New Releases by Art Spiegelman

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Art Spiegelman is one of our most influential contemporary artists, and it is hard to overstate his effect on postwar American culture and the world of comics. Maus has shaped the fields of literature, history, and art, and enlivened our collective sense of what these practices can accomplish. Collecting responses to the work that confirm its unique and terrain-shifting status, Maus Now sees writers such as Philip Pullman, Adam Gopnik, Ruth Franklin, and others approaching the complexity of Maus from a wide range of viewpoints and traditions. Organized into three loosely chronological sections ("Contexts", "Problems of Representation" and "Legacy"), the book offers translations of important French, Hebrew, and German essays on Maus for the first time. Maus is revelatory, and generative, in profound and long-lasting ways. With this collection, American literary scholar (and expert on comics and graphic narratives) Hillary Chute assembles the best work around the globe exploring this classic graphic biography.

Ganadora del Premio Pulitzer 1992 Maus nos cuenta la historia de Vladek Spiegelman, un judío superviviente del Holocausto, y de su hijo, un historietista que intenta reconciliarse con su padre, con la terrible historia de este y con la mismísima Historia. La forma de este relato, un cómic (donde los nazis son gatos y los judíos, ratones), logra desposeernos de cualquier atisbo de cercanía que podamos tener con los hechos que aquí se refieren, y lo consigue precisamente porque se acerca a lo inefable empleando formas diminutivas. Como ha señalado el New York Times Book Review, este libro es «un formidable hito, que aporta el detalle de un documental y la viveza de una novela… un suceso literario de primer orden». A medio camino entre Polonia y Rego Park, en Nueva York, Maus detalla dos historias poderosas: la primera es el relato de cómo el padre de Spiegelman y su esposa sobrevivieron a la Europa de Hitler, una narración espeluznante llena de incontables encontronazos con la muerte, de escapatorias improbables y de sentimiento de terror ante la posibilidad del arresto y la traición; la segunda trata de la relación tortuosa que el autor mantiene con su padre en la vejez, en un intento de llevarse bien con él y que, sin embargo, está trufado de pequeñas discusiones y visitas intermitentes, mientras al fondo acecha un legado histórico tan gigantesco que impide ningún tipo de sosiego. A todos los niveles, este es el relato definitivo de un superviviente… y también el de los hijos que, de algún modo, tienen que sobrevivir a los supervivientes. La parte I de Maus nos conduce, de la mano de los padres de Spiegelman, hasta las puertas de Auschwitz, y asimismo nos arrima al abatimiento que siente su hijo. Hay que dejar atrás nuestras ideas preconcebidas. Estos gatos y estos ratones no son Tom y Jerry, sino algo muy diferente. Esto es un nuevo tipo de literatura. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The bestselling first installment of the graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker) PULITZER PRIZE WINNER One of Variety’s “Banned and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read” A brutally moving work of art —widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written— Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history''s most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.

Al primer volumen de Maus lo alabó la crítica por lo insólito de su propuesta y por tratarse de una obra de arte brutalmente conmovedora. En ella, los lectores conocimos a Vladek Spiegelman, un judío superviviente del Holocausto, y a su hijo, un historietista que intentaba reconciliarse con su padre, con la terrible historia de este y con la mismísima Historia. La forma elegida para relatarlo, un cómic (donde los nazis son gatos y los judíos, ratones), lograba desposeernos de cualquier atisbo de cercanía que pudiéramos tener con los hechos referidos, y lo conseguía precisamente porque se acercaba a lo inefable empleando formas diminutivas. Este segundo volumen, que lleva por subtítulo “Y aquí comenzaron mis problemas”, nos traslada de los barracones de Auschwitz a los bungalows de los Catskills. Genuinamente trágico y cómico a partes iguales, alcanza una gran complejidad en el tratamiento de los temas y una precisión de pensamiento inéditos en el cómic y poco habituales en cualquier otro medio artístico. Porque Maus une dos historias poderosas: la narración espeluznante de Vladek, un relato de supervivencia contra todo pronóstico, que retrata la gran paradoja del vivir día a día en un campo de exterminio, y los pormenores de la tortuosa relación que el autor mantiene con su padre en la vejez. A todos los niveles, este es el relato definitivo de un superviviente… y también el de los hijos que, de algún modo, tienen que sobrevivir a los supervivientes. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The bestselling second installment of the graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker) PULITZER PRIZE WINNER One of Variety’s “Banned and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read” A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history''s most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.

"Spiegelman''s drawings are like demonic woodcuts: every angle, line, and curve jumps out at you. Stylishness and brutishness are in perfect accord." - The New York Times Art Spiegelman''s sinister and witty black-and-white drawings give charged new life to Joseph Moncure March''s Wild Party, a lost classic from 1928. The inventive and varied page designs offer perfect counterpoint to the staccato tempo of this hard-boiled jazz-age tragedy told in syncopated rhyming couplets. Here is a poem that can make even readers with no time for poetry stop dead in their tracks. Once read, large shards of this story of one night of debauchery will become permanently lodged in the brain. When The Wild Party was first published, Louis Untermeyer declared: "It is repulsive and fascinating, vicious and vivacious, uncompromising, unashamed . . . and unremittingly powerful. It is an amazing tour de force."

