Monday, February 7, 2011

Aha.

Well, and here we are. The unit is almost oveeer
I really did not want to read Maus because of the sadness and reality of the facts. I usually intent to read stories in which my mind goes completely into another dimension. A place where people can fly or dragons can exist.
Maus is definitely a book that I would tell my friends about it. But not a book that I would keep reading over and over again.
Here is a wordle
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3108986/Maus%3D_Mouse_in_German

Friday, February 4, 2011

Getting to know the Author ...Art Spiegelman

Here is a little biography on the author of Maus

Art Spiegelman (born February 15, 1948) is a comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus...explains wikipedia
Art immigrated to the United States with his parents in his early childhood. Spiegelman studied cartooning in high school and started drawing professionally at age sixteen. Despite his parents wanting him to become a dentist, Art Spiegelman majored in art and philosophy.