caviglia reviewed on 3/31/2009

Helpful Score: 4

Maus is one of the strongest, most affecting, most perfectly realized pieces of art I've ever read/seen. If you are not the sort of person who ordinarily reads graphic novels, please don't be put off. The story of what happened to Art Spiegelman's father during the war is entwined with the current day Art Spiegelman coming to grips with his family's history and finding some sort of peace with his father. The resolutions are never simple, the story is ultimately tragic but told with great humor, and is just beautiful.

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