{"id":11830,"date":"2009-01-14T14:58:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T21:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=11830"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:32:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:32:13","slug":"pulitzer-prize-winning-graphic-artist-to-visit-nau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/pulitzer-prize-winning-graphic-artist-to-visit-nau\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic artist to visit NAU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art Spiegelman related his parents\u2019 harrowing struggle to survive the Holocaust in his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel. The author\/illustrator will visit Northern Arizona University this month.<\/p>\n

Spiegelman will present \u201cComix 101\u201d for International Holocaust Remembrance Day at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 in Ardrey Auditorium on the NAU campus. The event is sponsored by the Martin-Springer Institute.<\/p>\n

Spiegelman\u2019s presentation will explore the relationship between art and tolerance, with a focus on his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel\u00a0Maus: A Survivor’s Tale<\/em>\u00a0and his more recent work\u00a0In the Shadow of No Towers<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Maus: A Survivor’s Tale<\/em>\u00a0is a memoir recounting the story of Spiegelman\u2019s father, Vladek Spiegelman, a Holocaust survivor. The story also reveals the somewhat difficult personal relationship between the father and son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, Vol. I, “My Father Bleeds History”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The graphic novel, consisting of two volumes, Volume I, \u201cMy Father Bleeds History\u201d and Volume II, \u201cAnd Here My Troubles Began,\u201d earned a Pulitzer Prize Special Award in 1992.<\/p>\n

Vladek Spiegelman worked as a salesman before being drafted into the Polish Army at the outbreak of World War II. Both he and his wife, Anja, were imprisoned by the Germans during the Holocaust. They were liberated from the Nazi concentration camps in 1945.<\/p>\n

In the depiction of Vladek\u2019s story, each nationality or group is portrayed as an anthropomorphic animal; Nazis are cats, Jews are mice and the Polish are pigs.<\/p>\n

In September 2004, Spiegelman released\u00a0In the Shadow of No Towers<\/em>, in which he relates his experience of the 9\/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the psychological after-effects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout history, artists and their works have created spaces for us to examine ourselves and our society,\u201d said\u00a0Gretchen McAllister<\/strong>, director of the Martin-Springer Institute. \u201cMr. Spiegelman\u2019s work and his talk at NAU will draw our attention to the power of the arts to provide an opportunity for reflection and discussion about difficult issues such as genocide and violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spiegelman was a staff artist and writer for\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em>\u00a0from 1993-2003 and co-created Garbage Pail Kids stickers and cards. In 2005,\u00a0Time<\/em>\u00a0magazine named Spiegelman one of its “Top 100 Most Influential People” and he was made a Chevalier de l\u2019Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. In 2007, Spiegelman starred as himself inThe Simpsons<\/em>\u00a0episode \u201cHusbands and Knives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students can attend the Jan. 27 event for free, although tickets are required. For others, tickets will be $7 each. To obtain tickets please call the NAU Ticketing Office at (928) 523-5661. For information, visit\u00a0nau.edu\/msi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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