2020-02-13

Maus

MetaMaus: The Complete MAUS Files DVD

MetaMaus

The Complete MAUS, a hyperlinked DVD of MAUS with an in-depth archive of audio interviews with Art Spiegelman's father, photos, notebooks, drawings, essays, and more.

Originally included with the "MetaMaus" book

THE COMPLETE MAUS FILES
I. THE COMPLETE MAUS CONTENTS PAGE, FULLY SEARCHABLE BY WORD, BY PHRASE AND BY PAGE.

2. HYPERLINKED PAGE WITH AUDIO AND VISUAL DOCUMENTS.

3. METAMETA SUPPLEMENT CONTENTS PAGE: A DEEP ARCHIVE WITH OVER TWO HOURS OF TAPED INTERVIEWS WITH THE ARTIST'S FATHER, THOUSANDS OF PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS, OVER 300 MAUS NOTEBOOK PAGES, ESSAYS ON MAUS AND MUCH MORE, INCLUDING...

4. ANJA'S BOOKSHELF, WITH TWO RARE 1946 BOOKLETS OF DRAWINGS AND CARTOONS(!) BY DEATH CAMP SURVIVORS AND A 1946 HISTORY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWS OF VLADEK AND AMA'S TOWN IN POLAND, AS TRANSLATED BY THE ARTIST'S STEPMOTHER.

Part one of this DVD extra has a digital reference copy of both volumes of MAUS (compatible for both PC and Mac computers). The pages of the book are hyperlinked to a rich archive of sketches and page drafts, audio clips of Vladek, the cartoonist's survivor father, about his life as a Polish Jew during World War II from the interviews that formed the basis for these books, as well as documentary source material, video clips and audio commentary by the cartoonist.

The second part of this DVD, METAMETA, is a vast collection of supplementary documents, sources and commentary. (See screenshot of the MetaMeta contents page at right for more detailed information.)

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