Art Spiegelman Won’t Shrink Back From Controversy
The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy.
Hasnain says:
From the person that brought us Maus. I genuinely do not see how one can hold the horrific facts of the Holocaust in their head, internalize them, say “never again”, and then be okay when they learn what’s going on in Gaza. Disagree on scale however you want, but I’d want to be in opposition even if it gets anywhere near “1% holocaust” and I feel like this is far past that. I take solace and learn from scholars of genocide and the holocaust when they share some of the parallels they’ve seen. I wish the rest of the world will listen (and in particular leadership)
“After the documentary’s premiere, Spiegelman told the sold-out audience in a Q&A session that his next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco. He was wary of providing any details on a project that he thinks will struggle to find a publisher in the United States.
“I’ll finish this thing or die trying. I’ve never had a bigger wrestling match inside my head,” he said. “My superego says, ‘You must do this if you’re going to live with yourself’,” and my id says, ‘Who wants the grief [of] being canceled by everyone on the planet?’””
Posted on 2024-12-29T20:40:57+0000