Maus by Art Spiegelman

Published in 1986, Maus1 was the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize. Maus has been challenged for it's use of language and nudity, and was removed from bookstores in Russia in 20152 for the depiction of a swastika on the cover. 

"At issue are "eight curse words" and the image of a nude woman, according to McMinn County Schools director Lee Parkison. The board discussed censoring the language and imagery it deemed inappropriate but ultimately decided to discard the novel outright. Jonathan Pierce, the board member who initiated the vote to remove Maus from the eighth-grade curriculum, said during the meeting that the Holocaust should be taught in schools, but this is not the book to do it.3"

            1 Spiegelman, Art. Maus. Vol. 1, Pantheon Books, 1986.

               2 “Case Study: Maus – Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.” CBLDF, cbldf.org/banned-challenged-comics/case-study-maus/.

               3Hernandez, Joe. “A Tennessee School District Has Voted to Ban the Holocaust Graphic Novel “Maus.”” NPR, 27 Jan. 2022  www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1076180329/tennessee-school-district-ban-holocaust-graphic-novel-maus.