The creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning <IT>Maus<RO> reflects on the comics form and its influence on his life and art as he traces his evolution from comics obsessed boy to a neurotic adult exploring the effects of his parents' memories of Auschwitz on his own son, in a volume that includes a facsimile of <IT>Breakdowns<RO>, the artist's comics from the 1970s. 75,000 first printing.
