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Art Spiegelman on comics.

#ArtSpiegelman #comics

(Tarkoituksellisesti) kolmastoista ruutu itselleni merkityksellisten #sarjakuva-ruutujen sarjasta.

Kaikkiin tähänastisiin olin ehtinyt tutustua jo lapsena, 1970-luvulla tai korkeintaan aivan 1980-luvun alussa. Nyt tullaan 1990-luvulle. #ArtSpiegelman: #Maus.

YLE Areenassa on dokumentti Art Spiegelmanista ja sarjakuvasta vakavana kuvataiteena

(The Finnish broadcasting services have an Art Spiegelman documentary about his works and their gravitas now available for streaming, available inside Finland)

https://areena.yle.fi/1-76624910

#artspiegelman #sarjakuvat

https://www.europesays.com/es/196343/ Art Spiegelman: “No quiero que ‘Maus’ se use como herramienta de reclutamiento de Israel” | Cultura #ArtSpiegelman #comic #Cultura #Entertainment #Entretenimiento #ES #España #HolocaustoJudío #Israel #literatura #Nazismo #Palestina #Spain #vinetas

Worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkwyZ73_-3k

#documentary #ArtSpiegelman #MAUS #comics #biography

Two artists, one catastrophic war … Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman on Israel-Gaza and the ceasefire – cartoon

'What happens when two comics artists ‘meet on the page’ to explore the tragedies of the Israel-Gaza war? Art Spiegelman, best known for his Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust memoir Maus, and Joe Sacco, author of bestselling graphic reportage Palestine, grapple with the ongoing crisis'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/picture/2025/feb/14/joe-sacco-art-spiegelman-israel-gaza-war-ceasefire-cartoon #Israel #Gaza #political #cartoon #ArtSpiegelman #JoeSacco

I read the extraordinary Maus, by Art Spiegelman, last week. Graphic novel about his parents surviving occupied Poland during WW2. Utterly heartbreaking.

#books #reading #graphicnovel #Maus #ArtSpiegelman #Facism #WW2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus

Watched the American Masters episode on Art Spiegelman, "Disaster is My Muse", and if you make a list of best American artists and do not include him you are brain-dead.

#ArtSpiegelman

🇺🇸 MAUS revisitée
Un clin d’œil à l’œuvre d’Art Spiegelman, où le symbolisme se rejoue sous d’autres traits. Le pouvoir, la mise en scène, la foule… Entre #satire et hommage, un regard en noir et blanc sur un certain paysage américain.

#Illustration #Politique #Maus #USA #dessin #ArtSpiegelman

#ArtSpiegelman

"At many points in his life Art Spiegelman has tried to escape his family’s past—and who can blame him? His parents were survivors of Auschwitz, and vast swaths of his extended family had been murdered in the Shoah. The ghosts of this horror have always hovered nearby.

(. . .)

It’s unlikely that Spiegelman would ever have expanded these brief early works into the two full-length volumes of Maus if he had never met his most important collaborator, Françoise Mouly, an architecture student from France who was visiting the United States in 1974. In New York, Mouly saw 'Prisoner on the Hell Planet' and fell in love with Spiegelman as an artist. After calling him up, they met and became first friends and then lovers. They married in 1977."

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/art-spiegelman-documentary-fascism/

Two artists, one catastrophic war … #JoeSacco and #ArtSpiegelman on Israel-Gaza and the ceasefire – cartoon https://www.theguardian.com/world/picture/2025/feb/14/joe-sacco-art-spiegelman-israel-gaza-war-ceasefire-cartoon #comicbooks #Israel #Gaza

‘Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse’ Review: ‘Maus’ Cartoonist Grapples with the Weight of His Most Seminal Work
#Variety #Reviews #ArtSpiegelman #DocumentariestoWatch

https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-review-1236319663/

Unbelievable.
https://pen.org/art-spiegelman-on-banning-maus/

#USA #MAUS #ArtSpiegelman #BookBanning #Fascism #StopFascism

Is this land ground zero for the apocalypse?
https://english.hathalyoum.net/articles/152320-cartoonist-joe-sacco-on-gaza-is-this-land-ground

Never Again and Again
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/02/27/never-again-and-again-gaza-sacco-spiegelman/

#art #illustration #JoeSacco #ArtSpiegelman #cartoons #Palestine #gaza

Art Spiegelman & Joe Sacco ont travaillé ensemble sur une bande dessinée de 3 pages consacrée au conflit entre Israël et Gaza.

