Maus

Maus was an interesting comic. I think it is very successful because of the content and the way Art Spiegelman approached it. The history of the content is true considering it covers Hitler and his terror over the Jews in Europe. He opens the comic with a quote from Hitler saying, “The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but they are not human”. The reader is likely to see the mice characters Spiegelman presents and not consider them real people until they get further along. The mice are representing the same humans that endured the horror for the Holocaust. Although it is a fairly long read, you get lost in the story as it streams along. Most of the panels, page by page, are laid out practically identically. The text remains consistent most of the way through. It’s incredible how Spiegelman can capture you with his characters as mice. Although they are not human, you can relate human qualities to them because of the things they go through.