6/15/2023 0 Comments Art spiegelman maus pdf italianoAnd yet…Īs deeply as I respect the achievement of Maus, it has never touched me in a significant way (and this is speaking as a fellow Jew). Historically, artistically, and in recognition of its unique contribution to Holocaust literature, there is no arguing that it’s an undisputed classic of the comics medium. It is authentically a great work of art and has packed into it an astonishing amount of sheer craft. It’s usually Exhibit A in making the case that comics can contain more than juvenilia. Spiegelman’s tale of his father Vladek’s experience in Auschwitz, intercut with Spiegelman’s present-day frustrations with him, was a breakthrough book in the eighties, and to this day is one of the few graphic novels the public is generally familiar with. Of course, everything he has drawn, or probably ever will, is overshadowed by the 600-pound gorilla known as Maus. I think his recent book, Breakdowns, a reprint of his ‘70s and early ‘80s experimental work more than doubled with new material, is as great as his 9/11 volume, The Shadow of No Towers, is negligible. I respect and revere his status in the field, yet feel strangely distant from the actual work. I have mixed personal feelings about the comics of Art Spiegelman.
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