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Recommended Reading: 

Art Spiegelman

Comics and Illustration

Maus (Maus I: A Survivor's Tale, also known as Maus I: My Father Bleeds History) (1986)

Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began (1991)

The Wild Party with Joseph March (1994) illustrations to the 1928 poem

Open Me…I’m a Dog! (1997) children’s book

Covering The New Yorker (2000) selected works by various artists contributed to The New Yorker, where Spiegelman was a staff artist and writer from 1993-2003

In the Shadow of No Towers (2004)

"Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!" publication in The Virginia Quarterly Review (2005)

"Drawing Blood: Outrageous Cartoons and the Art of Outrage" article in Harper’s (2006)

Comics Publications: Co-Editor

Arcade, The Comics Revue (1970s)

RAW Vol 2 #1-3 (1989-91)

Read Yourself Raw (1987)

RAW Vol 1 #1-8 (1980-86)

Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies (2000) Comics Anthologies for children

Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids (2001)

Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night... (2003)

Big Fat Little Lit (2006) a collection from Little Lit selections

About Spiegleman

Art Spiegleman: Conversations (2007) edited by Joseph Witek, a collection of interviews and profiles that spans 1976-2006

References

http://www.readyourselfraw.com/profiles/spiegelman/profile_spiegelman.htm

http://lambiek.net/artists/s/spiegelman.htm

http://www.barclayagency.com/spiegelman.html

Publications for Spiegelman Programs

Comics by Harvey Pekar:

American Splendor (1976-1993), comic book series

Our Movie Year (1994), written about the American Splendor film

Our Cancer Year (1994)

The Quitter (2005)

Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story (2006)

Comics by Hope Larson:

Salamander Dream (2005)

Gray Horses (2006)

Chiggers (2008)

Books of Poetry by Rick Chess:

Tekiah (1994)

Chair in the Desert (2000)

Third Temple (2007)

Books by Marjane Satrapi:

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (2004)

Persepolis: The Story of a Return (2004)

Embroideries (2005)

Chicken with Plums (2006)

Monsters Are Afraid of the Moon (2006)

Books by Akiyuki Nosaka:

The Pornographers (1963)

Grave of the Fireflies (1967)

Comics by Evan Dahm:

Rice Boy: The First Book (2007)

Rice Boy: The Second Book (2007)

Next Week (2007)

 

Recommended Reading:

Faith Ringgold

Books:

Tar Beach (1991)

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky (1992)

Dinner at Aunt Connie's House (1993)

Bonjour Lonnie (1996)

My Dream of Martin Luther King (1995)

The Invisible Princess (1998)

The French Collection Part 1

Coming to Jones Road

If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks (1999)

Counting to Tar Beach (1999)

Cassie's Colorful Day (1999)

Cassie's Word Quilt (2002)

We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold (1995)

Talking to Faith Ringgold (1996) by Faith Ringgold, Linda Freeman & Nancy Roucher

O Holy Night (2004)

 

Recommended Reading:

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

By the Artists

Christo Prints and Objects, 1963-1987: A Catalogue Raisonne (1988) by Christo, edited by Jorg Schellmann

Christo (1990) by Marina Vaizey and Christo

The Umbrellas: Japan-USA (1999) by Christo, Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz

The Gates (2003) by Christo, Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz

Over the River (2007) by Christo and Jeanne-Claude

About the Artists and Their Projects

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography (2002) by Burt Chernow, epilogue by Wolfgang Volz

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: On the Way to The Gates, Central Park, New York City (2005) by Jonathan Fineberg, photos by Wolfgang Volz

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: International Projects (2005) by Dieter Ronte

Christo and Jeanne-Claude (2006) Edited by Rudy Chiappini

Film

5 Films About Christo and Jeanne-Claude — A Maysles Films Production (2004) DVD by Albert Maysles and Christo & Jeanne Claude

References

www.christojeanneclaude.net 

http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/christo/

www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2002/christo/intro.shtm 

 

 
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