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Art Spiegelman is born in Stockholm, Sweden, as Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev.

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Spiegelman’s family immigrates to the United States, settling in Rego Park, Queens, New York.

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He begins attending the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan.

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Graduates from high school and starts working as a freelance artist for Topps Chewing Gum Company.

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Begins selling self-published underground comix on street corners and contributes to underground publications like East Village Other.

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Experiences a nervous breakdown and spends time in Binghamton State Mental Hospital; his mother dies by suicide later that year.

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Moves to San Francisco, becoming involved in the underground comix movement.

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Co-edits the underground comix anthology Arcade with Bill Griffith.

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Publishes Breakdowns, a collection of his strongest underground work.

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Co-founds RAW magazine with his wife, Françoise Mouly.

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Interviews his father about his Holocaust experiences and visits Auschwitz for research on Maus.

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Publishes Maus: A Survivor's Tale, which depicts his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic characters.

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Releases the second volume of Maus, titled Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began.

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Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Maus, marking a significant recognition of graphic novels as serious literature.

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Receives an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Harpur College.

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Inducted into the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame for his contributions to comics and illustration.

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Awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by the National Book Foundation.

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The One Club. (n.d.). Art Spiegelman. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://www.oneclub.org/adc-hall-of-fame/-bio/art-spiegelman/

Art Spiegelman. (n.d.-b). Copyright 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/art-spiegelman