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Art Spiegelman
PainterMixed MediaKnown for:
Maus (1991); co-founder of Raw magazine
Education:
High School of Art and Design, Manhattan; Harpur College (now SUNY Binghamton)
Art Spiegelman spent 13 years producing Maus (1991), a graphic memoir of his father's survival of the Holocaust in which Jews are depicted as mice and Nazis as cats, drawing on his father's oral testimony. Maus became the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize, receiving a special award in 1992. He co-founded the comics anthology Raw in 1980, which published early work by Charles Burns, Gary Panter, and other artists who defined alternative comics.
Art Spiegelman's Gear List(1)
Pelikan
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Drew all of Maus with specially modified Pelikan fountain pens, nibs adjusted by master nib specialist John Mottishaw
Product description
German-made fountain pen from Pelikan, known for its differential-piston filling mechanism and smooth nib. The Souverän line is the flagship series, featuring striped resin barrels and gold nibs. Pelikan has manufactured writing instruments since the 1920s.
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