{"product_id":"artful-breakdowns-the-comics-of-art-spiegelman-9781496837516","title":"Artful Breakdowns: The Comics of Art Spiegelman","description":"Contributions by Georgiana Banita, Colin Beineke, Harriet Earle, Ariela Freedman, Liza Futerman, Shawn Gilmore, Sarah Hamblin, Cara Koehler, Lee Konstantinou, Patrick Lawrence, Philip Smith, and Kent Worcester \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A carefully curated, wide-ranging edited volume tracing Art Spiegelman's exceptional trajectory from underground rebellion to mainstream success, \u003ci\u003eArtful Breakdowns: The Comics of Art Spiegelman\u003c\/i\u003e reveals his key role in the rise of comics as an art form and of the cartoonist as artist. The collection grapples with Spiegelman's astonishing versatility, from his irreverent underground strips, influential avant-garde magazine \u003ci\u003eRAW\u003c\/i\u003e, the expressionist style of the comics classic \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e, the illustrations to the Jazz Age poem \"The Wild Party,\" and his response to the September 11 terrorist attacks to his iconic cover art for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, his children's books, and various cross-media collaborations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The twelve chapters cut across Spiegelman's career to document continuities and ruptures that the intense focus on \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e has obscured, yielding an array of original readings. Spiegelman's predilection for collage, improvisation, and the potent protest of silence shows his allegiance to modernist art. His cultural critique and anticapitalist, antimilitary positions shed light on his vocal public persona, while his deft intertextual strategies of mixing media archives, from comics to photography and film, amplify the poignance of his works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Developing new approaches to Spiegelman's comics--such as the publication history of \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e, the history of immigration and xenophobia, and the cartoonist's elevation of children's comics--the collection leaves no doubt that despite the accolades his accessible comics have garnered, we have yet to grasp the full range of Spiegelman's achievements in the realm of comics and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorgiana Banita\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of North American literature and culture at University of Bamberg. She is author of \u003ci\u003ePlotting Justice: Narrative Ethics and Literary Culture after 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eElectoral Cultures: American Democracy and Choice\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eLee Konstantinou\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English literature at University of Maryland, College Park. He is author of the novel \u003ci\u003ePop Apocalypse: A Possible Satire \u003c\/i\u003eand the literary history \u003ci\u003eCool Characters: Irony and American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Legacy of David Foster Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50487598317842,"sku":"9781496837516","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_64f2ae51-df87-45af-9748-3af7203d3392.jpg?v=1730447226","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/artful-breakdowns-the-comics-of-art-spiegelman-9781496837516","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}