Prisoner on the Hell Planet
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Prisoner on the Hell Planet is an autobiographical, expressionist-style comic by Art Spiegelman that confronts his mother’s suicide and his own grief with stark, emotionally intense imagery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prisoner on the Hell Planet canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical comic
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comic ⓘ expressionist comic ⓘ |
| artStyle |
expressionist
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heavily crosshatched ⓘ woodcut-like ⓘ |
| author | Art Spiegelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Art Spiegelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely praised for emotional honesty ⓘ |
| depicts | suicide of Anja Spiegelman ⓘ |
| firstPublication | Short Order Comix #1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | short story comic ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical comics
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expressionism ⓘ underground comix ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Anja Spiegelman
NERFINISHED
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Art Spiegelman NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladek Spiegelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Maus
NERFINISHED
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The Complete Maus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later autobiographical graphic novels ⓘ |
| inUniverseRole | depicts Art Spiegelman as a character ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Art Spiegelman’s mother
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grief ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white comics ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of autobiographical comics
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stark, emotionally intense imagery ⓘ |
| pageCount | 4 ⓘ |
| partOf | Art Spiegelman’s body of work ⓘ |
| positionInWork | inserted as a comic-within-the-comic in Maus ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| publisher | Apex Novelties NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Maus II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | psychiatric hospital (briefly depicted) ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
Holocaust aftermath
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family trauma ⓘ guilt ⓘ mental illness ⓘ mother–son relationship ⓘ |
| timeOfNarrative | late 1960s ⓘ |
| tone |
confessional
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dark ⓘ intense ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.