The eminence francaise or "powerful influence" behind scads of well-known cartoonists is Paris-born and New York-based writer and artist Francoise Mouly ("Best American Comics 2012"). Mouly is known primarily through her partnership with superfamous husband and cartoonist Art Spiegelman; however, Heer (editor, "Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium") points out that in her innovation, creativity, initiative, and advocacy over many decades, she has dramatically influenced comics and comics artists in her own right. Originally trained in architecture, Mouly was drawn to graphic narrative through Spiegelman and pushed him into coediting the comics magazine "Raw" between 1980 and 1991. Her work in "Raw" led to her current 20-year tenure as art editor of "The New Yorker". In addition, Mouly recently established TOON Books to bring comics for the youngest readers back on the market.
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