Intitulée "Never again !... And again... And again...", elle a d'abord été publiée en VO par The New York Review au début du mois, The Gardian le 14 février puis en VF par Le1hebdo ce 19 février.

Source des images : https://www.theguardian.com/world/picture/2025/feb/14/joe-sacco-art-spiegelman-israel-gaza-war-ceasefire-cartoon

#bd #bandedessinee #comics #artspiegelman #joesacco

Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse – Watch the trailer for the new documentary about the creator of Maus here https://www.liveforfilm.com/2025/02/11/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-watch-the-trailer-for-the-new-documentary-about-the-creator-of-maus/

#ArtSpiegelman #Maus #artist #film #documentary #comic #graphicnovel #ArtSpiegelmanDisasterIsMyMuse

Even though I've had it in my stack for some time, I've started reading #ArtSpiegelman The Complete #Maus.

Only about a quarter of the way through. I'm do believe that afterwards I will absolutely have my kids read it.

‘Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse’ Review: The ‘Maus’ Author Tells His Story Again in an Engaging but Too-Familiar New Doc
#MovieReviews #Movies #ArtSpiegelman #ArtSpiegelmanDisasterIsMyMuse

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-review-documentary-maus-1236063571/

#GRK0114 #BD #Génocides #Shoah #ArtSPIEGELMAN
MAUS - Tome 1 & Tome 2
Art Spiegelman (SCANS, Flammarion, 1992/1994)
iBouquins:
Tome 1:https://mega.nz/file/AVBzSTbC#R2oThlYBt3tHeJMj8Y8jrIq-4TK2HzHe2G3lV9Ypeik
Tome 2:https://mega.nz/file/1EpS2b5C#szk1HZp2mohfisQUtIDD2XqR1TX7stpoy42yTDMpRmE
Si t'as les moyens (Intégrale):
https://editions.flammarion.com/maus/9782081506268

Présentation:
Qu’y a-t-il de commun entre une bande dessinée et la Shoah ? "Zakhor !”, souviens-toi, en hébreu. Cette injonction apparaît quelque 169 fois dans le texte biblique, comme si les sages réunis à Yavné, vers la fin du premier siècle, pour compiler les textes et les chroniques qui allaient composer le Livre des livres, avaient pressenti le rôle primordial dévolu à la mémoire dans le destin d’un peuple appelé à la dispersion et à l’exil. Art Spiegelman est le fils d’un des survivants des ghettos polonais. Né à Stockholm en 1948, il vit à New York et dessine des BD.
Maus, son livre, est l’histoire d’une souris dont le chat a décidé d’avoir la peau. La souris est le juif, le chat le nazi. Le destin de Maus est de fuir, de fuir sans espoir l’obsession du chat qui lui donne la chasse et lui trace le chemin de la chambre à gaz.
Mais Maus est également le récit d’une autre traque, celle d’un père par son fils pour lui arracher l’histoire de sa vie de juif entre 1939 et 1945 et en nourrir sa propre mémoire, se conformant ainsi à l’obligation de se souvenir.
De transmettre aussi. Et avec quelle énergie !
Car de la rencontre peu naturelle de la BD et de la Shoah naît un choc. Le choc d’une forme réputée mineure pour un événement majeur.
Tout comme Woody Allen a su, avec ses images en noir et blanc, nous désintoxiquer du cinéma pour mieux nous le faire voir, Art Spiegelman parvient à effacer de notre souvenir les récits un peu fatigués de la Shoah pour leur substituer un montage neuf, contemporain et fort. D’où la réussite de Maus, cette oeuvre de la première génération "d’après”. Grâce à l’art de Spiegelman, le destin de Maus ne cessera de nous hanter.
(Marek Halter)
[Flammarion]

Résumé Tome 1:
Maus raconte la vie de Vladek Spiegelman, rescapé juif des camps nazis, et de son fils, auteur de bandes dessinées, qui cherche un terrain de réconciliation avec son père, sa terrifiante histoire et l'Histoire. Des portes d'Auschwitz aux trottoirs de New York se déroule en deux temps (les années 30 et les années 70) le récit d'une double survie : celle du père, mais aussi celle du fils, qui se débat pour survivre au survivant. Ici, les Nazis sont des chats et les Juifs des souris.
Oubliez vos préjugés : ces souris-là ont plus à voir avec Kafka ou Orwell qu'avec Tom et Jerry.
Ceci est de la vraie littérature.

