Part 1 of the DVD-ROM contains a digital reference copy of both volumes of Maus, hyperlinked to an archive of sketches and page drafts, audio clips of Vladek (Spiegelman's survivor father) about his life as a Polish Jew during World War II, as well as documentary source material, video clips, and audio commentary by the cartoonist; pt. 2 contains a collection of supplementary documents, sources, and commentary.

Includes index.

Visually and emotionally rich, MetaMaus is as groundbreaking as the masterpiece whose creation it reveals. In the pages of MetaMaus, Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer prize-winning Maus, the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust ever since it was first published twenty-five years ago. He probes the questions that Maus most often evokes -- Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? -- and gives us a new and essential work about the creative process. MetaMaus includes a bonus DVD-R that provides a digitized reference copy of The Complete Maus linked to a deep archive of audio interviews with his survivor father, historical documents, and a wealth of Spiegelman's private notebooks and sketches. Compelling and intimate, MetaMaus is poised to become a classic in its own right. - Publisher.

System requirements for DVD-ROM: Windows XP or later (XP/Vista/Windows 7) ; Intel or PowerPC Macintosh (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) ; Quicktime ; screen resolution 1024x768 or greater.