Art Spiegelman es un artista de cómics, editor y defensor del medio del cómic, mejor conocido por su memoria en cómic ganadora del Premio Pulitzer. Su obra a menudo profundiza en temas complejos, utilizando el poder visual único de los cómics para explorarlos. A través de su arte, busca ampliar los límites de lo que se puede expresar en el medio. Su enfoque se caracteriza por la profundidad y la introspección.
Maus narra la historia de Vladek Spiegelman, un judío polaco que sobrevivió al Holocausto, a través de su hijo Art, un dibujante de cómics. Con un enfoque innovador, utiliza la memoria gráfica para explorar el sufrimiento y sus consecuencias en las generaciones posteriores, fusionando tragedia y comedia en una obra única.
Maus es la historia de un superviviente de Auschwitz, Vladek Spiegelman narrada a su hijo Art, el autor del libro. Pero además, en Maus el autor también realiza un retrato de su padre en la actualidad (en el momento en que se entrevista con él para que le relate sus recuerdos de la guerra) así como de su difícil y tensa relación con él. En Maus, Spiegelman va más allá del Holocausto para instalarse en la psicología del superviviente en un intento de deshacer la maraña de su relación paterno-filial, de la sombra de una madre suicida y del fantasma de un hermano santificado al que nunca conoció. Hay que mencionar que en Maus los personajes se nos muestran con rasgos faciales de animales, característica que se usa con fines narrativos; así, por ejemplo, los judíos son presentados ratones, mientras que los nazis como gatos.
The author-illustrator traces his father's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a series of disarming and unusual cartoons arranged to tell the story as a novel.
A survivor's tale
Maus is a haunting tale within a tale. Vladek's harrowing story of survival is woven into the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits.
'Spiegelman has turned the exuberant fantasy of comics inside out by giving us the most incredible fantasy in comics' history: something that actually occurred. MAUS is terrifying not for its brutality, but for its tenderness and guilt' New Yorker MAUS is widely renowned as one of the greatest pieces of art and literature ever written about the Holocaust. It is adored by readers and studied in colleges and universities all over the world. But what led Art Spiegelman to tell his father's story in the first place? Why did he choose to depict the Jews as mice? How could a comic book confront the terror and brutality of the worst atrocity of the twentieth century? To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the book's first publication, MetaMAUS, prepared by the author, is a vital companion to the classic text and includes never-before- seen sketches, rough and alternate drafts, family and reference photos, notebook and diary entries and the transcript of his interviews with his father Vladek as well as a long interview with Art, in which he discusses the book's extraordinary history and origins. The book includes a brand new DVD packed with extra images, video and commentary.
The book features a charming and playful puppy brought to life through engaging words and illustrations. It captures the joyful essence of a puppy's antics, inviting readers into a whimsical world where the playful spirit of a dog shines through. This delightful combination of storytelling and visuals creates an immersive experience for young readers, celebrating the innocence and joy of puppyhood.
NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER • Visually and emotionally rich, MetaMaus is as groundbreaking as the masterpiece whose creation it reveals • Featured in the documentary Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse In the pages of MetaMaus, Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer Prize–winning Maus, the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust ever since it was first published decades ago. He probes the questions that Maus most often evokes—Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics?—and gives us a new and essential work about the creative process. Compelling and intimate, MetaMaus is poised to become a classic in its own right.
Art Spiegelman's striking black-and-white illustrations bring a fresh intensity to Joseph Moncure March's 1928 poem, Wild Party. The dynamic page designs complement the poem's rhythmic, hard-boiled narrative, capturing the chaotic essence of a single night of excess. Celebrated for its raw and captivating nature, the work is described as both repulsive and fascinating, leaving a lasting impact on readers. This edition revitalizes a lost classic, making it compelling even for those typically uninterested in poetry.
Art Spiegelman's striking black-and-white illustrations breathe new life into Joseph Moncure March's 1928 poem, The Wild Party. The dynamic designs complement the rhythmic, hard-boiled narrative of debauchery, making it a captivating read even for poetry skeptics. Louis Untermeyer hailed it as a powerful, fascinating tour de force.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Art Spiegelman is one of our most influential contemporary artists, and it is hard to overstate his effect on postwar American culture and the world of comics. Maus has shaped the fields of literature, history, and art, and enlivened our collective sense of what these practices can accomplish. Collecting responses to the work that confirm its unique and terrain-shifting status, Maus Now sees writers such as Philip Pullman, Adam Gopnik, Ruth Franklin, and others approaching the complexity of Maus from a wide range of viewpoints and traditions. Organized into three loosely chronological sections ("Contexts", "Problems of Representation" and "Legacy"), the book offers translations of important French, Hebrew, and German essays on Maus for the first time. Maus is revelatory, and generative, in profound and long-lasting ways. With this collection, American literary scholar (and expert on comics and graphic narratives) Hillary Chute assembles the best work around the globe exploring this classic graphic biography.
