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The Complete Maus A Survivor's Tale

Art Spiegelman

The definitive edition of the graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” ( A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—

Podcasts 8
Quotes 31
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

It was recommended as a graphic novel providing a personal perspective on the Holocaust, allowing readers to connect with the individuals and understand the broader context of the event through their specific stories.

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And then like the book, Maus by Art Spiegelman, it's a personal story that makes you understand much broader sense by focusing on these people that you care about.

— Episode: 324 - Hit That Mute Button

Episode: 324 - Hit That Mute Button

It was recommended as a graphic novel providing a personal perspective on the Holocaust, allowing readers to connect with the individuals and understand the broader context of the event through their specific stories.

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And then like the book, Maus by Art Spiegelman, it's a personal story that makes you understand much broader sense by focusing on these people that you care about.

Everyone has such a specific story. There were babies born, there were marriages happening in secret, they were falling in love, they were trying to survive, they were trying to help their families survive. And then the ways out and I mean, it's just, it encompasses so much and it's just... I think that everyone should read it to kind of get an understanding more so than just like the chapter in the fucking history book at high school.

I mean, if you haven't read Maus by Art Spiegelman... It's a graphic novel and it's M-A-U-S. So look that up. Yeah. If you haven't read that yet, you absolutely should and have to. It's quite a work of art, but it's also true story. It's Art Spiegelman's parents' story. And so it's really worth it. It's really eye opening and it's really amazing.

Episode: 192 - Sticking Together & Helping Out

It was mentioned as a graphic novel about a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp and recommended for its incredible and horrifying depiction of that time.

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Essentially, I just tried to boil it down. Everybody knows we've all watched the history channel 1 million times. But essentially... Read the book Maus or read, look at the book M-A-U-S.

Episode: 192 - Sticking Together & Helping Out

It was recommended as a graphic novel from the perspective of a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp and was described as incredible and horrifying.

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Read the book Maus or read, look at the book M-A-U-S.

It's one of the most incredible things I've ever read. It's so incredible and horrifying and what a terrible time.

Behind the Bastards

The book was allegedly banned due to nudity and curse words, but the school claimed it had nothing to do with actual political content.

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But this is kind of, you know, it was they they claimed it had nothing to do with actual political content.

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 27

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 27

The book was allegedly banned due to nudity and curse words, but the school claimed it had nothing to do with actual political content.

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But this is kind of, you know, it was they they claimed it had nothing to do with actual political content.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

The book was highlighted across several episodes as a Pulitzer‑Prize‑winning graphic novel about the Holocaust that has recently faced school bans in Tennessee. Hosts Trevor Noah and panel members discussed its unique animal‑based storytelling and the controversy surrounding its removal, with the author Art Spiegelman expressing disbelief at the decision. The discussion underscored the title’s educational value and criticized the bans.

Highly Recommended

Episode: This Week's Top Stories - Book Bans on the Rise, T...

A Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust that was banned by one Tennessee district.

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One Tennessee district banning Maus, a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust

Episode: Culture Wars: Moral Kombat - Book Bans on the Rise...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, this book was banned by one Tennessee district.

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One Tennessee district banning mouse, a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust.

Episode: Black in Business - Legacy Cereal Company's Nic Ki...

The Daily Show panel discussed Maus, a graphic novel about the Holocaust, which led to Whoopi Goldberg's suspension for controversial comments she made about the novel and the Holocaust.

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And by the time the discussion was all over, the panel was down to four.

The Holocaust isn't about race. It's not about race because it's about man's inhumanity to man.

Episode: America: WTF | Lindsey Vonn

The Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, which uses animals to depict the Holocaust, was banned by a Tennessee school board. The author, Art Spiegelman, expressed disbelief at the decision, highlighting the book's unique approach to teaching children about the Holocaust.

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it shows people hanging, it shows them killing kids. Why does the educational system promote this kind of stuff? It's not wise or healthy.

it's leaving me with my jaw open. Like what? I also understand that Tennessee is obviously demented. There's something going on very, very haywire there.

This Is Actually Happening

The hosts highlighted the book as the first masterpiece in comic book history, citing praise from The New Yorker, and called it the most affecting and successful narrative about the Holocaust, as noted by The Wall Street Journal. They described it as a disarming look at a harrowing legacy and an unforgettable story of survival, recommending it strongly to listeners.

Highly Recommended

Episode: 314: What if you harbored an unrelenting fury?

It was praised as the first masterpiece in comic book history by The New Yorker and called the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust by The Wall Street Journal. It was described as a disarming look at a harrowing legacy.

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the first masterpiece in comic book history

the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust

Read The Complete Mouse by Art Spiegelman, available wherever books are sold.

Episode: 313: What if you had to find your own salvation?

