I read the first edition of Maus when I was in college. It was the first graphic novel I ever recognized as such. I watched a lot of films about the history of

I read the first edition of Maus when I was in college. It was the first graphic novel I ever recognized as such. I watched a lot of films about the history of the United States and World War II when I was in high school, but the first-hand accounts of concentration camp life did not make the impact on me that Maus did. Looking back, it was the first media that I can think of that reimagined a terrible historical fact in a way that I found respectful to the victims.