Tag: art spiegelman
AWARDS ROUNDUP: Nominees and finalists for 2023 Russ Manning, NCS Divisions, inaugural JewCie Awards;...
This Awards Roundup is filled to the brim with nominees and finalist declarations - as well as the winners of the recent Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards
Art Spiegelman to receive lifetime achievement award from National Book Foundation in November
Spiegelman becomes the first cartoonist to ever receive the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/16/22: Jack Kirby and Jack Ruby; Job openings
Musing on a long ago oddity in the career of Jack Kirby....and looking at some comics industry job openings
Maus hits #1 on Amazon – but is it enough?
Controversy has propelled Maus to the top of the sales charts, but a bigger battle is looming, librarians warn.
An open letter to the McMinn County Board of Education regarding MAUS
Gregory Paul Silber addresses a Tennessee school district that banned Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning MAUS.
Outcry after Tennessee school board unanimously votes to remove Maus
Amid rising attempts to ban books from school libraries and curriculums, the McMinn County school board in Tennessee has voted to remove Maus from the school library by a 10-0 vote.
SILBER LININGS: Presenting the Silber Medalists of the 2021 Greglympics
As the 2020 Tokyo Olympics draw to a close, Greg presents his own awards to a few of his favorite things and experiences.
SILBER LININGS: DC’s “The New 52” was bad… but it worked.
The New 52 was a reviled era for DC Comics, but it did it's job... for Greg, at least.
MINT CONDITION: Art Spiegelman’s Maus (1980)
We all have gaps in our pop culture knowledge, those omissions that elicit gasps from our fellow funnybook connoisseurs. For me, those gaps are vast and constitute anything outside of DC Comics proper. I’m...
Comic Arts Brooklyn returns in November with Ware, Kominsky-Crumb and more
The art comix event of the year is free and has a bonus Cabaret on Sunday
Marvel rejects “Orange Skull” reference in Art Spiegelman’s historical essay
A reference to "an Orange Skull" was rejected by higher ups at Marvel.
Art Spiegelman and Neal Adams go back to school for Fanfaire NYC ’19
A comic book festival from the high school that Neal Adams and Art Spiegelman went to!
