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MetaMaus
A Look Inside a Modern Classic
Book Summary
A New Yorker contributor and co-founder of RAW traces the creative process that went into his Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, revealing the inspirations for his work while providing on an accompanying DVD, a reference copy of The Complete Maus and audio interviews with his father.
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This book is about:
- Maus,
- Cartoonists,
- Spiegelman, Art,
- Biography,
- United States
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Author Interviews
'MetaMaus': The Story Behind Spiegelman's Classic
October 5, 2011 Cartoonist Art Spiegelman's epic Holocaust graphic novel, Maus, was published 25 years ago. Spiegelman's new book, MetaMaus, explores that signature work through interviews, answers to persistent questions and examples of his early drawings.
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