384 - Four-Color Flashback: Maus: A Survivor’s Tale (feat. Eric Sipple)

For the latest installment of this year’s spandex-free Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo tackle a big one: Art Spiegelman’s Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, still the only comic book ever to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Joining them to discuss Spiegelman’s harrowing account of his father Vladek’s time in the concentration camps of Nazi-occupied Poland--and Art’s own tense relationship with Vladek--is Broken Magic author and The Deli Counter of Justice co-creator Eric Sipple. The gang discusses Spiegelman’s provocative choice to depict Jews as mice, Nazis as cats, Poles as pigs, etc.; how Spiegelman follows in a tradition going all the way back to Mickey Mouse; and why it’s specifically disturbing to read Maus in 2019.

 

Next: Paul and Arlo will return.

 

THE BREAKDOWN

Total Run Time: 01:32:45

00:01:52  - Intro

00:04:04  - Maus: A Survivor’s Tale

01:27:43  - Outro / Next