Résumé Tome 2:
Avec le tome I du Maus d'Art Spiegelman, les lecteurs avaient fait la connaissance de Vladek Spiegelman, Juif polonais rescapé des camps de la mort, et de son fils, Art, dessinateur aux prises avec son père. Le terrifiant parcours de ce dernier et l'Histoire elle-même s'y conjuguaient déjà. Cette suite tant attendue, toujours en BD, dont les personnages ont des têtes d'animaux - les Juifs sont des souris, les Nazis des chats -, nous conduit des baraquements d'Auschwitz aux bungalows des monts Catskill, dans l'Etat de New York. Bestiaire insolite, qui nous ôte brutalement le plus vague sentiment de familiarité, Maus exprime l'indicible sans sombrer dans le grotesque. En deux temps - les années 75-80, cadre temporel de ses conversations avec Vladek et, en flashback, les années 30-40, époque des événements racontés - Spiegelman dessine la mémoire. Drame en cinq actes, pour une double survie : celle du père, mais aussi celle du fils qui se débat pour survivre au survivant. Une épopée en bulles.

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Art Spiegelman
est un auteur de bande dessinée et illustrateur américain.

Figure phare de la bande dessinée underground américaine des années 1970-1980, et illustrateur renommé, il devient surtout connu à partir du milieu des années 1980 pour sa bande dessinée Maus, qui raconte, par le biais de la biographie de son père, l'histoire de la transmission de la mémoire de la Shoah, en particulier les persécutions et l'extermination des Juifs en Pologne par les nazis dans les années 1930 et 1940 ; cet ouvrage lui a valu un prix Pulitzer spécial en 1992. Il est sacré grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême en 2011.

Art Spiegelman naît le 15 février 1948 à Stockholm en Suède. Son père, Vładek Spiegelman, né en 1906 en Pologne, et sa mère, Anja Zylberberg, née en 1912, des juifs polonais rescapés des camps de concentration, émigrent aux États-Unis alors qu'il est encore enfant. Il suit très tôt des cours de dessin et parvient à se faire publier alors qu'il n'a que seize ans. Ses premières contributions sont pour des fanzines comme Wild. Il suit des études d'art et de philosophie. En 1968, après avoir achevé ses études il commence à se faire publier dans la presse underground. Il crée aussi un fanzine nommé Blasé. En 1975, il publie avec Bill Griffith le comix Arcade qui accueille Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson et Justin Green.

Figure emblématique du courant underground de la bande dessinée des années 1960 et 1970, Art Spiegelman a contribué aux revues Real Pulp, Young Lust et Bizarre Sex. Il a aussi conçu de nombreux et divers autocollants et paquets de cartes à collectionner (les Garbage Pail Kids qui devinrent Les Crados en français). En 1980, il lance la publication d'une nouvelle anthologie, RAW avec sa femme, l'artiste et romancière française Françoise Mouly.

Il vit à New York avec sa femme. Il est le père de l'écrivaine Nadja Spiegelman (1987) et de Dashiell Spiegelman (1991).

En septembre 1986, il publie le premier volume de Maus, Un survivant raconte (Maus: A Survivor's Tale, aussi publié sous le titre Maus: My Father Bleeds History) édité en français sous le titre Mon père saigne l'histoire, qui retrace la vie de sa famille (racontée par son père) pendant l'holocauste. La suite et fin de cette histoire (Maus: from Mauschwitz to the Catskills, ou Maus: And here my troubles began, édité en français sous le titre Et c'est là que mes ennuis ont commencé) sort en 1991. C'est la première fois qu'une bande dessinée attire autant sur elle l'attention des critiques. Maus fait l'objet d'une exposition au musée d'art moderne de New York, et obtient en 1992 un prix Pulitzer spécial. Cette œuvre est publiée en trente langues.

Il devient l'un des plus grands défenseurs de la bande dessinée en tant que média. Il parcourt les États-Unis en donnant des conférences titrées Commix 101. Lui et Françoise Mouly sont aussi éditeurs d'une série d'anthologies pour enfants intitulée Little Lit (en).

En 1993, Art Spiegelman entre au magazine The New Yorker, célèbre hebdomadaire artistique et littéraire américain. Il y réalise quelques bandes dessinées et de nombreuses illustrations, dont des couvertures qui marquent le génie de leur auteur, non par leur virulence, mais par leur acuité, leur composition, leur part d'hommage distancié à la tradition du magazine. Sa couverture pour le numéro du 24 septembre 2001 (le premier suivant le 11 septembre 2001) "restera comme l'un des cartoons politiques les plus forts du XXIe siècle". Semblant au premier abord être complètement noire, elle révèle au spectateur plus attentif les silhouettes des tours du World Trade Center en ombres d'un noir plus profond.

