ULTIMATE TABOOS

TWO VIEWS of parents and children, one for Mother’s Day, by Art Spiegelman (above), the other for Father’s Day, by Barry Blitt (op-
posite), who says: “There are images I wish I hadn’t done, but it’s usually for aesthetic reasons. I don’t really believe anything is genuinely
offensive—who cares if somebody is offended: It’s neither the goal nor a deterrent. I once sketched a cattle car going to Auschwitz:
There was one guy talking on his cell and everyone was irritated—that was just to make you, Françoise, laugh, and you did. I’ll make
bad jokes—it’s good to clear the air.”

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