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 the beginning of the Twentieth Century were doing. — 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 So, if I need a textbook that's going to be out of date because of new technological inventions, you're better off having it where you can download the supplements or the update. If you're going to read a quick mystery… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share
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 soft clay until it hardens. At least as much of the problem has to do with the decisions of what to represent, how to represent that, and how to reduce it down. The words in the… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share
I think as soon as I figured out - and this must have been incredibly young - that comic books were made by humans, rather than being natural phenomenon likes trees or rocks, I just wanted to be one of the people who did that. So I was copying all kinds of cartoons that I was reading, comic books, and… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share
“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
