Just Posted: Author’s Note on Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies

Art Spiegelman, around the time he created the book jacket, frontispiece, and incidental drawings for Derby Dugan's Depression Funnies.

Art Spiegelman, around the time he created the book jacket, frontispiece, and incidental drawings for Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies.

 

In 1996, I published Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies, a book that never would have been written without the friendship, encouragement, and astonishing generosity of the great cartoonist Art Spiegelman. At Café Pinfold–in the BOOKS section–I’ve just posted a new essay about the circumstances surrounding the creation of the novel of mine that’s my own personal favorite.

Please click here or on the image of Art Spiegelman to read more.