Cependant, en 2002, il quitte le New Yorker dont sa femme est directrice artistique, à la suite de plusieurs refus de couvertures, et afin de dénoncer le conformisme éditorial qui s'empare alors des médias américains. Virulent critique de la politique de George W. Bush, Spiegelman décrit les médias comme étant « timides et conservateurs ».

En 2002 et 2003, Art Spiegelman publie dans divers grands journaux et magazines européens (les principaux périodiques américains le lui ayant tous refusé) dix planches aussi innovantes techniquement que politiquement dérangeantes d’À l'ombre des tours mortes (In the Shadow of No Towers), dans lesquelles il raconte son expérience des attentats du 11 septembre 2001, et des effets de l'événement sur lui comme sur ses compatriotes. L'album, publié en 2004, est acclamé aussi bien aux États-Unis que dans le monde francophone. En 2008, il publie un livre pour enfant intitulé Jack and the Box (traduit en français Jacques et la boîte).

Le 30 janvier 2011, Art Spiegelman reçoit le grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême.

En janvier 2012, Spiegelman publie Meta Maus, sorte de making-of de Maus.

Il est décoré de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres par Frédéric Mitterrand, ministre de la Culture, le 29 janvier 2012, après avoir présidé la 39e édition du Festival d'Angoulême.

En 2014-2015, il collabore avec JR au livre du projet Ghosts of Ellis Island.

En 2017, Spiegelman dessine pour Resist!, magazine graphique d'opposition à Donald Trump créé par Françoise Mouly et sa fille Nadja.

En 2019, Marvel demande à Art Spiegelman d'écrire l'introduction d'une anthologie sur les comics des années 1940 : Marvel: The Golden Age 1939-1949. Néanmoins, la maison d'édition rejette le texte écrit par l'artiste : il y compare le président Donald Trump à un super-vilain, l'appelant « Crâne orange », or l'éditeur annonce qu'il ne veut pas prendre position sur le plan politique. Spiegelman décide de retirer l'ensemble de son texte, qui est publié dans The Guardian sous une nouvelle version intitulée Art Spiegelman: golden age superheroes were shaped by the rise of fascism.

Inspiring exhibit at Centre Pompidou: Comics, 1964-2024

”The "Comics, 1964-2024" exhibition brings together, for the first time in France, the three key centres of ninth art expression: European creation, Asian manga and American comics.”

Original art works, thematically displayed, and the Maus orignals on display reminded me to reread the novel again.

#CentrePompidou #BandeDessinée #Maus #ArtSpiegelman

Ooh, just dug this out. Raw comic magazine compilation selected from the first 3 issues (Read Yourself Raw, 1987). I think a mate bought it for me in my late teens as a birthday pressie (£9.99 from Forbidden Planet when it was on Dawson St. Dublin). Or I bought it in the company of a mate on a city centre comic spree. Either way, I’m glad it’s rediscovered. #MemoryLane #RawMagazine #ArtSpiegelman #GaryPanter #1980s #Comics #ComicBookArt

Animation director Ahn Jae-huun, owner of the studio Meditation with a Pencil, works at his desk in Korea. Ahn will visit the Wexner Center for the Arts later this September. Credit: Courtesy of Meditation with a Pencil

The Wexner Center for the Arts will host a five-part event series dedicated to the work of Korean animation director Ahn Jae-huun throughout September. 

According to the center’s website, Ahn is known for his work on American shows like “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy,” as well as founding his own Korean film studio called Meditation with a Pencil. The studio’s main goal, according to the center’s website, is creating “drawings that cure and colors that touch one’s heart.” 

The upcoming event series — presented in conjunction with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, or CXC — is set to begin with a  7 p.m. Tuesday screening of Ahn’s “The Shaman Sorceress” — a film about a shaman whose son returns to his family a converted Christian after many years away, causing family conflicts to arise — at the center. 

Melissa Starker, creative content and public relations manager at the Wexner Center, said working with CXC to bring influential artists like Ahn to Ohio State is really important for the center.  

“[This event] illustrates the mission of Cartoon Crossroads — and by extension The Wex — of bringing important, and inspiring and influential artists to Central Ohio,” Starker said.

The series also includes a Sept. 24 screening of “The Road Called Life,” which is based on Korean short films and follows two market vendors who discover they share more commonalities than they initially thought. Notably, Ahn will attend this screening, according to the center’s website. 

