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Interviewed at the Miami Book Fair shortly after MAUS 2 hit the New York Times bestseller list, Spiegelman discusses the artistic influences behind MAUS (Kurtzman, Krigstein, Chester Gould, Winsor McCay), his refusal to adapt the book for film, and his concerns about the comics direct market being dominated by "purveyors of mass fantasies." He reflects on the future of RAW magazine and the broader promise of comics as a personal, literary medium.

Canadian documentary filmmaker Ron Mann discusses Comic Book Confidential, his 90-minute theatrical film profiling comics history through interviews with ~45 creators including Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Harvey Kurtzman, and Stan Lee. He explains his outsider-to-convert arc, his focus on underground comics and censorship history (Kefauver hearings footage), and the film's festival run (Berlin, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal).