In the Shadow of No Towers

In the Shadow of No Towers
Cover of In the Shadow of No Towers Hardcover
Publication information
Publisher	Viking Adult
Format	Comic strip Board book
Publication date	2002–2004
Creative team
Created by	Art Spiegelman
Collected editions
In the Shadow of No Towers	ISBN 0-670-91541-6

In the Shadow of No Towers is a comic by Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic artist Art Spiegelman.

Overview

The comic evolved from Spiegelman's experiences during the September 11 terrorist attacks. Spiegelman has said that the comic is a way to reclaim himself from the post-traumatic stress disorder he suffered after the attacks.

It also has many references to Spiegelman's Maus comics, for example one in which Art said that the smoke in Manhattan smelled just like Vladek said the smoke in the concentration camps smelled. Also he often turns himself into a mouse on the fly.

It was published by the German newspaper Die Zeit after Spiegelman was unable to secure publication in any major American outlet. In Britain, excerpts have been published in The Independent. A segment also appeared in 2004 as part of the Actus Tragicus comics album Dead Herring Comics.

In 2004, the entire series of ten strips and a supplement of reprints of turn-of-the-20th-century comics such as The Katzenjammer Kids and The Yellow Kid were collected and published together as a book by Viking Books. In the Shadow of No Towers was selected by the New York Times as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2004.

See also

• September 11, 2001 attacks in popular culture