The Westport Library today announced its 2019 Malloy Lecture in the Arts will feature cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate Art Spiegelman.
Art Spiegelman: author of only comic to win a Pulitzer Prize. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
It is set for Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Westport Library.
Spiegelman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and artist of celebrated works like “Maus” (the only comic ever to win a Pulitzer prize), “In the Shadow of No Towers,” and “Breakdowns.”
The event is free; however, tickets are required. Tickets will be available on the Westport Library website on Monday at 10 a.m.
Spiegelman has almost single-handedly brought comic books out of the toy closet and onto the literature shelves.
In 1992, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his masterful Holocaust narrative “Maus” which portrayed Jews as mice and Nazis as cats.
“Maus II” continued the remarkable story of his parents’ survival of the Nazi regime and their lives later in America.
His comics are best known for their shifting graphic styles, their formal complexity, and controversial content.
In his lecture, “What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?” Spiegelman takes his audience on a chronological tour of the evolution of comics, all the while explaining the value of this medium and why it should not be ignored.
The Malloy Lecture in the Arts is made possible by a generous contribution from the late Westport artist Susan Malloy.
