Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman spoke to an enthusiastic and rapt audience at the Central Library, Thursday, May 22nd. This must-see event kicked off the Get Graphic! author series with a bang.  Spiegelman spoke with humor, passion and intelligence of his early years and development as a graphic novelist as well as the evolution of this format. We’ll be talking about this event for quite some time!

Read a review of this event from Next Magazine click here http://www.buffalonews.com/lifearts/next/story/356990.html

Next up is Gene Yang, creator of the graphic novel American Born Chinese. Yang will appear at the Central Library on July 9th at 4:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public - more information will be forthcoming.

For a list of some of the books and authors Spiegelman discussed during his presentation click below.

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  Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel Maus will speak at the Central Library on May 22, 2008.  Save the date - more details will follow.