Presented in partnership with the Tallahassee Jewish Federation, “Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse” is a documentary which offers an intimate, funny, and resilient look at the life and creative ...

From the first spread of Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir “Maus,” one can already glean his signature mix of the autobiographical, the fictional and the poetic. “It was summer, I remember I was ten or ...

“Art Spiegelman is one of the most important cartoonists in the world working today. He tackled a subject that was enormous, and he established the medium as a serious literary form.” A portion of the ...

Discover Spiegelman’s career and how his life story inspired his groundbreaking work, even in the face of looming censorship, in AMERICAN MASTERS "Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse." Featuring ...

As one of the most influential cartoonists and editors of his generation, Art Spiegelman played a pivotal role in elevating comics into a respected literary and artistic medium. “Art Spiegelman is the ...

During a segment shown early in “Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse,” an interviewer submits that the three most resonant works of art rooted in the Holocaust have been Primo Levi’s “If This Is a Man ...

In 1972, Art Spiegelman was a 24-year-old underground comix artist — the “x” was adopted early to signify the movement’s rebellious imperative — rubbing ink-stained elbows with fellow counterculture ...

Film still of Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse (2025), directed by Molly Bernstein and Philip Dolin (all images courtesy Film Forum) Hyperallergic: When did the filmmakers approach you about making ...

Steven Marcus teaches a course at Stockton University called “Art and the Holocaust.” So it was probably apropos, Wednesday night, that Marcus hosted the New Jersey premiere of a documentary about a ...

The creator of Maus has learned that the past is always present. Ad Policy Art Spiegelman, Self-Portrait With Maus Mask, 1989. At many points in his life Art Spiegelman has tried to escape his ...