I wasn't sure what to expect from a graphic novel that tells the story of a Polish Jew (who happens to be a mouse) during the Holocaust (which happens to be run by Nazi cats).It. Was. Amazing.Spiegelman weaves together two stories - the present day story in which he is attempting to understand his F...
I have, of course, heard of Maus. I am a librarian, and I read book blogs, and goodness, it won a Pulitzer. But I'd never read it, for many, bad reasons. I don't like graphic novels, it's depressing, I am not into anthropmorphism, blah blah. But I finally picked it up following a presentation on...
I remember this as being THE book that brought the graphic novel to prominence and I've wanted to read it forever, but was always too stingy (like Mr. Spiegelman senior) to cough up the dough for "a comic book." This was a terrific book in many ways: 1) the story 2) the drawings 3) the mice vs cats ...
This was fantastic. The artwork, the story and the imagery... I've been hearing about this for awhile now and can't believe it took me this long to read it. The background stories make you actually feel emotion towards the characters. I highly recommend this to everyone (even those who don't read co...
There's a stigma that most people accuse the world of: that comics, graphic novels, whatever you'd like to call them, usually are to be defined as things only for the humorous, the light, the silly~ But tackle a serious subject, of any kind never even thought of to fall into the realm of the "drawn ...
I read it back in my World History class in high school but never finished it because we only had a class period to read it. This time I was able to finish the first and second books in the series. I loved it. I really don’t read graphic novels but Maus was fantastic in every way. The blending of hi...
This one has been on my to-read list forever and ever and, although I liked it, I didn't love it. Kind of the same reaction as I had to Persepolis. Maybe I'm just bored of historical books? I dunno.
There has always been a debate about the impact and importance of cartoons and comic books. The debate pretty much boils down to the misconception that comic books simply tell adventure stories. This misconception irgnores several importnat things, the most important is that all fiction has its hi...
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