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Jack just got a new toy, and its full of surprises. Each time the box pops open, theres a new and bigger surprise. Is it a silly toy, a scary toy… or something else entirely?
About Artists & Writers:
Art Spiegelman is best known for his masterful two-volume Holocaust narrative, Maus, which in 1992 won a Pulitzer Prize. Born in Stockholm in 1948, Spiegelman rejected his parents’ aspirations for him to become a dentist and he began to study cartooning in high school and drawing professionally at age 16. In 2005, he was named one of Time magazines 100 Most Influential People. He was made a Chevalier de lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres in France in 2005 andthe American equivalentplayed himself on an episode of The Simpsons in 2008. He has published Meta Maus, a companion to The Complete Maus, which was awarded the National Jewish Book Award. In 2011, Art Spiegelman won the Grand Prix at the Angoulme International Comics Festival. His next book, CO-MIX: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps, will be published by Drawn & Quarterly in September 2013. He lives in New York City, with his wife and collaborator, Franoise Mouly, TOON Books’ Editorial Director.