You need to have read Volume 1 of Maus before you read Volume 2, so this is not something you can skip around on. You need the context and background of the first volume, because Spiegelman takes a leap in time, assuming you have already read the first volume. That said, let’s jump right into Volume 2. You can find the full review on my blog. I also include a reflection as a reader in 2016.
Maus: The First Act
I’d heard of the Maus graphic novels several years ago and read the first volume in a gallop. So I decided, after being gifted both volumes from my sister a few birthdays back, that it was time to read both volumes this year. I was not prepared for the sobering similarities between 1930s Nazi-occupied Poland and 2016 America, but that’s what makes art so crucial in general, and stories like Vladek Spiegelman’s in particular. Read my full review to find out what’s so important. Better […]
Running Just as Fast as He Can
My attempt to foment a late-in-life love of comic books continues with Volumes 5 and 6 of The Flash. In these collections the scarlet speedster battles the Rogues’ Gallery, meets the Green Lantern, and tries to steer an impressionable Wally West. Unfortunately neither of these volumes has much in the way of memorable storytelling or imagery. I chose the Flash for my introduction to comics because of my love of the CW television series, which features great characters, memorable villains, and only occasionally takes a […]
I resolved to publish at least one more post before 2017
After achieving my double cannonball I began reading the, so far, interesting but dense White Trash because I could afford the luxury of long winded non-fiction. Then my sister-in-law gifted me the adorable comic Breaking Cat News and I figured it’d be a fun way to sneak in one more review before the end of the year. Georgia Dunn was inspired by her real life cats one evening when they all came to investigate a broken shelf; she gave them voices and narrated their investigative report […]