Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev, aka Art Spiegelman (b. 1948), is an American cartoonist best known for Maus, a graphic novel in which he tells the story of his parents’ survival of Auschwitz through the ...

Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? These questions about the creative process and foundational ideas behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Maus” by Art Spiegelman continue to be asked after 25 ...

Art Spiegelman didn’t set out to write an educational aid for young-adult readers. A half-century ago, he simply wanted to better know his own origin story, discover more about his parents’ histories ...

It's not the first time Art Spiegelman has seen his book "Maus" stir controversy. In fact, he said he sees it on the table at his local bookstore every year during "Banned Books Week." As word spread ...

Two editions of Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus," about his parents' experiences during the Holocaust, have become bestsellers after being banned by a Tennessee school board earlier this month.

UPDATE 1/29: Sales of Maus have surged online since a Tennessee school board’s decision to ban the graphic novel. According to the Associated Press, two editions of the Art Spiegelman’s book have both ...

(JTA) — Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the graph novel “Maus,” is set to become the first cartoonist to win the prestigious MacDowell Medal for culture and the arts. The ...

Award-winning graphic novel “Maus” by Art Spiegelman, which depicts the atrocities experienced by Jews imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps, topped Amazon’s best-seller list over the weekend in the ...

Two editions of Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel “Maus,” about his parents’ experiences during the Holocaust, have become bestsellers after being banned by a Tennessee school board earlier this month.