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SUMMARY:Screening & Conversation - "Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse"
LOCATION:University of Georgia\, University of Georgia Chapel\, Herty Dr\, 
 Athens\, GA 30602\, USA
DESCRIPTION:This free community screening of the Peabody Award-nominated PB
 S American Masters documentary Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse is pres
 ented by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts\, the Program in Jewis
 h Studies\, the department of history\, and the department of Germanic and
  Slavic studies. Free advance tickets are available here.\n\nThe screening
  will be preceded by a short introduction by Jake Short\, associate profes
 sor of history\, and followed a Q&A with producer Philip Dolin and editor 
 Molly Bernstein\, moderated by Prof. Short.\n\nFrom his early art for the 
 countercultural underground comix movement to his acclaimed graphic novel 
 Maus\, Art Spiegelman’s legacy in the comic arts world continues to grow
  and has inspired many of today’s beloved cartoonists. This film explore
 s Spiegelman’s career and how his life story inspired his groundbreaking
  work\, even in the face of looming censorship. The film is part of The WN
 ET Group’s Holocaust Days of Remembrance exploring antisemitism through 
 the history and personal stories of the Holocaust\, and their impact on Je
 wish life and culture.\n\nFeaturing archival footage and stills\, illustra
 tions and new interviews with Spiegelman\, Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My 
 Muse follows Spiegelman’s early career as co-editor of comic magazines A
 rcade and Raw before becoming a contributing artist for The New Yorker\, a
 s well as the origins and impact of Maus\, his autobiographical work that 
 became the first and only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize.\n\nArt Sp
 iegelman: Disaster is My Muse\, which won the Metropolis Grand Jury Prize 
 at its world premiere at the DOC NYC Festival in November 2024\, features 
 interviews from Spiegelman’s family and contemporaries\, including desig
 ner and wife Françoise Mouly\, fellow cartoonists Joe Sacco\, Robert Crum
 b\, Emil Ferris\, Jerry Craft and Bill Griffith\, writer and artist Molly 
 Crabapple and author J. Hoberman.
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