A discussion event with Ahn and Kyoung Lee Swearingen, an Ohio State associate professor of design and moving-image production, is scheduled for 5 p.m. Sept. 26. 

On the same day, a 7 p.m. screening of “Green Days” — another Ahn film that centers around a group of children and their respective career aspirations — and corresponding Q&A will unfold, according to the center’s website. 

The series’ final event is a screening of  “The Shower” — a film that follows the story of a young boy who befriends a girl while walking to school in the rain, sparking a bond — on Sept. 29.

Swearingen said she became aware of Ahn’s work after meeting him in Korea.

“I watched ‘Green Days’ and I was absolutely blown away,” Swearingen said. “It was such a beautiful story. I absolutely loved everything about it, so I approached him and said, ‘Hey, can you come to Ohio State?’” 

Swearingen said Ahn jumped at the opportunity to come to Columbus.

“He heard about [Ohio State], and he was curious. He was very curious about the animation community, the Korean community and the art community here,” Swearingen said. “He was also interested in connecting with [United States] audiences. He’s shown his films in the U.S., but not much.” 

Swearingen said Ahn will also visit numerous Ohio State classes, including those focused on animation and Korean studies. She said Ahn wants to be as involved with the Columbus community as possible during his time in town. 

 “This is probably the biggest event he’s participated in the U.S.,” Swearingen said. “He’s excited to meet as many students and as many faculty as he can.” 

Beyond its partnership with CXC, the event series is supported by an Ohio State visiting artist grant, according to the Ohio State Office of Academic Affairs website. 

Starker said the importance of CXC providing free events for the local arts community cannot be understated.

“One of the great things about CXC is that they have tried to stick to a mandate that everything is free,” Starker said. “Not only is it a no-risk opportunity to hear about creatives like Ahn Jae-huun, who is very little known in the U.S., and to see those artists who are really well-known, but also to go to the marketplace and check out what’s being made locally.” 

Tickets for Ahn’s Wexner Center for the Arts events can be reserved for free on the center’s website.

Animation director Ahn Jae-huun, owner of the studio Meditation with a Pencil, works at his desk in Korea. Ahn will visit the Wexner Center for the Arts later this September. Credit: Courtesy of Meditation with a Pencil

The Wexner Center for the Arts will host a five-part event series dedicated to the work of Korean animation director Ahn Jae-huun throughout September. 

According to the center’s website, Ahn is known for his work on American shows like “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy,” as well as founding his own Korean film studio called Meditation with a Pencil. The studio’s main goal, according to the center’s website, is creating “drawings that cure and colors that touch one’s heart.” 

The upcoming event series — presented in conjunction with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, or CXC — is set to begin with a  7 p.m. Tuesday screening of Ahn’s “The Shaman Sorceress” — a film about a shaman whose son returns to his family a converted Christian after many years away, causing family conflicts to arise — at the center. 

Melissa Starker, creative content and public relations manager at the Wexner Center, said working with CXC to bring influential artists like Ahn to Ohio State is really important for the center.  

“[This event] illustrates the mission of Cartoon Crossroads — and by extension The Wex — of bringing important, and inspiring and influential artists to Central Ohio,” Starker said.

The series also includes a Sept. 24 screening of “The Road Called Life,” which is based on Korean short films and follows two market vendors who discover they share more commonalities than they initially thought. Notably, Ahn will attend this screening, according to the center’s website. 

A discussion event with Ahn and Kyoung Lee Swearingen, an Ohio State associate professor of design and moving-image production, is scheduled for 5 p.m. Sept. 26. 

On the same day, a 7 p.m. screening of “Green Days” — another Ahn film that centers around a group of children and their respective career aspirations — and corresponding Q&A will unfold, according to the center’s website. 

The series’ final event is a screening of  “The Shower” — a film that follows the story of a young boy who befriends a girl while walking to school in the rain, sparking a bond — on Sept. 29.

Swearingen said she became aware of Ahn’s work after meeting him in Korea.

“I watched ‘Green Days’ and I was absolutely blown away,” Swearingen said. “It was such a beautiful story. I absolutely loved everything about it, so I approached him and said, ‘Hey, can you come to Ohio State?’” 

Swearingen said Ahn jumped at the opportunity to come to Columbus.

“He heard about [Ohio State], and he was curious. He was very curious about the animation community, the Korean community and the art community here,” Swearingen said. “He was also interested in connecting with [United States] audiences. He’s shown his films in the U.S., but not much.” 

