Maus Archives

Twitting a parody cover of Maus And I have been told by my editors that I can't actually publish it here, but just link to it You have been warned Here's the original for comparison And yes, I am fully aware of the ironies here I'm also not even allowed to run Steve Skroce's non-Maus[...]

Later this year, Pantheon is to publish Maus Now: Selected Writing edited by comic book critic, curator, lecturer and editor Professor Hillary Chute As Maus by Art Spiegelman became the best selling graphic novel in the USA forty years after release, even one of the best-selling books overall, after one small school board decided to[...]

Right now, Maus Book One by Art Spiegelman is the second best-selling book on Amazon The Complete Maus is the fourth best-selling book on Amazon And Maus Book Two is the eleventh best-selling book on Amazon They are all the first, second and third best-selling graphic novels on Amazon, with the box-set in fifth place. And[...]

Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Athens in McMinn County, Tennessee, is holding a live reading of Maus McMinn County is the school district that removed Maus, the graphic novel by Art Spiegelman, from their curriculum, that would have been used to teach children about the Holocaust The listing of the event reads as follows; Press shot[...]

Forty-two years after it was first released, Art Spiegelman's Maus is currently the twelfth best-selling graphic novel on Amazon.com for Book One, and 13th for the Complete Maus I wonder why? Well, it's all thanks to a school board in McMinn County, Tennessee which unanimously voted to remove Maus, the only graphic novel to win[...]

Which, to me, seems to be the responsible attitude." (Source: The Comics Journal #118) Maus by Art Spiegelman In 2017, Fun Home and Maus were both listed in a widely circulated piece advocating against comics in classrooms as they "advance political agendas." This article came from a think tank and was published in a popular conservative paper, and press like this often effects[...]

In talking about comics and history, we read and discussed Maus Our exploration of Art Spiegelman's use of animals for different groups sparked quite a heated conversation We also debated whether or not his graphic novel should be considered an historical work.  In dealing with comics and censorship (as well as autobiography), we read and[...]

Well played, Raulo. HMS: What do you think that comics, specifically, can do to influence social awareness and ideas? MB: I think comics have a tremendous (and, I think) still underestimated potential to educate as well as entertain.  I could talk about the influence of comics like Art Spiegelman's Maus or Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis[...]