SOURCE: Pekar, Harvey. “Maus and Other Topics.” Comics Journal, no. 113 (December 1986): 54-7.
In the following essay, Pekar provides a generally favorable assessment of Art Spiegelman's Maus, characterizing the work as significant, but contending that Spiegelman's depiction of humans as animals detracts from the urgency of his message by perpetuating ethnic stereotypes.
This is a free excerpt of 52 words. There are 3,461 words (approx.
12 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Graphic Novels: Critical Essay by Harvey Pekar Access Pass.
