From The Times
November 21, 2008
Exclusive interview with Art Spiegelman
Tom Gatti talks to the Pulizer-winning creator of Maus
November 21, 2008
Exclusive interview with Art Spiegelman
Tom Gatti talks to the Pulizer-winning creator of Maus
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The waistcoat, the permanent cigarette, the thick, expressive eyebrows - they're all present and correct, as Spiegelman scuttles around his Manhattan studio (in a not entirely un-mouselike way) attempting simultaneously to have his picture taken, field phone calls, and tell me about his new book, Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2hRsHFjmwR7JYfC8OyBmBB98W1ZJd_LwKl-M_NekXLR04MchOJ1MIAJqUz0sN7Zr1lcE2dsotCArldmMk6cGgxsfX5VY7OaM9-Pdxgaxzdq9hNui55eT660LyLC9D-aIkIc3/s200/Breakdowns.jpg)
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Ashtrays overflow with pencil-shavings, back issues of Tales of the Incredible and Humbug line the shelves, and early newspaper “funnies” cover the walls. It's the lair of a man who has devoted his life's work to comics: reading, analysing, editing and making.
Read the full intervew at The Times online.
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