Swearingen said Ahn will also visit numerous Ohio State classes, including those focused on animation and Korean studies. She said Ahn wants to be as involved with the Columbus community as possible during his time in town. 

 “This is probably the biggest event he’s participated in the U.S.,” Swearingen said. “He’s excited to meet as many students and as many faculty as he can.” 

Beyond its partnership with CXC, the event series is supported by an Ohio State visiting artist grant, according to the Ohio State Office of Academic Affairs website. 

Starker said the importance of CXC providing free events for the local arts community cannot be understated.

“One of the great things about CXC is that they have tried to stick to a mandate that everything is free,” Starker said. “Not only is it a no-risk opportunity to hear about creatives like Ahn Jae-huun, who is very little known in the U.S., and to see those artists who are really well-known, but also to go to the marketplace and check out what’s being made locally.” 

Tickets for Ahn’s Wexner Center for the Arts events can be reserved for free on the center’s website.

Animation director Ahn Jae-huun, owner of the studio Meditation with a Pencil, works at his desk in Korea. Ahn will visit the Wexner Center for the Arts later this September. Credit: Courtesy of Meditation with a Pencil

The Wexner Center for the Arts will host a five-part event series dedicated to the work of Korean animation director Ahn Jae-huun throughout September. 

According to the center’s website, Ahn is known for his work on American shows like “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy,” as well as founding his own Korean film studio called Meditation with a Pencil. The studio’s main goal, according to the center’s website, is creating “drawings that cure and colors that touch one’s heart.” 

The upcoming event series — presented in conjunction with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, or CXC — is set to begin with a  7 p.m. Tuesday screening of Ahn’s “The Shaman Sorceress” — a film about a shaman whose son returns to his family a converted Christian after many years away, causing family conflicts to arise — at the center. 

Melissa Starker, creative content and public relations manager at the Wexner Center, said working with CXC to bring influential artists like Ahn to Ohio State is really important for the center.  

“[This event] illustrates the mission of Cartoon Crossroads — and by extension The Wex — of bringing important, and inspiring and influential artists to Central Ohio,” Starker said.

The series also includes a Sept. 24 screening of “The Road Called Life,” which is based on Korean short films and follows two market vendors who discover they share more commonalities than they initially thought. Notably, Ahn will attend this screening, according to the center’s website. 

A discussion event with Ahn and Kyoung Lee Swearingen, an Ohio State associate professor of design and moving-image production, is scheduled for 5 p.m. Sept. 26. 

On the same day, a 7 p.m. screening of “Green Days” — another Ahn film that centers around a group of children and their respective career aspirations — and corresponding Q&A will unfold, according to the center’s website. 

The series’ final event is a screening of  “The Shower” — a film that follows the story of a young boy who befriends a girl while walking to school in the rain, sparking a bond — on Sept. 29.

Swearingen said she became aware of Ahn’s work after meeting him in Korea.

“I watched ‘Green Days’ and I was absolutely blown away,” Swearingen said. “It was such a beautiful story. I absolutely loved everything about it, so I approached him and said, ‘Hey, can you come to Ohio State?’” 

Swearingen said Ahn jumped at the opportunity to come to Columbus.

“He heard about [Ohio State], and he was curious. He was very curious about the animation community, the Korean community and the art community here,” Swearingen said. “He was also interested in connecting with [United States] audiences. He’s shown his films in the U.S., but not much.” 

Swearingen said Ahn will also visit numerous Ohio State classes, including those focused on animation and Korean studies. She said Ahn wants to be as involved with the Columbus community as possible during his time in town. 

 “This is probably the biggest event he’s participated in the U.S.,” Swearingen said. “He’s excited to meet as many students and as many faculty as he can.” 

Beyond its partnership with CXC, the event series is supported by an Ohio State visiting artist grant, according to the Ohio State Office of Academic Affairs website. 

Starker said the importance of CXC providing free events for the local arts community cannot be understated.

“One of the great things about CXC is that they have tried to stick to a mandate that everything is free,” Starker said. “Not only is it a no-risk opportunity to hear about creatives like Ahn Jae-huun, who is very little known in the U.S., and to see those artists who are really well-known, but also to go to the marketplace and check out what’s being made locally.” 

Tickets for Ahn’s Wexner Center for the Arts events can be reserved for free on the center’s website.

Animation director Ahn Jae-huun, owner of the studio Meditation with a Pencil, works at his desk in Korea. Ahn will visit the Wexner Center for the Arts later this September. Credit: Courtesy of Meditation with a Pencil

The Wexner Center for the Arts will host a five-part event series dedicated to the work of Korean animation director Ahn Jae-huun throughout September. 

