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Keesa Stripetail

2007-07-12T13:51:27Z

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'''Keesa Stripetail''' was a [[tiger]] furry born in July 1988. He died in May 2007.<ref>[http://nidomedia.livejournal.com/14025.html I don't know.] post to LiveJournal by Nidomedia.</ref>

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Maus

2006-11-12T10:56:00Z

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[[Image:Maus1.jpg|right|220px|''Maus'']]

'''''Maus''''' is a [[Wikipedia:Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning comic written and drawn by [[Wikipedia:Art Spiegelman|Art Spiegelman]] telling his father's true story of surviving the [[Wikipedia:Holocaust|holocaust]]. Some members of the fandom consider ''Maus'' a furry comic in that Spiegelman uses [[anthropomorphic]] characters of different species to represent different nationalities. Originally ''Maus'' was released in two volumes in small installments. Volume One was released from 1973 - 1983 and Volume Two was released from 1986 - 1991. All installments were collated into one graphic novel in 1996. ''Maus'' was published by [http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/ Pantheon Books].

== Story ==

There are two stories within ''Maus''. Vladek Spiegelman's story of surviving the holocaust, and Art Spiegelman's present day story of his flawed relationship with his father. Art Speigleman used a tape recorder to capture most of his father's tale as he told it, but he also recorded and took note of events the occurred while he was trying to create ''Maus''. Often there will be a present day scene ends with Art prompting his father to continue his story, at which point Vladek's story picks up where it was last left. Spiegelman tells a very raw story with no fear of portraying himself or his father in (at times) a negative light. It is this honesty that makes ''Maus'' so brilliant, coupled with the always important messages it delivers about prejudice and the holocaust.

== Anthropomorphic Mice ==

[[Image:Maus2.jpg|right|370px|Anthropomorphic characters in ''Maus'']]
'Maus' translated into English is [[mouse]]. Mice are used to represent the Jewish people and are highly [[human]] in form. [[Tail]]s are only occasionally present and the bodies and completely human, albeit covered in [[fur]], and the heads are that of mice.

The reason for this creative decision is alluded to in two quotes printed in ''Maus''. The first quote is by [[Wikipedia:Adolph Hitler|Adolph Hitler]]. "The Jews are undoubtedly a race. But they are not human." The second quote is from a Pomeranian newspaper article. "[[Wikipedia:Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse]] is the most miserable ideal ever revealed....Healthy emotions tell every independent young man and every honourable youth that the dirty and filth-covered vermin, the greatest bacteria carrier in the animal kingdom, cannot be the ideal type of animal....Away with Jewish brutalization of the people! Down with Mickey Mouse! Wear the Swastika Cross!" So is Art Spiegelman agreeing with these quotations by using mice to represent the Jewish people? No, he is defying these statements.

== Other Anthropomorphics in ''Maus'' ==

Germans are represented as cats, presumably due to the predatory power cats have over mice is an analogy of the power Nazi Germany exerted over the Jewish people. The French are frogs (refering to a Frenchman as a frog is a common English slang dating back to 19th century. It is probably from the French relishing frogs as a delicacy, reinforced by the toads on the coat of arms of the city of Paris. ), Poles are pigs, Swedes are deer and Americans are dogs.

== Trivia ==

* Polish release of the comic has been delayed considerably, as it was first published in Poland in 2001. The reason for this was the controversy that the use of pigs to represent Polish characters caused. Even Art Spiegelman officially stating that he did not intend to portray Poles negatively did not help shorten the delay.

[[Category:Graphic novels]]
[[Category:1973 births]]

Maus

2006-11-12T10:55:24Z

194.109.238.250:

[[Image:Maus1.jpg|right|220px|''Maus'']]

'''''Maus''''' is a [[Wikipedia:Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning comic written and drawn by [[Wikipedia:Art Spiegelman|Art Spiegelman]] telling his father's true story of surviving the [[Wikipedia:Holocaust|holocaust]]. Some members of the fandom consider ''Maus'' a furry comic in that Spiegelman uses [[anthropomorphic]] characters of different species to represent different nationalities. Originally ''Maus'' was released in two volumes in small installments. Volume One was released from 1973 - 1983 and Volume Two was released from 1986 - 1991. All installments were collated into one graphic novel in 1996. ''Maus'' was published by [http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/ Pantheon Books].

== Story ==

There are two stories within ''Maus''. Vladek Spiegelman's story of surviving the holocaust, and Art Spiegelman's present day story of his flawed relationship with his father. Art Speigleman used a tape recorder to capture most of his father's tale as he told it, but he also recorded and took note of events the occurred while he was trying to create ''Maus''. Often there will be a present day scene ends with Art prompting his father to continue his story, at which point Vladek's story picks up where it was last left. Spiegelman tells a very raw story with no fear of portraying himself or his father in (at times) a negative light. It is this honesty that makes ''Maus'' so brilliant, coupled with the always important messages it delivers about prejudice and the holocaust.

== Anthropomorphic Mice ==

[[Image:Maus2.jpg|right|370px|Anthropomorphic characters in ''Maus'']]
'Maus' translated into English is [[mouse]]. Mice are used to represent the Jewish people and are highly [[human]] in form. [[Tail]]s are only occasionally present and the bodies and completely human, albeit covered in [[fur]], and the heads are that of mice.

The reason for this creative decision is alluded to in two quotes printed in ''Maus''. The first quote is by [[Wikipedia:Adolph Hitler|Adolph Hitler]]. "The Jews are undoubtedly a race. But they are not human." The second quote is from a Pomeranian newspaper article. "[[Wikipedia:Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse]] is the most miserable ideal ever revealed....Healthy emotions tell every independent young man and every honourable youth that the dirty and filth-covered vermin, the greatest bacteria carrier in the animal kingdom, cannot be the ideal type of animal....Away with Jewish brutalization of the people! Down with Mickey Mouse! Wear the Swastika Cross!" So is Art Spiegelman agreeing with these quotations by using mice to represent the Jewish people? No, he is defying these statements.

== Other Anthropomorphics in ''Maus'' ==

Germans are represented as cats, presumably due to the predatory power cats have over mice is an analogy of the power Nazi Germany exerted over the Jewish people. The French are frogs (refering to a Frenchman as a frog, is a common English slang dating back to 19 century. It is probably from the French relishing frogs as a delicacy, reinforced by the toads on the coat of arms of the city of Paris. ), Poles are pigs, Swedes are deer and Americans are dogs.

== Trivia ==

* Polish release of the comic has been delayed considerably, as it was first published in Poland in 2001. The reason for this was the controversy that the use of pigs to represent Polish characters caused. Even Art Spiegelman officially stating that he did not intend to portray Poles negatively did not help shorten the delay.

[[Category:Graphic novels]]
[[Category:1973 births]]