Seminal Shoah graphic novel. "Novel" is a bit of a misnomer, in that there seems to be no fiction in Maus, apart from the depiction of all the humans as animals. Not sure if drawing the characters realistically would have decreased or increased the visual horror. There's also a surprising amount of humor in Maus, especially in the parallel story of how Art got his father's holocaust survival story out of his father. I was sad we didn't get ever-suffering stepmom Mala's own survival story. Perversely makes me want to read more about the holocaust and other survivors.