Art Spiegelman on Maus, Raw, and Spielberg's Schindler's List
Art Spiegelman, creator of the graphic novel Maus, discusses his career and influences in an interview with Barry Schwabsky for Artpress. Spiegelman co-founded the comics magazine Raw with his wife Françoise Mouly. He gained fame for Maus, a two-volume meditation on the Holocaust of European Jews, where Nazis are depicted as cats, Jews as mice, and Poles as pigs. The interview covers Spiegelman's collaboration with The New Yorker, his nostalgia for the Roaring Twenties, his opinion on Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, and his choice to use an animal bestiary in Maus.
Key facts
- Art Spiegelman co-founded the comics magazine Raw with Françoise Mouly.
- Maus is a two-volume meditation on the Holocaust.
- In Maus, Nazis are cats, Jews are mice, and Poles are pigs.
- Barry Schwabsky interviewed Spiegelman for Artpress.
- The interview discusses Spiegelman's work with The New Yorker.
- Spiegelman expresses nostalgia for the Roaring Twenties.
- Spiegelman gives his opinion on Schindler's List.
- The interview explores Spiegelman's use of an animal bestiary in Maus.
Entities
Artists
- Art Spiegelman
- Françoise Mouly
- Barry Schwabsky
Institutions
- Raw
- The New Yorker
- Artpress
Sources
- artpress —