Art Spiegelman: Don't call comics 'graphic novels'
Speaking to "a gaggle of British adult comic-book fans" at London's Institute for Contemporary Arts, Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book artist told his audience that he loves comic books but hates the term "graphic novels" because he finds it misleading.
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Spiegelman was at the Institute for Contemporary Arts to promote the new edition of his 1978 illustrated memoir, ""
The Swedish-born author of "" also discussed some of his more controversial images and, according to the Economist, expressed his "undying love for comic art" and "for the ways in which it allows an artist to communicate directly, no matter how bizarre the message."
鈥淐omics," Spiegelman told his listeners, "should be whatever you want them to be."
