Rufus> Gernot Hassenpflug wrote: >>>>>>> "AMPSOne" == AMPSOne writes: >> >> AMPSOne> Overall, this kit may be popular in Japan where the comic AMPSOne> is published, but to me it is an embarrassment and demeans AMPSOne> the hobby and a good kit. >> >> Hi, I had a good laugh here! Thanks for the review. Obviously, >> this will sell in Japan. But I agree with your sentiments. Let me >> just say that only in Japan will a conversation include jokes >> about how to line up for food at Auschwitz. Not to mention there >> is apparently a comic book series called "Maus", about >> .... Auschwitz.
Rufus> The exception being that "Maus" is written to be a point of Rufus> social commentary - written by an actual Holocaust survivor, Rufus> Vladek Spiegelman. It's a graphic novel, not a "comic book" Rufus> per se, and won the Pulitzer in 1992.
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Rufus> Maus wasn't written for laughs...its commentary is more along Rufus> the lines of "Animal Farm". Except that it's a first hand Rufus> viewpoint. Which makes it more of a documentary, really.
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Thanks for the information, I should have checked it out myself, had never heard of it before.