Maus

Maus to me has always been a real beauty, when showing just how powerful the graphic narrative can be. Art Spigelman tells the tale of the holocaust and the horrific events that took place perfectly, and the cartoony characterization of mice and cats strangely fits to make it bearable for the audience to continue reading, learning about the terrible things that occurred for people. It wasn't necessarily a look back to the holocaust, but almost a personalized story of what took place, and how they coped with the events that took place. The underlying theme was who to help when and why, because it could mean life or death.
I think by anthropromorphisizing the characters, it adds a real almost fictitious tone to the story, much like how world war 2 actually felt for many people. But even though the tone may feel fictitious, theres always that wandering thought in my mind that knows the events that took place were probably real, and how horrid that time actually was in human society.
Overall Although i did not make it through all of the graphic novel, I plan to continue reading it over time, so I can see how deep it dives into that era.
Maus very much dives into the area of no return, with seriousness, but presents it in a way that many readers will be able to digest. He shows a format of delivery that was able to convey the message in a powerful way, but in just the right way. The holocaust is still very much a sensitive topic today, not only because of the survivors but also because of the recordings, and museums that show the damage that was done during this time.