Maus



Art Spiegelman first published parts of MAUS in a magazine called //Raw// during 1980-1991. //Maus: A Survivor's Tale// first appeared in 1986. The graphic novel is a very strong rereading of one survivor's tale as a testimony of a tale from a father to a son, and at the same time a strong revamping or even, reconsideration of the generic possibilities of the "comic" genre itself. There are multiple narratives and texts in Maus and in addition to images and dialogue boxes, there are maps of Poland and the actual concentration camps, diagrams of hideouts, real photographs from family archives and even a manual for shoe repair.



Images care of: http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/maus/ consulted at: November 22, 2006