben Zev on15 February 1948 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a New-York-based American cartoonist, editor and comics advocate, best known for his graphic novel Maus (1986, 1991). His work as co-editor on the comics magazines Arcade and Raw has been influential, and he spent a decade as contributing artist for The New Yorker starting in 1992, where he made a number of high-profile and sometimes controversial covers. He is married to artist, designer and editor Françoise Mouly. Spiegelman's work first gained prominence in the underground comix scene in the 1970s ... More from Amazon