Graphic novelist defends value of comics genre
Audience members making their way into the University Theatre on Friday evening to see famed comic Art Spiegelman were warned right away that this would not be a typical lecture, as signs in the lobby warned that there would be smoking on stage.
“This is not a lecture, this is a performance,” Spiegelman said, as he lit the first of a long chain of cigarettes. “Because in a performance, you can smoke onstage. Tonight, I will play the part of a neurotic comic book author.”
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AFTER 12 YEARS, SIEDLECKI STEPS DOWN
