He’s most famous for Maus, the first comic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize, in which he recounts family stories like the one about his aunt poisoning his older brother, herself, her daughter, and her niece to keep them from the clutches of the Nazis. He also made the black-towers-against-a-black-sky cover of the New Yorker after 9/11. He chain smokes, and he thinks the world is ending. He’s said, “I’m not even sure I’ll live long enough for cigarettes to kill me.” (Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, 621-2230. 7:30 pm, $10—$25.)

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...