Art Spiegelman discusses Maus & MetaMaus - BBC News

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  • When I filmed this Art kindly drew a maus in the cover of the copy of my book. Lovely man.
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    Filmed at Gosh! Comics on Berwick Street, Soho, London. As aired on the BBC News Channel 8th December 2011. Copyright BBC News. Reporter Nick Higham. Produced, filmed and edited by Howard Johnson.
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  • @HandsOfCinderblock
    @HandsOfCinderblock 11 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    seeing art and his wife, francoise, is eerie for me... I've only seen them in mouse form!

  • @fabricatedreality8218
    @fabricatedreality8218 9 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I read maus in high school and that book is what sparked my interest in history...WW2 history and ALL history. All I can say about Maud is it is pure brilliance

  • @crono3015
    @crono3015 9 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    It's nice that nowadays, people are realizing that comics can be taken seriously.

  • @OblivionRaining
    @OblivionRaining 10 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    I'm reading Maus for the first time. This guy is brilliant!

    • @TheDUDERulez1
      @TheDUDERulez1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kyle Landon Same here!

  • @agathajadwiszczok3503
    @agathajadwiszczok3503 11 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Maus is one of the very few books that made me shed tears while reading it. I cried when reading the last page, when Mr. Spiegelman's mother and father are finally reunited. What a masterpiece.

  • @PyroGothNerd
    @PyroGothNerd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I wish we had read this in middle school instead of the fictional accounts based on what happened that they had us read, instead, even if one of them was a mix of several survivor's stories.
    Maus felt more real, and more human.

    • @AirProductionFilms
      @AirProductionFilms 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +PyroGothNerd Yeah it's a good story, but after so long of studying it and breaking it apart it gets pretty boring.

  • @bebozaha
    @bebozaha 12 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I just read MAUS, and I consider it one of the "best comics/books' ever"
    Tragic, horrifying, thought-provoking, and moving. an absolute masterpiece
    Art Spiegelman, my heart and respects go out to you and your family

    • @SPAMsucks8112
      @SPAMsucks8112 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah, me too

  • @Low_violin
    @Low_violin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As a freelancer comic book writer and aspiring professional writer, Maus was a game changer for, not only what i write, but it also the way I look at life... Maus changed me in ways no other book could have ever done. Thank you, Art Spiegleman... Pulitzer Price well deserved

  • @ProfessorSassypants
    @ProfessorSassypants 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I read Maus on nightshift in Work last night after my dad told me it was amazing, knowing my interest in ww2 that has developed since I was a kid- it’s incredible. I found myself forgetting what I was reading about as I was getting lost in the art and at times when the story really hit, it brought me back to Earth with a crash. Truly wonderful

  • @erikamaya3596
    @erikamaya3596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My 6th grade daughter read Maus, and then I read it, to connect with her. I enjoyed it very much and talking about it with her.

  • @williamgwillam3908
    @williamgwillam3908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Maus is a masterpiece.

  • @stevenbonfiglio1784
    @stevenbonfiglio1784 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I'm reading Maus in my 8th grade history class, and so far the book is amazing. Every day I can't wait to read more.

    • @Alexander-wm1ut
      @Alexander-wm1ut 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Steven, what are you up to now?

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This year a TN school board banned it from 8th grade curriculum without offering a replacement.

  • @Itz_peachesloves
    @Itz_peachesloves 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I am at Full Sail and I had to read this for the first time but I am glad. This truly is a work of art. I loved reading this book! He is amazing!

  • @joejosa8985
    @joejosa8985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Walking through the school one day, walked into a book closet where some buddies were organizing. Walked in, said what’s sup. One goes “hey, seen these books”? It was both issues new. He knew i liked copies and “gave” me them. Best graphic novels I’ve ever seen. Finished them within the week.

  • @Derek_The_Magnificent_Bastard
    @Derek_The_Magnificent_Bastard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Brilliant book. I've reread it muliple times.

  • @Balty_Burnip
    @Balty_Burnip 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Purchased a copy of this book in the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. and enjoyed every second of the book.

