Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse

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Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse

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This insightful documentary delves into the life and work of Art Spiegelman, the Queens-raised artist who revolutionized comics by exploring dark, complex themes. Shaped by his Holocaust-survivor parents and inspired by MAD magazine’s irreverent satire, Spiegelman’s most famous work, MAUS, is a poignant Holocaust narrative that redefined the medium. The film showcases his resistance to fascism and features rich illustrations from his comics, highlighting his significant impact as an artist and cultural critic.

directed by: Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
starring: Art Spiegelman, Françouise Mouly, Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Bill Griffith, Emil Ferris, Charles Burns, Chris Ware, Peter Kuper, R. Sikoryak, Gary Panter, Joe Sacco, Molly Crabapple, J. Hoberman, Ken Jacobs, Najda Spiegelman, Dash Spiegelman, Ivan Brunetti, Jerry Craft, Hillary Chute
2025 / 100 min / 1.78:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

  • 2-Disc Region Free Blu-ray
  • Trailer
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Art Reads ""As the Mind Reels"" about watching Dick Van Dyke with his parents
  • Bill Griffith discusses the art of making Woodcuts
  • Cartoonists As Reporters
  • Hillary Chute on Academic Impact of Art's work
  • Françoise Mouly explains Color Separation
  • Françoise talks about having a Printing Press in their apartment and what she made
  • Art talks about MAD Magazine founder Harvey Kurtzman and the war comics he published for EC Comics
  • Art tells the story of being censored by Marvel Comics
  • Art works with artist Si Lewen
  • Bill Griffith describes how he and Art came up with Wacky Packages ideas
  • The Spiegelmans and the Crumbs at the table
  • Extended Interviews, speeches, and Outtakes: Françoise Mouly on first Coming to New York
  • Art Spiegelman's Skidmore College Talk
  • Michael Chabon, Hillary Chute present Art with the MacDowell medal - speeches
  • Art speaks at the NY High School of Art and Design
  • Art, Françoise Mouly and Chris Ware on a panel at Comic Arts Brooklyn
  • Art gives a history of comics talk in Reston VA
  • Art Spiegelman on Forbidden Images Now at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts with Hillary Chute
  • Art accepts the National Book Awards Lifetime Achievement award
  • Hillary Chute Extended interview
  • Marlborough Gallery Tour of Art Spiegelman show (with Art)
  • Art makes a lithograph at a studio in Brooklyn
  • Drawing Sequence of artists in the film making con sketches
  • English SDH subtitles

Overall rating: 4.821429 / 5 from 28 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

This Blu-ray release offers an insightful documentary on Art Spiegelman, the influential comic artist behind MAUS. The film explores his life, work, and impact, featuring interviews with notable figures in the comic world. It includes additional content such as deleted scenes, speeches, and a gallery tour, all presented with high-quality visuals and audio.

Summary topics

  • Documentary Quality (30%): A substantial number of customers loved the Doc for being a great and excellent comic book about the creator of Maus.
  • Documentary Content (30%): Many customers appreciated the documentary, describing it as excellent, great, recommended, and an excellent release.

Review topics: [packaging, looks, documentary, doc, release, art, work, extras, portrayal, cartoon, watch].

Review highlights

  • "An insightful documentary into Art Spiegelman's work, a great release." — Alistair D.
  • "Great doc and insane amount of extras" — Ed K.
  • "Great documentary, recommended release." — Sebastian V.

Reviews

Fantastic documentary and an absolutely stacked release

"Disaster Is My Muse is exactly the kind of documentary I love getting on physical media. Art Spiegelman is such an interesting subject because his career goes way beyond Maus — underground comics, RAW, Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids, political art, and decades of pushing against what comics were “supposed” to be. The documentary does a great job connecting his work to his family history and showing how much his art came out of trauma, satire, anger, and just being completely unwilling to play it safe. I especially liked hearing from other cartoonists and artists because it gives you a much better sense of how big his influence really is. The release itself is ridiculous in the best way. It’s a 2-disc Region Free Blu-ray loaded with deleted scenes, extended interviews, talks, gallery footage, drawing sessions, material with Françoise Mouly, Bill Griffith, Chris Ware, and a ton more. There’s honestly enough bonus material here to spend another couple of hours with Spiegelman after the documentary ends. Smart, funny, personal, and loaded with great art. Exactly the kind of documentary release I want in the collection. Easy 5/5. 😁"

— Jaskaran S. (5/5)

Don't ask him about Maus.

"An informative, wonderful tribute to one of the most iconic and influential comic book artists. Follow the journey to convey the infinite weight of the past."

— Topi B. (4/5)

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"Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse is a thoughtful and engaging portrait of one of comics’ most influential voices. Art Spiegelman comes across as sharp, reflective, and deeply passionate about both art and history. It’s an insightful watch that not only explores his work but also the personal and cultural forces that shaped it."

— Shawn M. (5/5)

Great doc and insane amount of extras

"This has more extras than any release I can remember. Hours of interviews and speeches as well as a cool tour of one of his exhibitions. The documentary itself is extremely well made and flows at a good pace. If you are unfamiliar with this extraordinary artist and writer, this is a good introduction. Enjoyable for fans as well. Unfortunately, there will never be a time when strong anti-fascist literature will not be timely and important. Recommended."

— Ed K. (5/5)

Great, but incomplete, portrait of an essential artist

"What a fascinating portrait of the great Art Spiegelmann whose work is just as profound as relevant as it was when it was first released. My only complaint, and it’s a minor one, is that there is nary even a mention of his work with Garbage Pail Kids."

— Brennan B. (4/5)

Excellent documentary

"I really enjoyed this documentary when I watched it on pbs. Of course afterwards I immediately was hoping a physical version would become available, so when VS announced it was going to come out I immediately bought a copy. Art Spiegelman is a fantastic artist, and this documentary really showcases not only his work and talent, but his deep passion for comics and cartooning. It goes in depth with his graphic novel Maus as well, and is worth the purchase."

— John T. (5/5)

The master who brought us MAUS

"Excellent documentary focusing on the career of 60s counterculture comix artist Art Spiegelman. Art is up there with such contemporary greats as Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Vaughn Bodē, Robert Williams and S. Clay Wilson. A must have documentary that's up there with Terry Zwigoff's documentary Crumb (1994). Also unlike the original PBS American Masters premier of the doc, this bluray features the uncut version where Art talks about his drawing of Donald Trump featured as the festering, fly ridden, faciast piece of shit he is. Highly recommended!"

— Nicholas C. (5/5)

Master of Disaster!

"I saw this when it premiered on PBS last year, but I am grateful for this incredible release! loaded with extras, as it left me clamoring for more. Spiegelman is one of my favorite cartoonists and this doc shows why. . . from Wacky Packs to Garbage Pail Kids, to Maus, this dude has done it all! Check it out!"

— Douglas A. (5/5)

Keep Maus on hand

"great doc! you'll feel you could watch another couple hours of it. . and then you gey to the extras and you got +2hours more!! Have your edition of Maus on hand, you'll want to read it again."

— Rodrigo S. (5/5)

Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse

"Interesting documentary about an important comics artist."

— Oliver B. (5/5)

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