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.

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Prisoner on the Hell Planet canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical comic ⓘ
comic ⓘ
expressionist comic ⓘ
artStyle expressionist ⓘ
heavily crosshatched ⓘ
woodcut-like ⓘ
author Art Spiegelman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Art Spiegelman ⓘ
criticalReception widely praised for emotional honesty ⓘ
depicts suicide of Anja Spiegelman ⓘ
firstPublication Short Order Comix #1 ⓘ
format short story comic ⓘ
genre autobiographical comics ⓘ
expressionism ⓘ
underground comix ⓘ
hasCharacter Anja Spiegelman ⓘ
Art Spiegelman ⓘ
Vladek Spiegelman ⓘ
includedIn Maus ⓘ
The Complete Maus ⓘ
linked to: Maus
influenced later autobiographical graphic novels ⓘ
inUniverseRole depicts Art Spiegelman as a character ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Art Spiegelman’s mother ⓘ
grief ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
medium black-and-white comics ⓘ
narrativeLocation New York City ⓘ
notableFor early example of autobiographical comics ⓘ
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 ⓘ
relatedWork Maus II ⓘ
linked to: Maus
setting psychiatric hospital (briefly depicted) ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme Holocaust aftermath ⓘ
family trauma ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
mother–son relationship ⓘ
timeOfNarrative late 1960s ⓘ
tone confessional ⓘ
dark ⓘ
intense ⓘ

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Art Spiegelman → notableWork → Prisoner on the Hell Planet ⓘ
Breakdowns → hasPart → Prisoner on the Hell Planet ⓘ