According to the center’s website, Ahn is known for his work on American shows like “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy,” as well as founding his own Korean film studio called Meditation with a Pencil. The studio’s main goal, according to the center’s website, is creating “drawings that cure and colors that touch one’s heart.” 

The upcoming event series — presented in conjunction with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, or CXC — is set to begin with a  7 p.m. Tuesday screening of Ahn’s “The Shaman Sorceress” — a film about a shaman whose son returns to his family a converted Christian after many years away, causing family conflicts to arise — at the center. 

Melissa Starker, creative content and public relations manager at the Wexner Center, said working with CXC to bring influential artists like Ahn to Ohio State is really important for the center.  

“[This event] illustrates the mission of Cartoon Crossroads — and by extension The Wex — of bringing important, and inspiring and influential artists to Central Ohio,” Starker said.

The series also includes a Sept. 24 screening of “The Road Called Life,” which is based on Korean short films and follows two market vendors who discover they share more commonalities than they initially thought. Notably, Ahn will attend this screening, according to the center’s website. 

A discussion event with Ahn and Kyoung Lee Swearingen, an Ohio State associate professor of design and moving-image production, is scheduled for 5 p.m. Sept. 26. 

On the same day, a 7 p.m. screening of “Green Days” — another Ahn film that centers around a group of children and their respective career aspirations — and corresponding Q&A will unfold, according to the center’s website. 

The series’ final event is a screening of  “The Shower” — a film that follows the story of a young boy who befriends a girl while walking to school in the rain, sparking a bond — on Sept. 29.

Swearingen said she became aware of Ahn’s work after meeting him in Korea.

“I watched ‘Green Days’ and I was absolutely blown away,” Swearingen said. “It was such a beautiful story. I absolutely loved everything about it, so I approached him and said, ‘Hey, can you come to Ohio State?’” 

Swearingen said Ahn jumped at the opportunity to come to Columbus.

“He heard about [Ohio State], and he was curious. He was very curious about the animation community, the Korean community and the art community here,” Swearingen said. “He was also interested in connecting with [United States] audiences. He’s shown his films in the U.S., but not much.” 

Swearingen said Ahn will also visit numerous Ohio State classes, including those focused on animation and Korean studies. She said Ahn wants to be as involved with the Columbus community as possible during his time in town. 

 “This is probably the biggest event he’s participated in the U.S.,” Swearingen said. “He’s excited to meet as many students and as many faculty as he can.” 

Beyond its partnership with CXC, the event series is supported by an Ohio State visiting artist grant, according to the Ohio State Office of Academic Affairs website. 

Starker said the importance of CXC providing free events for the local arts community cannot be understated.

“One of the great things about CXC is that they have tried to stick to a mandate that everything is free,” Starker said. “Not only is it a no-risk opportunity to hear about creatives like Ahn Jae-huun, who is very little known in the U.S., and to see those artists who are really well-known, but also to go to the marketplace and check out what’s being made locally.” 

Tickets for Ahn’s Wexner Center for the Arts events can be reserved for free on the center’s website.

Animation director Ahn Jae-huun, owner of the studio Meditation with a Pencil, works at his desk in Korea. Ahn will visit the Wexner Center for the Arts later this September. Credit: Courtesy of Meditation with a Pencil

The Wexner Center for the Arts will host a five-part event series dedicated to the work of Korean animation director Ahn Jae-huun throughout September. 

According to the center’s website, Ahn is known for his work on American shows like “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy,” as well as founding his own Korean film studio called Meditation with a Pencil. The studio’s main goal, according to the center’s website, is creating “drawings that cure and colors that touch one’s heart.” 

The upcoming event series — presented in conjunction with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, or CXC — is set to begin with a  7 p.m. Tuesday screening of Ahn’s “The Shaman Sorceress” — a film about a shaman whose son returns to his family a converted Christian after many years away, causing family conflicts to arise — at the center. 

Melissa Starker, creative content and public relations manager at the Wexner Center, said working with CXC to bring influential artists like Ahn to Ohio State is really important for the center.  

“[This event] illustrates the mission of Cartoon Crossroads — and by extension The Wex — of bringing important, and inspiring and influential artists to Central Ohio,” Starker said.

The series also includes a Sept. 24 screening of “The Road Called Life,” which is based on Korean short films and follows two market vendors who discover they share more commonalities than they initially thought. Notably, Ahn will attend this screening, according to the center’s website. 

