Just Arrived: “Maus” by Art Spiegelman

Well, it’s taken a while, but my very own copy of Maus, subtitled A Survivor’s Tale, has finally arrived. I understand the work was originally published in two parts, I believe subtitled My Father Bleeds History (1986) and  And Here My Troubles Began (1992), respectively.

As you’re probably all aware, in early January, a country school board in Tennessee removed the book from its curriculum, allegedly for reasons of content and age appropriateness.

Given this is the only graphic novel to win th...