Art Spiegelman for comic books. Spiegelman began teaching at the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1978, and continued until 1987, teaching alongside his heroes Harvey Kurtzman and Will Eisner. Spiegelman had an essay published in "Print" entitled ": An Idiosyncratic Historical and Aesthetic Overview". In 1990 Spiegelman he had an essay called "High Art Lowdown" published in "Artforum" critiquing the "High/Low" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. In the wake of the success of the Cabbage Patch Kids series of dolls, Spiegelman created the card series "Garbage Pail Kids" for Topps in 1985. Similar to the "Wacky Packages"
Xavier Martínez Xavier Martínez Xavier Martínez (February 7, 1869 – January 13, 1943) was a California artist active in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was a well-known bohemian figure in San Francisco, the East Bay, and the Monterey Peninsula and one of the co-founders of two California artists' organizations and an art gallery. He painted in a tonalist style and also produced monotypes, etchings, and silverpoint. He was originally christened "Javier Timoteo Martinez y Orozco", but later called himself "Xavier Tizoc Martinez", the middle name acknowledging his Purépecha heritage. He was known to his friends as "Marty." Martinez was