For the past six­ty years, Holo­caust sur­vivors have told their sto­ries in writ­ing, but few books have rev­o­lu­tion­ized the way peo­ple looked at the Holo­caust as much as Maus, Art Spiegelman’s graph­ic biog­ra­phy of his father, Vladek. In his new auto­bi­og­ra­phy, Meta­Maus, Spiegel­man takes read­ers through the process of his inno­v­a­tive graph­ic nar­ra­tive. He tells us why he chose to tell his father’s sto­ry in com­ic book form, why he chose to rep­re­sent Jews as mice, and how he respond­ed to the back­lash he received after Maus was pub­lished. He also includes inter­views with his wife and chil­dren, dis­cussing their roles in the cre­ation of Maus and how it changed their lives.

Not sur­pris­ing­ly, the most strik­ing fea­ture of this auto­bi­og­ra­phy is Spiegel­man’s art­work. The book is filled with his sketch­es, inspi­ra­tions, pre­vi­ous work, and even fam­i­ly pho­tos. Also includ­ed is a DVD that con­tains Maus I and II and “ an exem­plary thim­ble­ful from the vast ​“Maus Midrash.”