  • @killuminatoV01
    @killuminatoV01 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Started reading it today. All I can say is wow. Amazing stuff.

  • @markhilton1754
    @markhilton1754 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    _"Be careful, or we'll be sent up the chimneys."_
    Maus. What a piece of brilliance.

  • @alfredovillasenorsoto3667
    @alfredovillasenorsoto3667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just finished and the book is something special. I appreciated the book a lot.

  • @Howardrjohnson
    @Howardrjohnson  8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Did you know Art Spiegelman was behind Garbage Pail Kids? Just discovered that today from reading his (comic) autobiography. Amazing

  • @Jeiygo
    @Jeiygo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maus grabbed my attention so strongly that I was never that enthusiastic about doing my homework, anytime I hear about this book I feel like crying to this day that's how much I understood it. When the test day came for this I was ready to take this test in any form (essay form, short answer, multiple choice, oral test, etc) & get a good grade! I knew just about each page of the book. So yes I concur with you, but for you to tell that person that Maus is a brilliant book is an understatement!.

  • @murraycox6184
    @murraycox6184 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If, dear readers, you would like to view more heart-felt cartoon stories try ''Barefoot Gen', Keiji Nakazawa's account of surviving the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima at the age of 7. First published 1972-73, like Maus it emphasises, "the need to cultivate in ourselves the ability to see through and resist images of the enemy which erode our capacity to experience our common humanity.... (and resist) the use of violence and weapons as an expression of personal courage and love of country."

  • @danholliday5564
    @danholliday5564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a great novel and warning from history.

  • @NeluThat70sKid
    @NeluThat70sKid 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Funny, one-half of me is mixed Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian (though not Jewish), and yet I'm not at all offended, in fact I really do find this to be sheer genius, no lie. I was in my soph. year in college back in '94 when I bought both volumes, have them both to this very day. I very much like keeping in touch w/my roots, but when it comes to the all the chaos and misery of WW II, it's best to keep it from a distance. Both books do just that.
    Sort of like Animal Farm meets Schindler's List :-)

  • @PlsNoPlsSureReallyNo
    @PlsNoPlsSureReallyNo 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He wanted it to be re-readable, he suceeded. 4th time I'm reading it :D

  • @harliette
    @harliette 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely fantastic, I wanted to steal the book from the store. Great read I am excited.

  • @Asukalangley1995
    @Asukalangley1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m reading this in high school right now it’s really a interesting book and one of a kind

  • @Jeiygo
    @Jeiygo 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    My 1st semester @ a local university in 2007 I was doing poorly in a history class especially after getting the results from the test of the last book I had to read. (& I didn't really like to read Idk if it's because that particular book was boring) However, the next book the instructor had us read was Maus. I didn't think I would do good in this book either.. but as soon as I saw it was animated & I read the 1st page I couldn't put it down! I fell in love w/ this book & I couldn't put it down.

  • @MorbidMotive
    @MorbidMotive 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE THIS BOOK!

  • @Jeiygo
    @Jeiygo 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that book!..

  • @zeef6946
    @zeef6946 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @lisalovelylpa
    @lisalovelylpa 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing what you can get out of a comic book.

  • @bladeobrian2144
    @bladeobrian2144 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember my 11th grade english class read this, I thought it was awesome we got to read a comic for school. Being of Italian ancestry, I wonder what animal he would've drawn Italians as?
    I'd say ferrets.

    • @whitetuxmafiaandfilms5042
      @whitetuxmafiaandfilms5042 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ya that's on point about the Italians being ferrets. I think the French would probably be lions.

    • @bladeobrian2144
      @bladeobrian2144 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +WhiteTuxMafiaAndFilms Interestingly enough I have a pet ferret myself lol, and by the way French did appear in the book and they were frogs.

