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Maus

Maus, often published as Maus: A Survivor's Tale, is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991. It depicts Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor. The work employs postmodern techniques and represents Jews as mice, Germans as cats and Poles as pigs. Critics…

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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Creator
Art Spiegelman
Date
1991
Date of publication
1980–1991
Issues
Vol. 1 No. 2 – Vol. 2 No. 3
Page count
296 pages

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related to Critique · 39
Maus → Academics, According, Approaches, Arie Kaplan, Art Spiegelman's, Comics, Considering Maus, Deborah Geis, Dominick LaCapra, Family Frames, Family Pictures, Few, Harvey, Harvey Pekar, Hillel Halkin, Holocaust, In, Joshua Brown's, Linda Hutcheon, Literary
related to International publication · 33
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related to Language · 32
Maus → America, American, Art, Art's, But, Eastern Europe, English, English-language, Europe, For, French, German, He, His, Holocaust, How, Jew, Jews, Later, Mala
related to Allegory · 27
Maus → American, Away, Cat, Down, For, French, German, Germans, He, Healthy, It, Jew, Jewish, Jews, Joseph Witek, Judaism, Ken Jacobs, Mickey Mouse, Nazi, Poles
related to External links · 25
Maus → April, Art Spiegelman, Audio, BBC Archive, British Library, CREATION, February, Gross, Holocaust, Holocaust Archived January, In Responses, Making, Maus Archived November, NPR, Paul Gravett, Pulitzer-winning, Random HouseArt Spiegelman's MAUS, Teacher's, Terry, Trauma
related to Reception and legacy · 24
Maus → After, An, Art Spiegelman, Big Three, David Duke, English-speaking, Hitler's Europe, Hundreds, Initially, It, Let's, Letters, Modern Art, Pulitzer Prize, Special Award, Spiegelman, Spiegelman's, The Dark Knight Returns, The Museum, The New York Times
related to Influences · 21
Maus → Among, Bernard Krigstein's, Binky Brown, Chief, Contract, Eisner's, Frans Masereel, God, Gray's, Harold Gray's, Harvey Kurtzman, He, Holy Virgin Mary, Justin Green's Binky Brown, Little Orphan Annie, Master Race, Meets, Passionate Journey, Spiegelman, Though
related to Parodies · 14
Maus → Belgian, Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues, Dealing, Douglas Crichton's, Flammarion, French, Jesse Reklaw, Katz, La Cinquième Couche, Low-Jinx, Michael, Spiegelman's, The, The French
related to Memory · 13
Maus → Anja's, Art, Hirsch, His, In, Mala, Spiegelman's, The, This, To Marianne Hirsch, Vladek, Vladek's, While
related to history · 12
Maus → An American Tail, August, December, Every, My Father Bleeds History, New York Times, Pantheon Books, Raw, Spiegelman, Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, Survivor's Tale, The

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MausCreatorArt Spiegelman1.00infobox
MausDate19911.00infobox
MausDate of publication1980–19911.00infobox
MausIssuesVol. 1 No. 2 – Vol. 2 No. 31.00infobox
MausPage count296 pages1.00infobox
MausPublished inRaw1.00infobox
MausPublisherPantheon Books1.00infobox
Passionate Journeyinstance ofwho had made early wordless novels in woodcuts0.80text
Umberto Ecoinstance ofPraise for the book also came from contemporaries such as Jules Feiffer and literary writers0.80text
Marjane Satrapi's Persepolisinstance ofMaus is cited as a primary influence on graphic novels0.80text
Alison Bechdel's Fun Home.In 2022instance ofMaus is cited as a primary influence on graphic novels0.80text
the board of trustees for McMinn County Schools in east Tennessee voted unanimously to remove Maus from the curriculum over concerns including profanityinstance ofMaus is cited as a primary influence on graphic novels0.80text

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