The Green Hand and Other Stories

The Green Hand and Other Stories, a single-issue comic from The New York Review of Books (2022), collects the early, pre-Maus work of Art Spiegelman, offering a glimpse into the raw, experimental energy of the underground comix era. This volume brings together Spiegelman’s first published strips, including the title story, showcasing his evolving voice and visual style before he became a defining figure in the medium. It matters as a historical artifact, preserving the formative steps of a master storyteller whose later work would reshape how the world sees comics.