Maus (american comic)

Yet again, a holocaust story. Except this time, it's an American graphic novel, and a pretty good one at that. I actualy read this before watching Schindler's List, and it's information on the holocaust and concentration camps really helped me understand the movie. While Schindler's List gives you insight to the holocaust by showing it, Maus is the story of a kid who'se learning about his dad's story of surviving the holocaust, so the dad is explaining things that happened to him, so it's a bit more direct in it's info. Along with our main character (Art Speigelman, the author)'s dad's story, we get the story of Art and his dad's failing relationship, which is a good story it's self. The comic being told with animals is one of the things that makes it interesting, because, I'm not sure if it actualy happened, but Art is making a comic about his dad's holocaust experiance in the story, so what you're reading is the result. One thing I noticed, was that the dad got luckyish at some points, then realized you had to be lucky to survive the holocaust. It has components like that, that make it seem all the more realistic. Read this, and see Schindler's List, and you will probably get a good holocaust fix (and you could always throw Life is Beautiful in there was well for a comedic break). For a very informative graphic novel that also has a good plot, this is great.


Rating: 9.4/10