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‘The school board is stupid’: Cartoonist Art Spiegelman on ban on his Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’

A Tennessee school board in US has banned the graphic novel, apparently out of concern over profanity and nudity.

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Jan 29, 2022 · 11:32 am
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‘It has the breadth of autocracy and fascism about it’ — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Art Spiegelman responded to a Tennessee school board’s decision to ban his Holocaust novel ‘Maus’ from schools pic.twitter.com/BhEQ9ttKJS

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 28, 2022

“MAUS” author Art Spiegelman on @McMinnCountySch banning it: "It has the breath of autocracy & fascism about it.”@JohnBerman: “If your problems with discussions about the Holocaust are bad words & nudity I’m not sure you’re getting the point.”

Full: pic.twitter.com/7Ooi0UYjPY pic.twitter.com/efiQkntkqj

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) January 27, 2022

Art Spiegelman on his reaction to Tennessee school board banning his Pulitzer-winning Holocaust book “Maus.”

“I moved past total bafflement to trying to be tolerant of people who may possibly not be Nazis, maybe.” pic.twitter.com/kuwN2RLOZE

— The Recount (@therecount) January 27, 2022

"The school board is stupid, but I don't know that they're Nazis."

Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning artist and creator of "Maus" reacts to ban by a Tennessee school board. https://t.co/0jTXoCNRco pic.twitter.com/8LD1Yur5oR

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 28, 2022
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