It was praised by The New Yorker as the first masterpiece in comic book history and by The Wall Street Journal as the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust.

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the first masterpiece in comic book history

the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust

Episode: 304: What if you were poisoned?

It was praised as "the first masterpiece in comic book history" by The New Yorker and was called "the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust" by the Wall Street Journal. It was described as a disarming look at a harrowing legacy and an unforgettable story of survival.

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the first masterpiece in comic book history

the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust

Episode: What if you swallowed 48 bags of cocaine? [Rebroad...

The Complete Mouse, a survivor's tale by Art Spiegelman, was praised as "the first masterpiece in comic book history" by The New Yorker and the Wall Street Journal called it "the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust". The book is a disarming look at a harrowing legacy - it is an unforgettable story of survival.

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the first masterpiece in comic book history

the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust

Episode: What if you rescued everyone to save yourself? [Re...

It was praised as the first masterpiece in comic book history by the New Yorker and the Wall Street Journal called it the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust. The Complete Mouse is an unforgettable story of survival.

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the first masterpiece in comic book history

the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust

A disarming look at a harrowing legacy, mouse is an unforgettable story of survival.

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

It was mentioned as an example of a book that has been targeted for censorship in the past, potentially due to graphic content or language, highlighting a broader theme of book challenges and censorship.

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same with like that book mouse graphic novel mouse which is about you know Nazism from the perspective of these like kind of anthropomorphized mice characters which is a very powerful piece of graphic...

— Episode: Strange News: Governor Warns against Dri...

Episode: Strange News: Governor Warns against Drinking City...

It was mentioned as an example of a book that has been targeted for censorship in the past, potentially due to graphic content or language, highlighting a broader theme of book challenges and censorship.

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same with like that book mouse graphic novel mouse which is about you know Nazism from the perspective of these like kind of anthropomorphized mice characters which is a very powerful piece of graphic literature but perhaps there were some bad language or there was something in it that was visually disturbing or whatever but how the Bible made this list is simultaneously bonkers to me and also makes a lot of sense because what book yeah Book of Songs The Swastika the Swastika that's on there I understand why people might be like hey maybe I'll do it

Episode: Strange News: Governor Warns against Drinking City...

Maus, a graphic novel about the Holocaust, was mentioned as an example of a book that might be challenged or removed due to potentially sensitive or graphic content. It was discussed in the context of Texas's book review process.

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same with like that book mouse graphic novel mouse which is about you know Nazism from the perspective of these like kind of anthropomorphized mice characters which is a very powerful piece of graphic literature but perhaps there were some bad language or there was something in it that was visually disturbing or whatever but how the Bible made this list is simultaneously bonkers to me and also makes a lot of sense because what book yeah Book of Songs The Swastika the Swastika that's on there I understand why people might be like hey maybe I'll do it Well there's a beef story about mouse

Stay Tuned with Preet

It was discussed as a graphic novel that has faced challenges in some school districts and libraries, but also saw a rise in sales after being banned.

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so in some instances it's you know, really this kind of outlandish, uh cherry picking of You know bits and pieces of books to find a basis to object and it really seems counterproductive because these...

— Episode: Book Bans & Free Speech (with Suzanne No...

Episode: Book Bans & Free Speech (with Suzanne Nossel)

It was discussed as a graphic novel that has faced challenges in some school districts and libraries, but also saw a rise in sales after being banned.

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so in some instances it's you know, really this kind of outlandish, uh cherry picking of You know bits and pieces of books to find a basis to object and it really seems counterproductive because these these works of literature are so Widely recognized and so it's a real spectrum of books.

That happens only in the most limited of circumstances where it's something like mouse that draws internet, you know international headlines yes, you're going to see a surge in uh purchases of that book, but By and large these books that are being targeted Are not at that level of visibility or recognition.

Episode: The “Perfectly Imperfect” Mayor (with Eric Adams)

It was mentioned as a graphic novel about the Holocaust that was challenged and banned in some schools.

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Maus, Art Spiegelman's graphic novel about the Holocaust.

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

The book, a graphic novel about the Holocaust, was mentioned as an example of a book that has been targeted by book bans in the United States, particularly in Tennessee, where a school board attempted to prevent 8th graders from reading it.

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like in Tennessee, where a school board pushed to keep Mouse Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust away from eighth graders, 12, 13 year old kids

— Episode: Harris: ‘Trump is an unserious man’

Episode: Harris: ‘Trump is an unserious man’

The book, a graphic novel about the Holocaust, was mentioned as an example of a book that has been targeted by book bans in the United States, particularly in Tennessee, where a school board attempted to prevent 8th graders from reading it.

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like in Tennessee, where a school board pushed to keep Mouse Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust away from eighth graders, 12, 13 year old kids

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