Spiegelman
Proper noun
Meaning
Spiegelman (plural Spiegelmans)
A surname from German.
Examples
Art Spiegelman tries to come to an understanding of his fathers ordeal in a German prison camp during World War 2. Illustrated in a b&w cartoon/comic book form.
Art Spiegelman, the American cartoonist behind Maus, the celebrated Holocaust cartoon, dreamt up a good definition of graphic novels: comics…
As it turns out, everyone backed out of the event — former ette Bridget Harrison, Dana Vachon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Deborah Schoeneman all cancelled, leaving only ex-Page Sixer Ian Spiegelman at the podium (assuming he showed up, if only for the booze).
As Spiegelman sought to do with a pre- comic, Dawson appropriates the “cat-mouse metaphor of oppression,” but he applies it broadly in to any oppressor-oppressed relationships.
“Drawing comics (as Spiegelman puts it, “make boxes – fill them – cartoonists and undertakers – same business”) is one of the most constraining art forms.” from today’s Guardian.
It is through pieces like this that Spiegelman has continued to help nudge comics into rich new territory.