Wow, this survivor's tale of the Aushowitz prison camp is extremely poignant. Spiegelman creates a cartoon representation of what his father went through without trivilizing the events. He depicts the Jewish people as mice, the Nazis as cats, the Americans are dogs, and so on. As a survivor's tale it works, but Spiegelman adds another layer. He didn't understand his dad and fleshes this out in the pages. He depicts all the arguements and fights that they had between interviews. This book is a journey of the author to fully understand his father. To do that he had to understand Aushowitz; to do that he had to understand how his father survived.
Changing moods, Chickenhare is a lot lighter. The artwork is beautiful in its simplistic manner and the story is great. The book follows Chickenhare and his friend Abe (the bearded turtle) as they try to escape from the taxedermist. Along they way the meet a unique cast of characters. Grine writes the story almost as a teaser to what the story could be and this book leaves you wanting to understand the characters more. Can't wait for the follow up.
