Maus

Art Spiegelman’s Maus, published in Norway by Cappelen from 1987 onward, is a landmark work that redefines the comic medium as a vehicle for profound historical testimony. With Spiegelman handling both writing and art, the series uses anthropomorphic animals—mice representing Jews, cats for Nazis—to tell his father’s harrowing survival story during the Holocaust. Lars Amund Vaage contributed to the writing, but it is Spiegelman’s singular vision that makes Maus an essential, deeply personal account of trauma, memory, and identity. Its enduring significance lies in its unflinching, innovative approach to one of history’s darkest chapters.