Maus
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- Jul 9, 2022
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Maus was among the first graphic novels to prove that comic book's could be a literary art form worthy of respect and admiration. It is a biographical account of what Art Spiegelman's parents went through during the Holocaust. It is framed with Spiegelman interviewing his father about what that time was like and reveals the tense relationship they both shared. It reads like a Holocaust memoir but told beautifully through the medium of comics books with mice as the Jews and cats as the Germans. Maus is a dense story that explores themes of how we present ourselves to the world, how children can inherit the bitter memories of their parents, and the tremendous guilt survivors of great tragedy can feel when their loved ones do not. Maus won a Pulitzer Prize and is a true classic. Can you imagine if a school decided to ban such an important work from their library? That would be absurd...
Publication Information
Publisher Pantheon Books
Format Graphic Novel
Publication date 1980–1991
No. of issues Vol. 1 No. 2 – Vol. 2 No. 3
Creative Team
Written by Art Spiegelman
Penciller(s) Art Spiegelman
Inker(s) Art Spiegelman
Letter(s) Art Spiegelman
Editor(s) Art Spiegelman
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