El día después visto a través de los ojos de grandes autores reconocidos del sector como Art Spiegelman (Maus), Joe Sacco (Palestina, Gorazde, Notas al pie de Gaza) o Muñoz y Sampayo (Alack Sinner), entre otros.Con una portada de Enki Bilal (Fin de siglo), este libro aparece con motivo del décimo aniversario de los terribles atentados contra EE UU.

Maus es la biografía de Vladek Spiegelman, un judío polaco superviviente de los campos de exterminio nazis, contada a través de su hijo Art, un dibujante de cómics que quiere dejar memoria de la aterradora persecución que sufrieron millones de personas en la Europa sometida por Hitler y de las consecuencias de este sufrimiento en la vida cotidiana de las generaciones posteriores. Apartándose de las formas de literatura creadas hasta la publicación de Maus, Art Spiegelman se aproxima al tema del Holocausto de un modo absolutamente renovador, y para ello relata la experiencia de su propia familia en forma de memoria gráfica, utilizando todos los recursos estilísticos y narrativos tradicionales de este género y, a la vez, inventando otros nuevos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler''s Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father''s story and history itself. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), succeeds perfectly in shocking us out of any lingering sense of familiarity with the events described, approaching, as it does, the unspeakable through the diminutive. Genuinely tragic and comic by turns, it attains a complexity of theme and a precision of thought new to comics and rare in any medium. Mausties together two powerful stories: Vladek''s harrowing take of survival against all odds, delineating the paradox of family life in the death camps, and the author''s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. At every level this is the ultimate survivor''s tale—and that too of the children who somehow survive even the survivors

When magic touches an old peach tree, strange things start happening. A giant peach grows as large as a house, and when James crawls inside, the adventure begins. Lane Smith has created wonderful new illustrations based on the characters in the new full-l

"All of the [students], black, Latino, white, male, and female, talk about the unease and alienation endemic to their ages, and they do it in fresh and appealing voices. Rich and complex."- Kirkus Reviews "As always, Grimes gives young people exactly

Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests, this anthology brought together a diverse chorus of voices to present tales drawn from the issues that drove people to set up camp on capitalism''s doorstep, issues that continue to impact our lives and world today. Featuring work by Alan Moore (Watchmen, V For Vendetta), Art Spiegelman (Maus), David Lloyd (V For Vendetta), Molly Crabapple (Drawing Blood), Amanda Palmer, Bill Ayers (The Weather Underground), Mike Allred (Madman), David Mack (Kabuki), Ben Templesmith (30 Days Of Night), Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), and early comics by Matthew Rosenberg (Uncanny X-Men), Patrick Kindlon (Nobody Is In Control), Matt Miner (Critical Hit), Eric Zawadzki (The Dregs), Patrick Meaney (Last Born), Amancay Nahuelpan (Clandestino), and Matteo Pizzolo (Calexit).

"Designed with Mr. Spiegelman’s help, [Co-Mix] has the tall, narrow proportions of Raw...its images form a chronological sampling of Mr. Spiegelman’s extraordinary imagination, including his precocious early work, underground comics, preparatory notes and sketches for Maus, indelible covers for The New Yorker, lithographic efforts and much else."—New York Times In an art career that now spans six decades, Art Spiegelman has been a groundbreaking and influential figure with a global impact. His Pulitzer Prize-winning holocaust memoir Maus established the graphic novel as a legitimate form and inspired countless cartoonists while his shorter works have enormously expanded the expressive range of comics. Co-Mix: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps is a comprehensive career overview of the output of this legendary cartoonist, showing for the first time the full range of a half-century of relentless experimentation. Starting from Spiegelman''s earliest self-published comics and lavishly reproducing graphics from a host of publications both obscure and famous, Co-Mix provides a guided tour of an artist who has continually reinvented not just comics but also made a mark in book and magazine design, bubble gum cards, lithography, modern dance, and most recently stained glass. By showing all facets of Spiegelman''s career, the book demonstrates how he has persistently cross-pollinated the worlds of comics, commercial design, and fine arts. Essays by acclaimed film critic J. Hoberman and MoMA curator and Dean of the Yale University School of Art Robert Storr bookend Co-Mix, offering eloquent meditations on an artist whose work has been genre-defining.

NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER • Visually and emotionally rich, MetaMaus is as groundbreaking as the masterpiece whose creation it reveals • Featured in the documentary Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse In the pages of MetaMaus, Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer Prize–winning Maus, the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust ever since it was first published decades ago. He probes the questions that Maus most often evokes—Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics?—and gives us a new and essential work about the creative process. Compelling and intimate, MetaMaus is poised to become a classic in its own right.

