To my grandmother, Mina, whose spirit inspires me; to my mother, Josée Giron,
who always knew to be as smart and brave as she’s beautiful; and to my daughter,
Nadja, whose intelligence and heart light up the future.

Editor: Eric Himmel

Designer: Françoise Mouly
Design Manager: Kara Strubel
Production Manager: Anet Sirna-Bruder with Ankur Ghosh

Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for and may be obtained from the Library of Congress.
ISBN: 978-1-4197-0209-9
eISBN: 978-1-61312-321-8

Cover design: Françoise Mouly
Cover front drawing: Barry Blitt
Endpapers: Christoph Niemann
Frontispiece: Art Spiegelman
Case front drawing: Barry Blitt
Case back drawing: Art Spiegelman

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