The life and career of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman are vividly illustrated in this penetrating biography, showcasing how his trailblazing graphic novel MAUS redefined the medium.  Deeply influenced by his Holocaust-surviving  parents and personal tragedies, Spiegelman's oeuvre boldly confronts the themes of trauma, historical memory, and identity with uncompromising honesty.

When Maus, Spiegelman's most famous work, was banned by a Tennessee school board, Spiegelman, a self proclaimed 'first amendment fundamentalist' re-entered the literary and national spotlight defending free speech and worked against book banning.

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