Jordan Y.
Art Department Staff
Jordan Y. will openly admit to anyone that he thoroughly enjoys Mark Wahlberg movies. You name it, he's seen it, and he's probably cried during said film as well. When he's not rockin' out to Marky Mark, you can find him in Queens pursuing video editing and criticism of comics and graphic novels. He recently presented at his first academic conference in Toronto, which can be read at his blog, and is currently scheming his way into whatever conference is next. He has been said to be always most tolerable post-coffee and is convinced that he'll never be able to stop reading or watching movies.
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MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus
Are you the type of person that watches DVD commentary?
If so, then this is the book for you. Metamaus is a book-long interview to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Maus coming into existence. This book gives you insight into the process that Art underwent to create one of the most seminal graphic novels of all time.
It reveals the creation process in addition to an overwhelming amount of research, and a transcript of the initial interview with his father, Vladek. Not only is the interview extremely informative of the Maus-making process, but it is also a thorough analysis of the medium as well.
In addition to the interview with Art, You get the entire Spiegelman family commenting on how Maus has shaped all of their lives.
This book also comes with a DVD of drafts of every panel of the book, a video of Art in the concentration camps doing more research, and audio of the initial interview that started it all. It is a fascinating look at the inner-workings of one the preeminent comic artists living today.
A mandatory read for anyone who has read Maus, or anyone who has ever wanted to get inside a Pulitzer-Prize winning author's head.
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