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Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse Nominated for Peabody Award

From The Daily Cartoonist: The 86th Peabody Award nominees have been announced. The Art Spiegelman documentary “Art Spiegelman Disaster Is My Muse” made the list of 20 films up for the award in the documentary category. Read more: https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/04/07/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-nominated-for-peabody-award/

Art Spiegelman to Receive Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award

The National Cartoonists’ Society is set to award Art Spiegelman with the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. This is part of The Reuben Awards ceremony happening August 15 2025. From their website: In 1980, Spiegelman and his wife Françoise Mouly launched the groundbreaking magazine RAW, where his seminal work Maus first appeared in serialized form.ContinueContinue reading “Art Spiegelman to Receive Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award”

Art Speigelman Documentary “Disaster is My Muse” Premiers on PBS Tues Apr 15

Here is a link online, though I am not sure it is available in Canada: https://www.pbs.org/video/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-vhpuzs/

Art Spiegelman and the Inescapable Shadow of Facism: Jeet Heer Commemtary in The Nation

Respected Canadian commentator Jeet Heer weighs in on Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse, the new documentary about Art Spiegelman, the cartoonist behind Maus, the 1986 Pulizer Prize winning graphic novel of his parents’ experiences during the Holocaust of Nazi Germany. From the article in The Nation: What finally brought Spiegelman some peace as the creatorContinueContinue reading “Art Spiegelman and the Inescapable Shadow of Facism: Jeet Heer Commemtary in The Nation”