Art Spiegelman Conversations
Just finished reading (some skimming) Art Spiegelman Conversations, edited by Joseph Witek (U Mississippi, 2007), a collection of interviews with Spiegelman from 1979-2006. An excess of repetition makes for a plodding read, and I’d have liked to see a little more talk in the line of history/criticism of comics. For most of it we hear about Maus, endless talk of Maus with repeated talking points. I’m looking forward to the re-issue of his volume of shorter works (Breakdowns) to see is he is more than a comics one-hit wonder. I often get the feeling Spiegelman’s importance is blown out of proportion. Yes, Maus is historically important from a public perception standpoint, but that Pulitzer was 15 years ago now, and In the Shadows of No Towers was a mess.
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