Offering an totally new perspective

I've always thought of comics as an extremely special media.  They are able to communicate in a totally different way.  I alway felt that they were the prefect blend of the personal experience of reading novels and books and the feeling of the authors intent. The best way of putting this is often it's like in comics you're often on the trip though the story with the author or with them guiding you though it. It's an experience between you and the author.

So in that respect, comics can bring a totally new outlook or perspective.  As Maus is a prefect example of that.  It proves that comics can not only give a extremely new perspective that really hadn't been seen in comics but it also proved that comic could be a brand new way to present historic topic that may be easier to understand then a textbook. Because again, comics let you have a personal experience with both the author and the characters, it because easier for people especially students to read, understand and most importantly have feelings for.