MetaMaus by Art Spiegelman

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Visually and emotionally rich, MetaMaus is as groundbreaking as the masterpiece whose creation it reveals.

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 twenty-five years 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.

MetaMaus includes a bonus DVD-R that provides a digitized reference copy of The Complete Maus linked to a deep archive of audio interviews with his survivor father, historical documents, and a wealth of Spiegelman’s private notebooks and sketches.

Compelling and intimate, MetaMaus is poised to become a classic in its own right.

Press:
An Author Retraces His Steps from The Wall Street Journal
On Our Radar This Week from The Atlantic
‘MetaMaus’: ‘MAUS’ creator Art Spiegelman reveals emotional journey to today’s 25th-anniversary book from The Washington Post

You can also visit Art on Facebook, and watch the trailer, which Boing Boing says is “really a short documentary,” here: