Breakdowns

by Art Spiegelman

First published 1977

Acclaimed comics creator Art Spiegelman traces his lifelong obsession with the comics form. Haunted by his parents' memories of Auschwitz, Spiegelman explores how those traumas shaped his own neurotic adulthood and his art. Weaving together a facsimile of his 1970s comics work

Genres: biography, art, historical-fiction, autobiography, graphic-novels, comics

Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking

Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator

42 pages · Hardcover · Belier Press

Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness

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