Obtain Breakdowns: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young %@*! Formulated By Art Spiegelman Accessible In Publication

sublime, its a metacomic with its narrative commenting on itself while unfolding each panel revealing its mechanism, And. Yet. Its. Not. What. You. Think. Ill say to each their own, . . but I found the comic strips, well, stupid, Think in terms of shock value and humorless, Or at least, thats my take,

I did manage to stick around for the authors very long rambling of an afterword, Maybe I was too stuck in what Id read in the comics, but I just didnt care to read his life story or rationalizations for his writing “medium” as he calls it.


I havent read his more popular work Maus yet and

Im not sure I want to anymore,.I have wanted to try to get into graphic novels for a while now, yet never found one that really intrigued me, Until I read an article about Art Spieglman, His attitude and approach sucked me in, Breakdowns is a really interesting look into Spigelman's process, motivations, psyche, This collection of his early work is varied in style and approach, all with a clear voice, Breakdowns was Spiegelman's first book, put out in, so this is a new edition of some old material, Spiegelman, however, does a new comic book introduction which is half as long as the original Breakdowns, so there's also plenty of new material, The best strips are the original threepage "Maus" and the classic "Hell Planet" strip that appears in the more famous, novellength version of Maus, Most of the other strips are creative and formal experiments, and stylistic exercises, They're not engaging on a narrative level, but Spiegelman uses the medium in very impressive ways his style is very elastic and allows him to play at noir, illustrate with a heavier, almost woodcut style, or work with Cubist images.


The new introduction is largely a meditation on creativity and elements of his childhood that shaped his professional and creative life, and the introduction is probably, for me, the best part of the entire book.
It's impressive, but I can see why others might not really like it, better than i thought itd be, relatable in its tackling of mental illness/hopelessness/depression, educational in its portrayal of postWWII life in NYC for polish immigrants and the world of comics Ich bin ja ein großer Freund von Art Spiegelman,
Die versammelten Comicstrips in "Breakdowns" zeugen von der Vielseitigkeit des Künstlers und regen Comicfreunde außerdem zu Detektivarbeit an, Welche Figuren hat er aus Comics anderer Künstler übernommen Auf welchen Künstler spielt er an Welchen Zeichenstil ahmt er gerade nach Am meisten schätze ich an Spiegelman jedoch die autobiografischen Spuren, die er in seine Comics sät.

Was soll ich sagen, eine schöne Sammlung!
Abzug gibt es für die wirklich grottige deutsche Übersetzung, Was war da los Ich habe das Gefühl, dass teilweise einfach Wort für Wort übersetzt wurde, ohne auf Satzbau oder Semantik zu achten, Wenn ich dann "Mein Vater war völlig auseinandergefallen!" lesen muss, dann möchte ich den oder die Übersetzer allesamt ins Slumberland schicken, Ja, wörtlich für "to fall apart" richtig, aber im Zusammenhang und ästhetisch einfach unter aller Kanone, Meine Augen! A lovely insight into the life of one of the most prolific comic artists of our times, Art Spiegelman is one of those rare illustrators who truly brings his A Game to not just drawing but also conventional prose writing and the end product is a treat A fascinating insight into Spiegelman's journey to become an artist.
We see early works of Maus and we feel the rage Art used to propel the comix medium forward, I'd recommend this to two groups of people: Spiegelman fans and Comics Are An Art Form people, Happily, I am both, so I enjoyed it quite a bit, It showcases primarily Spiegelman's early work, much of which is very inyourface with the "I am a man who has just learned I can draw boobies and get money for it" sort of shock value mentality.
That said, this is worth picking up just for Prisoner from a Hell Planet, Day at the Circuits, and of course the original Maus piece, It is a GORGEOUS book at its size every page is detailed and beautiful, Very, very happy to own it, Planches publiées entreetdans différents journaux Die Zeit, le Courrier International, The Independent, La BD ne vit le jour en tant qu'album grand format,,cm qu'en, Il s'agit d'une réflexion, très originale à mon sens, sur les attentats duseptembreet l'impact qu'ils ont eu sur le comportement des Américains, l'artiste compris, Je voulais refaire de la B, D. Après tout, ma muse s'appelle Désastre, ditil en insistant sur le Dropping the other shoe, expression idiomatique américaine utilisée pour exprimer l'attente d'un événement prévisible et théoriquement inéluctable.
Après le gant de Kant heureusement que j'ai corrigé : le logiciel de reconnaissance vocale avait mis Cantona le chaussure seconde du vaudeville étymologique, Lui qui n'aurait jamais porté un Tshirt I NY éprouva soudain de la tendresse pour ses rues familières et vulnérables qui ont trouvé la force de se reconstruire.
“Tragedy is when I cut my finger, Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die, ”

Mel Brooks Incredible and important and inspiring, What an artist. This is a book that has completely changed my perspective not just of comics but the world altogether, I'm not raving about Art Spiegelman being a genius, which he uncontrollably is, but about the way this book has articulated his journey from one point in his life, a disillusioned artist, to another, a more self aware even if arguably still disillusioned artist.


Breakdowns is, in every definition of the word, exactly what it means, A terrific book that chronicles Spiegelman's comingofage amidst a jewish upbringing condemned to neurotic blame and guilt put on by the holocaust, it's a declaration of how he arrived to be a comic book artist, his father exclaiming "you have to use what little space you have to pack inside everything you can".
. . one suitcase in case the Nazis come, . . to "everything you can" in a tiny graphic square, he is an experimental concept artist, exploring the implications of the frame, of making victims into mice, of putting Picasso and pornography in the same frame and letting a baby read Kafka as his mother contemplates suicide.
He is trying to elicit a notion, concept, right, In this "breakdown" of his technique, he interfuses guiding quotes by famous authors such as Victor Shklovsky's "the purpose of art is to impart the senasation of things as they are perceived and not as they are known.
" and Susan Sontag's "no caption can permanently restrict or secure a picture's meaning" these are displayed over the drawings from his comics, to implicate their true meaning, not as narrative but as stimulus of feeling, instigation.
That's what he is, an in your face writer, trying to get you to think as crazy provoked as he is, If the art weren't so good, I would not have givenstars, I can't really say that I recommend this book, mostly because I don't get it, It seems to be a semiautobiographical and experimental art exercise, Spiegelman is a great artist and writer, but a lot of what is in this book didn't make sense to me, The afterword was definitely worth reading as it explained the evolution of Spiegelman's career, Also, there is a short graphic essay titled Cracking Jokes that gives an explanation of humor that is also worth reading, It's easy to forget how important Spiegelman is to the medium of comics outside of Maus, As he so eloquently demonstrates in his comics preface, the shadow of that book will Spiegelman for the remainder of his life, and rightfully so, Still, it's these early works where one can see an artist willing to experiment and play with the form of comics,

"Prisoner of Hell Planet," "Little signs of passion," and an early version of "Maus" are just some of the wonderful stories in this collection, and the massive size of the book allows the reader to simply disappear into the linework and textures and worlds Spiegelman creates.


This book will obviously disappoint readers looking for plain or direct plots, This book isn't about that, These are stories interested in the form, with playing with the medium of comics, These early works show an artist finding a creative voice and seeing what is possible through comics and for that reason I took my time with every page just studying, or often drooling, at these layouts and the emotional register that was being conveyed.


Breakdowns is a really underappreciated book, and so if the reader is interested in exploring the medium, or else observing Spiegelman's early work then Breakdowns is absolutely a mustread.
I will open this book for inspiration over and over again finding something new and wonderful and inspiring, .