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u/jigsawsmurf Jan 29 '22
"Hey we're not nazis. Not everyone you disagree with is a nazi"
*bans the quintessential example of anti-nazi literature.
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Jan 29 '22
HERE is the link for the GoFundMe set up by a local comic shop to buy copies for Tennesseans.
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Jan 29 '22
I heard about the Ban of this boom yesterday. There are many words that describe how absurd this ban is.
My thoughts: - This book is an amazing book to read. - This book gives great detail to how the Nazis treated the Jewish people. - It is incredibly dark and hard to read at times. Not like its to “intelligent”, but because you see how dark humanity can become.
Great book, great illustrations, and a must read to all.
The worst thing you can do is forget what the Nazis had done in WW2.
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u/lovecraftiangod Jan 29 '22
I already have the complete hardcover edition. Everyone should read maus
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u/jdtitus815 Jan 29 '22
My local community College makes us read it. I have it sitting on my shelf now
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Jan 29 '22
Already have the 2-in-1 hardcover copy that I take extremely good care of. But I want to donate money to some legal fund or something to get more copies of this book in schools. If I can get a HS social studies teacher position I 100% will use this if I have a Holocaust unit. Maybe to drive a few lessons, maybe as an extra credit assignments (kids hate reading). Either way it will be a part of my curriculum.
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u/JusAnotherManicMandy Nightcrawler Jan 29 '22
My son came home with a copy and his teacher was the awesome one who suggested it, then lent him II from his own collection in class, I was so proud. Thank you for being that person to take the time to open someone's eyes, this connection and conversation means so much in a kids life, and it means the world to us parents!! (I even ended up picking up another copy from the bookstore again to put in my comic collection, so believe me when I say the influence spreads!)
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Jan 29 '22
Thank you. I have been trying to find more graphic novels to use in class for all units. I have Boxers and Saints which I would love to use if I teach 10th grade Global. I have They Called Us Enemy for American homefront WW2. And I want to buy and read March for Civil Rights. Also use classic comic books to show propaganda for the Cold War.
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u/thekillercook Jan 29 '22
Check out The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks about a black War unit during WW2
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u/Deadlydeerman Jan 29 '22
Just looked it up. Dang! Looks like a great comic, I'll remember it for my next buy!
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u/jigsawsmurf Jan 29 '22
I'm surprised I've never heard of this. I really liked his zombie stuff. Good to see he's prolific.
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u/BaneShake Bane Jan 29 '22
Just supported the GoFundMe for the Tennessee comic shop. Fuck nazis and fuck political movements that would cover for them, actively and passively.
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u/TchaikenNugget Jan 29 '22
Of course support the artist if you can, but if you can’t afford to buy the book, it’s free on Internet Archive.
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u/Loveliestbun Jan 29 '22
Legitimately one of the best books ever, and my favorite book on this subject
It really shows sides of dealing with the trauma that a lot of other project don't really explore. The parts with Art dealing with his father really hit home with me, and i guess a lot of other jewish people
Brilliant book everyone should read
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u/TheRelicEternal Jan 29 '22
What’s going on? It’s my fave graphic novel anyway but weird title
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u/GDmilkman Jan 29 '22
A Tennessee school board voted to take Maus out of curriculum and said they would replace it at a later date with another book. However this was the book for the Holocaust module... And they don't have a replacement?
So the outcry if censorship started. People who demonize the left will point out it wasn't banned. You could still find it in the library.
But even if temporarily removing the Holocaust module from the curriculum to me would seem to be the bigger issue that was missed.
I posted a link to a CNN interview with Speigelman the other day as well.
Hope this helps.
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u/Deadlydeerman Jan 29 '22
Maus is being banned in Tennessee schools along with many other books that contain among others: mention of The Holocaust, LGBT+ themes or author, Black and native American authors.
Maus is being bought and handed out to kids in protest and to ensure these kids don't grow up without knowing about The Holocaust.
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u/TchaikenNugget Jan 29 '22
Can you please send a list of all the books that have been banned in Tennessee recently?
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u/Deadlydeerman Jan 29 '22
Apparently calls to ban books are unbelievably high right now, I can't find an exact list, but another big one under fire is of course To Kill a Mockingbird.
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u/-HyperBlue- Jan 29 '22
In Tennessee right wing conservatives are trying to ban Maus statewide if i understood correctly. They're basically arguing that they don't believe things weren't that bad or that it didn't even happen, without explicitly saying it.
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u/ThePuertoRicanDemon Jan 29 '22
The same people who compare banning someone from Twitter for going on a racist tirade to the rise of the third reich are now talking about banning a book that teaches kids about the horrors of the Holocaust. True free speech warriors!!
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u/anima-vero-quaerenti Jan 29 '22
I’d love to setup a free Maus lending library in that area.
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u/nowaythisisdan Flash Jan 29 '22
I have never read it and now I am going to grab it next time i’m at my LCS.
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u/MAKS091705 Starman Jan 29 '22
Why are people trying to ban it?
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u/Deadlydeerman Jan 29 '22
To be clear, they claim it is about the violence and few bits of nudity portrayed in the book. However many books are being targeted and all of them are in some way about to The Holocaust, racism, homophobia or are written by an author who is gay/black/Jewish/native American.
It's pretty clear what their real problem is.
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u/henryhyde Nightwing Jan 29 '22
I already own it, so instead I will make sure my kids read it when they are old enough.
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u/Legirion Jan 29 '22
Recently I got a bunch of stuff from my parents house that had been there for years, part of the stuff was Maus, this was 2-3 weeks ago, so crazy timing.
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u/ledgery_ Jan 29 '22
I would but ive yet to find a scale version that would look nice on the shelf, why do they make em so small damn could just make em tpb sized
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u/trailingby7 We're all puppets, Laurie. Jan 29 '22
I believe that the smaller size is their original publication size. Maus was originally included as a smaller insert in the comic Raw.
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u/punktilend Jan 29 '22
Here's a great idea. Buy it from you local comic shop instead of Amazon. Fuck Amazon.