Spiegelman art biography

American cartoonist (born )

Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman (SPEE-gəl-mən; born February 15, ), professionally known as Art Spiegelman, 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 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.

In September , the National Book Foundation announced that he would receive the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.^[3]

Spiegelman began his career with Topps (a bubblegum and trading card company) in the mids, which was his main financial support for two decades; there he co-created parodic series such as Wacky Packages in the s and Garbage Pail Kids in the s.

He gained prominence in the underground comix scene in the s with short, experi