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‘Maus’ is a deeply personal and stylized biography of our darkest days

Maus (1991) Writer: Art Spiegelman Artist: Art Spiegelman Published by Pantheon Books Comics originally got started in strip form.  They were quick reads that, as often as not, had a slight overlapping narrative or at least a reoccurrence of characters.  Found often in newspapers and magazines the limited medium left windows best situated for satirical, comical …

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Art Spiegelman: CO-MIX Presented by the Vancouver Art Gallery

The struggle between the artistic integrity of comic books versus the bottom of a trash can has been a long and arduous one. While comic books have finally garnered the respect they deserve, there was a time, not too long ago, when comics were meant only for kids and weirdos. Enter Art Spiegelman; American comic legend. …

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Neil the Horse: A Black-and-White of a Different Colour

The 1980s brought incredible changes to the North American comics industry. The proliferation of specialty retailers, the relaxation of self-censorship regulations and a burgeoning interest in the aesthetic dimension of graphic storytelling all helped to create a landscape in which independent publishers had the potential to thrive. This free-for-all climate emboldened a new generation of …

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