<p>Anyone (parents included) know if Maus I and II (by Art Spiegelman) are supposed to be cartoons??? I just got my books and this is hilarious. A comic for a literature class…</p>
<p>Dont judge a book by its cover. Maus I and II are absolutely amazing books, and the style they are presented in is perfect. Give them an honest chance, youll love them and realize they arent just “comics”.</p>
<p>We used them in a freshman English class I taught. They are definitely literature.</p>
<p>Maus won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992. </p>
<p>I don’t think you have to worry that anyone considers them “comics.”</p>
<p>i think they are called illustrated novels. the ny times magazine did a cover story on that genre about a few months ago - spiegelman is one of the most famous of these authors</p>
<p>They may be illustrated but they’re not “comics”</p>
<p>Great works of literature, I’ve read them twice.</p>