    • @whitetuxmafiaandfilms5042
      @whitetuxmafiaandfilms5042 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dominick Benson I don't even remember that. I guess I need to go re-read the books

    • @bladeobrian2144
      @bladeobrian2144 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +WhiteTuxMafiaAndFilms no worries, it was in like one scene

    • @afonsolucas2219
      @afonsolucas2219 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you think Portuguese would be?

  • @aleksisuuronen9094
    @aleksisuuronen9094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In finland there is really bad comic culture, there is few places where they sell a lot of comics and most ar reslly generic. If you go to the bookshop, there is very little section of mostly Tex Willer, TinTin and that type of stuff. And ofcourse Donald Duck because finnish loove Donald Duck. So there usually is Carl Barks and Don Rosa stuff. Then sometimes there is something special and I had never heard of Maus but saw 2 copies of the complete edition in english and immidiatelly noticed it's something special when I picked it up. Just finished it and goddamn it is something else, so well told and gives you better understanding of the situation than other mediums have done for me from documentaries, movies and books. It deeppened it for sure. Way it's told it kinda maybe unconciously for Spiegelman at the time revealed a lot about the lingering trauma even thru generations.

  • @MrPatcho98
    @MrPatcho98 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This book was written in his fathers point of view.His fathers view was that the poles were treacherous because of the terrible things some of them did.We as humans like to group people together to make a common enemy,so instead of hating a few Pole's, he thought all of them were.This whole books about people finding common enemys, Also for the record, this is a brilliant book.

  • @samuelsinclair9381
    @samuelsinclair9381 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    im getting MetaMaus tomorrow YAY

  • @4tich770
    @4tich770 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    EL CHISTE DE LAs pagina 127 y la pagina 120 estuvo genial jajajaj

  • @cameronarthur0
    @cameronarthur0 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great book

  • @michaelangelo8008
    @michaelangelo8008 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    that interviewer is a total clod. I would've kneed him in the groin.
    he's Lucky Spiegelman is such a magnanimous soul,

  • @superbeast8453
    @superbeast8453 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    In my school we have to prepare 5 art works and 1 to present , it's called histoire des arts (french school) i chooe Maus ;)

  • @nachoymik3
    @nachoymik3 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maus me acercó a la terrible masacre que vivieron millones de personas, eso siempre lo voy a recordar. Recomiendo ese libro la parte uno y por supuesto la parte dos, también recomiendo investigar sobre el holocausto con intensidad... no hay que dejar que algo tan horrible y atroz se repita. Muchas gracias a Art Spiegelman por abrirme los ojos!

  • @1963Daleks
    @1963Daleks 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    The more I think about it, the more I think things like Watchmen and Sandman are the best comic books ever written, but remain comics. Maus is pure literature.

  • @EvergreenWolf
    @EvergreenWolf 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    After reading this book I wonder what animal would Mexicans be since I am a Mexican
    I think it would either be a jaguar or a squirrel.

  • @Howardrjohnson
    @Howardrjohnson  8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny outtake from this filming session: th-cam.com/video/J0kPVDTvjPg/w-d-xo.html

  • @virginiawolf6431
    @virginiawolf6431 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cats are very cuddly pets

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not so cuddly if you're their victims.

  • @rebeccadavis223
    @rebeccadavis223 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great interview, but SPOILERS. Don't show before reading with students.

  • @Reporterreporter770
    @Reporterreporter770 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Am Yisrael Chay

  • @iggy1296
    @iggy1296 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    not really, while some Poles are seen as helping Jews, they are often shown doing so for self-serving reasons

  • @kickodude
    @kickodude 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:46 Did I just hear a Nazi in the background? Not to be offensive to German people or anything but that voice seemed oddly...demanding.

  • @MrPatcho98
    @MrPatcho98 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    *treacherous and hated them all.

  • @Azabaz
    @Azabaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Palestine

  • @roguenoodles_
    @roguenoodles_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sitting on a toilet.
    shitting in a toilet

  • @baronvonpenguin6112
    @baronvonpenguin6112 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I read Maus back in Junior high and I still remember everything clearly. It truly is a work of art.

    • @derp9327
      @derp9327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'Art' indeed