Maus es la historia de Vladek Spiegelman, judio que sobrevive a la Europa de Hitler, y la de su hijo, Art, que ha escrito este libro como una forma de reconciliarse con su padre y asumir el terrible pasado familiar. El molde de la historieta (donde los Nazis son gatos y los judios ratones) consigue sustraer al lector de toda familiaridad con los hechos que se describen. Entre Polonia y Nueva York, Maus cuenta, en realidad, dos historias; el relato descarnado del padre, marcado por el miedo, el dolor, la traicion, las citas con la muerte y la tortuosa relacion del autor con el, sus esporadicas reuniones y desencuentros. Es, en definitiva, un testimonio extraordinario de supervivencia. Esta primera parte de Maus lleva a los padres de Spiegelman hasta las puertas de Auschwitz. El infierno mismo vendra mas adelante. Deje de lado todo prejuicio. Estos gatos y ratones no son Tom y Jerry. Novela, documento, memoria e historieta a la vez, he aqui un nuevo tipo de lectura. "Una obra de arte brutalmente conmovedora." Boston Globe "Quiza ninguna narracion del Holocausto contendra jamas toda la experiencia. Pero Art Spiegelman ha encontrado una forma autentica y original de acercarnos a su corazon desnudo." The New York Times.

"My best drawings have often been on stray scraps of paper, falling somewhere between unconscious doodles and focused drawings ... When McSweeney''s actually offered to produce a large file folder of my scraps, the counterintuitive idea of replicating my detritus goaded me into presenting some sketchbooks that had enough momentum to go on for more than a few pages. One, from 1979, is here called "BE." The most recent one, from 2007, catalyzed this current folly when it stumbled in the world as part of McSweeney''s 27. It''s here called "A." A favorite sketchbook from 1983, "NOSE," completes the set"--Introductory pamphlet "Liner Notes" by Art Spiegelman, p. [2] of Introduction.

"My best drawings have often been on stray scraps of paper, falling somewhere between unconscious doodles and focused drawings ... When McSweeney''s actually offered to produce a large file folder of my scraps, the counterintuitive idea of replicating my detritus goaded me into presenting some sketchbooks that had enough momentum to go on for more than a few pages. One, from 1979, is here called "BE." The most recent one, from 2007, catalyzed this current folly when it stumbled in the world as part of McSweeney''s 27. It''s here called "A." A favorite sketchbook from 1983, "NOSE," completes the set"--Introductory pamphlet "Liner Notes" by Art Spiegelman, p. [2] of Introduction.

Lauréat du prix Pulitzer pour Maus, créateur des Crados et père du roman graphique moderne, Art Spiegelman présente la reproduction à l''état brut de ses carnets et le résultat est aussi drôle, incisif, paillard et touchant que l''homme qui se cache derrière eux. Be a nose ! est un précieux aperçu des griffonnages personnels d''un génie américain.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Maus" presents reproductions of his private sketchbooks.

The creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus explores the comics form ... and how it formed him! This book opens with Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!, creating vignettes of the people, events, and comics that shaped Art Spiegelman. It traces the artist''s evolution from a MAD-comics obsessed boy in Rego Park, Queens, to a neurotic adult examining the effect of his parents'' memories of Auschwitz on his own son. The second part presents a facsimile of Breakdowns, the long-sought after collection of the artist''s comics of the 1970s, the book that triggers these memories. Breakdowns established the mode of formally sophisticated comics that transformed the medium, and includes the prototype of Maus, cubist experiments, an essay on humor, and the definitive genre-twisting pulp story "Ace Hole-Midget Detective." Pulling all this together is an illustrated essay that looks back at the sixties as the artist pushes sixty, and explains the obsessions that brought these works into being. Poignant, funny, complex, and innovative, Breakdowns alters the terms of what can be accomplished in a memoir.

A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler''s Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father''s story and history itself.

First-ever collection of America''s underground pornographic comics from the 1930s to the 1950s. Known as Tijuana Bibles, these highly explicit comic books constitute a fascinating view of the unknown, erotic America of that turbulent era. day I think these little comics are everything pornography ought to be - dirty, antisocial, funny, borderline psychotic. What an art form!'' - P.J. O''Rourke ''Charming and evocative, these artefacts present a little-known cultural history'' - the New Yorker

In his first new book of comics since the Pulitzer-Prize winning Maus, Art Spiegelman gives us a deeply personal, politically charged, graphically and emotionally stunning account of the events and aftermath of September 11, 2001. In a large, two-page-spread format that echoes the scale of the earliest newspaper comics, Spiegelman conveys--through his singular artistry, his outrage and wit--the unfathomable enormity of the event itself, the obvious and insidious effects it had on his life, and the extraordinary, often hidden changes that have been enacted in the name of post-9/11 national security and that have begun to undermine the very foundation of American democracy.

The reissue of this classic manga''s first volume has impeccable timing. It recounts the bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, and his family. But the book''s themes (the physical and psychological damage ordinary people suffer from war''s realities) ring chillingly true today. Despite its harrowing nature, this work is invaluable for the lessons it offers in history, humanity and compassion. Published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.