An upcoming conference at Millersville University will feature a lecture with the author “Maus,” a graphic novel which depicts the story of a Holocaust survivor.
Art Spiegelman wrote and illustrated “Maus,” which depicts Jewish people as anthropomorphic mice and Germans as cats. The work is based on interviews with his own father, Holocaust survivor Vladek Spiegelman, and received a Pulitzer Prize 1992.
“Maus” has been at the center of recent controversy, as a Tennessee school board recently voted to remove the book from its curriculum. Though the main focus of the objections were related to some profanity and nudity that appears briefly in the work, Spiegelman told CNN that the decision “has the breath of autocracy and fascism about it.”
His lecture at Millersville is part of the college’s Conference on the Holocaust & Genocide, and is part of the series on Remembering Through The Arts. Spiegelman’s appearance will include discussion of his renown graphic novel, as well as his recent book “MetaMaus” which further analyses the comic.
Spiegelman’s lecture will take place at 7 p.m. on April 28 at the Clair Hall in the Winter Visual & Performing Arts Center at Millersville University. Tickets are required, but available for free through the Millersville University website.
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