Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse Se

Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse Se

*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*

This insightful documentary delves into the life and work of Art Spiegelman, the Queens-raised artist who revolutionized comics by exploring dark, complex themes. Shaped by his Holocaust-survivor parents and inspired by MAD magazine’s irreverent satire, Spiegelman’s most famous work, MAUS, is a poignant Holocaust narrative that redefined the medium. The film showcases his resistance to fascism and features rich illustrations from his comics, highlighting his significant impact as an artist and cultural critic.

Bonus Features:
1. Trailer
2. Deleted Scenes
3. Art Reads “As the Mind Reels” about watching Dick Van Dyke with his parents
4. Bill Griffith discusses the art of making Woodcuts
5. Cartoonists As Reporters
6. Hillary Chute on Academic Impact of Art’s work
7. Françoise Mouly explains Color Separation
8. Françoise talks about having a Printing Press in their apartment and what she made
9. Art talks about MAD Magazine founder Harvey Kurtzman and the war comics he published for EC Comics
10. Art tells the story of being censored by Marvel Comics
11. Art works with artist Si Lewen
12. Bill Griffith describes how he and Art came up with Wacky Packages ideas
13. The Spiegelmans and the Crumbs at the table
14. Extended Interviews, speeches, and Outtakes: Françoise Mouly on first Coming to New York
15. Art Spiegelman’s Skidmore College Talk
16. Michael Chabon, Hillary Chute present Art with the MacDowell medal – speeches
17. Art speaks at the NY High School of Art and Design
18. Art, Françoise Mouly and Chris Ware on a panel at Comic Arts Brooklyn
19. Art gives a history of comics talk in Reston VA
20. Art Spiegelman on Forbidden Images Now at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts with Hillary Chute
21. Art accepts the National Book Awards Lifetime Achievement award
22. Hillary Chute Extended interview
23. Marlborough Gallery Tour of Art Spiegelman show (with Art)
24. Art makes a lithograph at a studio in Brooklyn
25. Drawing Sequence of artists in the film making con sketches