Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman, better known as Art Spiegelman, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 15, 1948 – a date that would profoundly shape his life and artistic trajectory. His early years were marked by the looming presence of World War II and the Holocaust, experiences deeply ingrained within his family history. Spiegelman’s father, Oma, was a Polish Jew who survived Auschwitz,…