He's best known as the creator of "Maus," left, a fable of his Jewish father Vladek's experiences in the Holocaust. Hitler and the Germans are drawn as cats and the Holocaust victims as mice. It's the only comic book to ever win a Pulitzer Prize.
R. Crumb is the only other American to win the French prize.
The grand jury prize also went to another American, David Mazzucchelli, for his graphic novel "Asterios Polyp".
Mazzucchelli is best known for his Daredevil and Batman illustrations, working with writer Frank Miller.
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