A discussion event with Ahn and Kyoung Lee Swearingen, an Ohio State associate professor of design and moving-image production, is scheduled for 5 p.m. Sept. 26. 

On the same day, a 7 p.m. screening of “Green Days” — another Ahn film that centers around a group of children and their respective career aspirations — and corresponding Q&A will unfold, according to the center’s website. 

The series’ final event is a screening of  “The Shower” — a film that follows the story of a young boy who befriends a girl while walking to school in the rain, sparking a bond — on Sept. 29.

Swearingen said she became aware of Ahn’s work after meeting him in Korea.

“I watched ‘Green Days’ and I was absolutely blown away,” Swearingen said. “It was such a beautiful story. I absolutely loved everything about it, so I approached him and said, ‘Hey, can you come to Ohio State?’” 

Swearingen said Ahn jumped at the opportunity to come to Columbus.

“He heard about [Ohio State], and he was curious. He was very curious about the animation community, the Korean community and the art community here,” Swearingen said. “He was also interested in connecting with [United States] audiences. He’s shown his films in the U.S., but not much.” 

Swearingen said Ahn will also visit numerous Ohio State classes, including those focused on animation and Korean studies. She said Ahn wants to be as involved with the Columbus community as possible during his time in town. 

 “This is probably the biggest event he’s participated in the U.S.,” Swearingen said. “He’s excited to meet as many students and as many faculty as he can.” 

Beyond its partnership with CXC, the event series is supported by an Ohio State visiting artist grant, according to the Ohio State Office of Academic Affairs website. 

Starker said the importance of CXC providing free events for the local arts community cannot be understated.

“One of the great things about CXC is that they have tried to stick to a mandate that everything is free,” Starker said. “Not only is it a no-risk opportunity to hear about creatives like Ahn Jae-huun, who is very little known in the U.S., and to see those artists who are really well-known, but also to go to the marketplace and check out what’s being made locally.” 

Tickets for Ahn’s Wexner Center for the Arts events can be reserved for free on the center’s website.

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#Bone - #JeffSmith
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I continue the custom of introducing my interests via #hashtag by listing the 10 #GraphicNovels to know me by.
#Maus - #ArtSpiegelman
#TheSandman - #NeilGaiman
#Watchmen - #AlanMoore
#TheThrillingAdventuresofLovelaceandBabbage - #SydneyPadua
#BlackPanther - #TanehisiCoates
#TheyCalledUsEnemy - #GeorgeTakei @georgetakei
#FunHome - #AlisonBechdel
#FromHell - also Moore
#Bone - #JeffSmith
#CityOfGlass - #PaulAuster

#GraphicNovel #LitStudies @litstudies

I continue the custom of introducing my interests via #hashtag by listing the 10 #GraphicNovels to know me by.
#Maus - #ArtSpiegelman
#TheSandman - #NeilGaiman
#Watchmen - #AlanMoore
#TheThrillingAdventuresofLovelaceandBabbage - #SydneyPadua
#BlackPanther - #TanehisiCoates
#TheyCalledUsEnemy - #GeorgeTakei @georgetakei
#FunHome - #AlisonBechdel
#FromHell - also Moore
#Bone - #JeffSmith
#CityOfGlass - #PaulAuster

#GraphicNovel #LitStudies @litstudies

I continue the custom of introducing my interests via #hashtag by listing the 10 #GraphicNovels to know me by.
#Maus - #ArtSpiegelman
#TheSandman - #NeilGaiman
#Watchmen - #AlanMoore
#TheThrillingAdventuresofLovelaceandBabbage - #SydneyPadua
#BlackPanther - #TanehisiCoates
#TheyCalledUsEnemy - #GeorgeTakei @georgetakei
#FunHome - #AlisonBechdel
#FromHell - also Moore
#Bone - #JeffSmith
#CityOfGlass - #PaulAuster

#GraphicNovel #LitStudies @litstudies

I continue the custom of introducing my interests via #hashtag by listing the 10 #GraphicNovels to know me by.
#Maus - #ArtSpiegelman
#TheSandman - #NeilGaiman
#Watchmen - #AlanMoore
#TheThrillingAdventuresofLovelaceandBabbage - #SydneyPadua
#BlackPanther - #TanehisiCoates
#TheyCalledUsEnemy - #GeorgeTakei @georgetakei
#FunHome - #AlisonBechdel
#FromHell - also Moore
#Bone - #JeffSmith
#CityOfGlass - #PaulAuster

#GraphicNovel #LitStudies @litstudies