One way of understanding a graphic novel is that it's an ambitious comic and one way or another my comics have had ambitions. I have no problem with escapism. When I get my depressions all I want to do is… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
It's not an accident that, while bookstores are all in a tizzy, one of the more lively and alive sections is the so-called "graphic novel" section, because those are harder to replace. — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
The book has very specific qualities. Let's say in 2300 they discover the physical book, after having lived with the digital book for several… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
In 1908, you could easily earn $20 to $200 as a cartoonist. What's amazing is that it's still true! — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
I wanted to create comics as soon as a I learned humans were behind them, that they were not natural phenomena like trees and… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
What we're losing culturally the fastest, aside from natural resources and oil and the idea of democracy and social justice, is the ability to… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
I would say that, in the future, the book will be reserved for things that function best as a book. So, if I need… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm drawing onto a computer directly, sometimes I'm drawing on paper , so I can't really talk about drafts. It's just like having… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
I think as soon as I figured out - and this must have been incredibly young - that comic books were made by humans,… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
“I'm not talking about YOUR book now, but look at how many books have already been written about the Holocaust. What's the point? People… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz. — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
I'm supposed to be making comics, so I had to do it the best way I knew how, which is what those guys at… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions,… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
