We've had these two books for many years, I didn't really understand what they were. Since they looked like comic books they must be silly. My ignorance. I picked them up because some people wanting to ban them from public libraries. I couldn't stop reading them. The young man interviewing his hard to get along with father, who survived the Holocaust, was an extremely effective way to tell the story. Vladek Spiegelman and his family went through hell, many died horrific deaths. The Nazis committed evil beyond my comprehension. Its even more difficult to read today, as the wheel of history has turned and some in the U.S.A. show respect for these evil people.