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COMIX
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
Graphic novelist Neil Gaiman has a talent for creating
strange and fantastic worlds. His Sandman comic books helped spawn
the Goth movement, and with characters called Dream and Death, he
created a new mythology. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge,
we'll visit with Neil Gaiman at his home. And Art Spiegelman talks
about his latest work – a comic book about 9-11.
SEGMENT 1:
Art Spiegelman made comic book history back
in the eighties with "Maus" - a comic about the Holocaust.
His new book is "In the Shadow of No Towers," in which
he recounts his very personal response to 9-11. Spiegelman tells
Steve Paulson that he lives just a few blocks from Ground Zero,
recalls the horror of that day and discusses his response. Also,
we hear one of Ben Katchor's pieces - Julius Knipl:
Real Estate Photographer - set for radio by Dave Isay
and Sound Portrait Productions.
SEGMENT 2:
Charles McGrath edited the New York Times
Book Review and recently wrote a cover story for the magazine
about comics as literature. He tells Jim Fleming that because
of people like Art Spiegelman, comic books or graphic novels are
becoming a legitimate art form that will probably continue to
evolve. Also, Chris Ware is one of the young stars of the
comics world. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about his work,
especially his book "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on
Earth."
Click here for the UNEDITED
INTERVIEW with Chris Ware.
SEGMENT 3:
Neil Gaiman lives in Western Wisconsin. Steve
Paulson visited him there and prepared this profile. It turns
out that despite his bizarre and outrageous art, Gaiman is a pretty
nice guy. He's best known for his Sandman series of comics
but has won Hugo and Nebulas awards for his fiction and is working
on several screenplays.
Click here for a photo scrapbook
of Steve's visit with Neil Gaiman.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 04-09-05-A.
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Books:
- Neil Gaiman, Sandman
(Vertigo/DC Comics)
- Art Spiegelman, In the Shadow of No Towers
(Pantheon)
- Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest
Kid on Earth (Fantagraphics Books)
Music:
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Questions and comments can
be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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