Historical Context of Spiegelmans' Growing Up

Art Spiegelman in 1969
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At a very early age, Spiegelman was drawn to comics. He described comics to be “a gateway drug into reading” (CBC, 2015). It all really began for Art Spiegelman when he was in high school and started studying cartooning at the age of sixteen, and he soon after began drawing professionally. His parents didn’t support his decision when he chose this career in high school, as they wanted him to become a dentist since it was a more secure occupation. Despite his parents’ disapproval, Spiegelman went to Harpur College and majored in art and philosophy. It was in that following era when Spiegelman became a regular contributor to various underground publications and his career began to succeed.

References 

Art Spiegelman. (2015). Comic book DB. Retrieved from http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=5328

CBC. (2015, January 12). How art spiegelman redefined comics. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/books/2015/01/how-art-spiegelman-redefined-comics.html

Image References

Blogger. (2015). Retrieved on March 30, 2015, from http://potrzebie.blogspot.ca/2011_11_01_archive.html