Maus-creator Art Spiegelman will be at Politics and Prose on Friday. DCist’s guide to lectures and panel discussions in the D.C. area This week isn’t quite as swamped as last, but is still stock full of intriguing events, including those discussing espionage, Nazi advertising, Darfur, religion, Surrealism and graphic novels. Monday: >> The 14th Street Busboys and Poets hosts author Diane Wilson at 6 p.m. If you can judge this book and author by its…

(From DCist contributor Kanishka Gangopadhyay) Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the epic graphic novel Maus, comes to Politics & Prose Tuesday at 7 p.m. to sign copies of his new work “In the Shadow of No Towers” . The innovative work is the first extended piece Spiegelman has written since the legendary Maus series. Packaged audaciously at more than twice the size of the industry standard graphic novel, In the Shadow is guaranteed…