![]() ![]() The former aren’t depicted as villains either, forcing the reader to connect the dots and figure out that evil deeds are what differentiate human beings who are, otherwise, the same everywhere. There are a few stylistic reasons why Maus works so well, starting with Spiegelman’s decision to depict the cat-Nazis in the same size as the mouse- Jews. Spiegelman’s anthropomorphisation begins to take a backseat to the horrifying reality he portrays as the child of a survivor. ![]() Something interesting happens to everyone who goes beyond the first couple of pages though. “With Jews portrayed as mice, Germans as cats and Americans as dogs?” It’s not exactly like pointing someone in the direction of Fifty Shades Of Grey. “A comic about genocide?” they ask, grimacing without waiting for a response. In hindsight, of course, I suppose anything based on the Holocaust will always be difficult.Īnd yet, it’s hard to try and sell the idea of the book to friends. Still, I was unprepared for how deeply affecting Maus, by Art Spiegelman, could be. The first graphic novel I ever read was, luckily for me, one of the most acclaimed of the medium. ![]()
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