Breakdowns
1977CartoonistsUnderground comic books, stripsBiographyComics & graphic novels, nonfiction, generalComics & graphic novels, nonfiction, biography & memoir
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The creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus reflects on the comics form and its influence on his life and art as he traces his evolution from comics obsessed boy to a neurotic adult exploring the effects of his parents' memories of Auschwitz on his own son, in a volume that includes a facsimile of Breakdowns, the artist's comics from the 1970s.
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CartoonistsUnderground comic books, stripsBiographyComics & graphic novels, nonfiction, generalComics & graphic novels, nonfiction, biography & memoirComic books, strips
First published 1977About the author
Art Spiegelman
15 Feb 1948
Art Spiegelman (born Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman on February 15, 1948) is an American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel *Maus*. His work as co-editor on the comics magazines *Arcade* and *Raw* has been influential, and from 1992 he spent a decade as contributing artist for *The New Yorker*. He is married to designer and editor Françoise Mouly and is the father of writer Nadja Spiegelman. **Source**: [Art Spiegelman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Spiegelman) on Wikipedia
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