Library Resources for the UC Summer Reading Program
Maus: A Survivor's Tale Volume 1: My Father Bleeds History, by Art Spiegelman
Copies of Maus are available on special displays in Cabell Library on the Monroe Park Campus, and in Tompkins-McCaw Library on the MCV Campus.
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Library Journal review, July 1991 :
"Spiegelman's Maus, A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon, 1987) was a breakthrough, a comic book that gained widespread mainstream attention. The primary story of that book and of this sequel is the experience of Spiegelman's father, Vladek, a Polish Jew who survived the concentration camps of Nazi Germany during World War II. This story is framed by Spiegelman's getting the story from Vladek, which is in turn framed by Spiegelman's working on the book after his father's death and suffering the attendant anxiety and guilt, the ambivalence over the success of the first volume, and the difficulties of his "funny-animal" metaphor. (In both books, he draws the characters as anthropomorphic animals-- Jews are mice, Poles pigs, Germans cats, Americans dogs, and French frogs.) The interconnections and complex characterizations are engrossing, as are the vivid personal accounts of living in the camps. Maus and Maus . . . II are two of the most important works of comic art ever published. Highly recommended, especially for libraries with Holocaust collections. "
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The Author
Art Spiegelman, Official Biography from Steven Barclay Agency
Art Spiegelman, The Comic Book Database
Interviews
An interview with Art Spiegleman, Charlie Rose, 07/30/08.
Intersections: Of Maus and Spiegelman, MAD Inspired Comic Book Look at the Holocaust, NPR, 01/26/04.
Panel Borders: The work of Art Spiegelman, Originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM, 11/27/08.
Related Articles
Boxer, Sarah. "Making Comics After Mauschwitz; Art Spiegelman in search of a second act." Slate.com, 10/28/08.
Milzoff, Rebecca. "Art Spiegelman on Breakdowns Redux and the Dark Side of Tina Fey." New York Magazine, 10/08/08.
Thompson, Bob. " 'Toonsmith: Art Spiegelman Gets Graphic About His Life, Career and the Processes of a Comics Universe." The Washington Post, 11/06/08.
Holocaust Research
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
The Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond, VA.
Comic Art Research
Comic Arts Collection, Special Collections and Archives, VCU Libraries.
Comic Arts Resource Guide, VCU Libraries.
Course Reserves
Several books and articles are available on reserve. Check Reserves Catalog for the course "University College" to review the list of options.