Complete Maus provides a portable version of the 1992 Museum of Modern Art exhibit that brought together Spiegelman's preliminary sketches, audio tapes, archival posters, photographs, prisoners' drawings, notebooks, commentary, and three hours of audio interviews with the author's father. Users can access video and audio interviews with the author as he discusses the making of Maus I and II , commenting on the form, history, and ideas behind his work. The reader has the unique opportunity to move beyond the finished graphic panel to learn sources of the author's information and inspiration as he discusses why he chose to tell the story as a parable of cats and mice, what he left out, and how he shared his father's memories, which at times conflict with historical fact. The story begins with a young mouse named Art who learns the meaning of friendship from his father, and follows Art into adulthood as he interviews his father, switching between past and present scenes. While not meant to be a complete resource for materials about the Holocaust, the program does contain QuickTime footage of Spiegelman's trip to Auschwitz to research his illustrations, maps of Auschwitz and World War II Poland, and an interactive family tree.
Material is searchable by keyword, and a zoom feature permits a closer look at the illustrations.
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