#the complete maus

[smalltownfae]

TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2023

The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

Swimming in the Dark - Tomasz Jedrowski

The Odyssey - Homer

The Complete Maus - Art Spiegelman

Shadows Return - Lynn Flewelling

Stalking Darkness - Lynn Flewelling

Maurice - E.M. Forster

Small Gods - Terry Pratchett

Momo - Michael Ende

As Meat Loves Salt - Maria McCann

[fromthestacks]

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

[queerauntie]

December Reads

As the end of the year comes to a close, I wanted to reflect on my latest hyperfocus- books! It's been a lot of fun the past few months diving in deep and enjoying a wide variety of stories, and December was no exception. This year rounds us out with a total of FOUR books! And the titles are, in order of when I read them:

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby

I Think I Love You by Auriana Desombre

Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

Every Body Shines Edited by Cassandra Newbould

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

ain't i a woman by bell hooks

Let's start with the Shades of Magic series. This series was absolutely phenomenal. I couldn't put it down, that is to say, my friend and I sat in silence for 12+ hours (for each book) so I could get through them. From the characters to the plot twists, this book is God Tier and definitely is going in the "Read Again" file of books to enjoy when I feel like revisiting that magnificent world. After reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue I was sure I would enjoy the series and was more prepared for the world-building I knew would require my attention. It did not let me down!

Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby was a really enjoyable read, it made me learn some things about myself, connecting those childhood dots to their adult patterns. My friend always asked me if Gadsby's special, Douglas, made me feel as autistic as they did when I watched it, and while I didn't quite get what they meant, in this memoir, I completely understood what they were asking. Hannah goes into even more depth about how their diagnosis came around (and all the signs that should've been picked up on) and it hit very close to home. It was frustrating and hilarious and heartbreaking. It gave me even more respect for my queer elders and the road they've paved for us. For any fan of comedy, autism, and lesbians, I highly recommend this book.

Now, I Think I Love You was a completely different tone shift from the previous books this month, I picked it for two reasons. I saw it here on tumblr looking for lesbian love stories. and secondly, because of all the books I saw, this was the only one that was available instantly in the Libby App. All that to say it wasn't one I was extremely invested in and therefore I didn't pay extreme attention to it. Similarly to sitcoms, I tend to zone out on additional characters and scenes and then tune back in when it's the main character talking, the plot is pushed forward, and conflict is being created and resolved. I did enjoy this story, while some teen fics hit me hard, this one did feel like it was for the younger (middle school) grades. But while no tears were shed, I did enjoy this sweet story!

Witchful Thinking was a book I put on hold around October (Halloween theme). It was another book I saw at Target, so now we're getting a feel for the Target Tier as I am now calling it! I would say it's a 3.75 on my personal scale. I really really like the books, but I just can't say that I loved them. This book was right in there, and I honestly don't even believe it's the book's fault. I am quickly discovering that books that don't include or center queer characters are really boring. The trials and communication problems that cishet characters go through are a little tired out for me. I love a will they won't they, but when it's high school sweethearts and he's too cool to commit, and she's scared to get what she wants... It's like nah that's not my vibes thank you though! Now what I was NOT expecting was for the breeders to get hot and HEAVY! Suddenly nipples were getting hard and thrusts were being matched, I was wholly unprepared and thankful I was in private 😂. All in all, it was a fun ride and I'm certainly glad the girl got her happy ending. Good for him too I guess but who cares about a MAN?! I swear we're going for all non-male protagonists for next year lol I can't stand myself!

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter was a book that caught me off guard a bit. I don't read the book trailers or try to learn anything about a book before getting into it, I like the surprise you know? I thought this book would be very relatable, and it was, but it wasn't from my perspective, family dynamically speaking. While I am the oldest, the third parent, and the one whom all the expectations were put upon, my character was dead. So, this book felt a lot like reading from my younger sister's perspective. When my parent's gaze falls off me, who would they have next to target? It worked through a lot of cultural family dynamics that were very relatable. Julia goes through the hardest thing imaginable and doesn't come through unscathed.

Every Body Shines was a random book that I picked up because I saw a teacher that I follow on twitter was hosting the book club for this book, and I had a day to read it so, challenge accepted! What I didn't know is that it was a series of short stories, not a non-fiction about body acceptance. Now, I have tried reading collections like this but the short stories just always fall a little flat for me, that being said, there were a few stories that stuck out to me so it was worth the read after all. What was the most disappointing was I couldn't find out access to the book club so I ended up not getting to read others' thoughts which was what I was really looking forward to!

I came across The Complete Maus at the library and grabbed it without a second thought. I remember when the last school year started and certain (read antisemitic and racist) people were trying to ban this book in schools. I ended up reading over 70% of it in one night and finished it the next morning. It was beautifully told, devastating to witness, and immensely kind. I have continually used that word to describe books, but it's the highest compliment I can give a story. In this age of shock culture, it's a popular trend to create untrustworthy stories and be deceitful as writers. It's been ongoing for years now, and it's scary when you don't know if you can trust that a writer will be mindful of your emotional journey. But Spiegelman does a phenomenal job showing his capturing of the story within the story. It helps the reader to ease in and out of these extremely difficult and dark moments. It was also beautiful to be able to get into the author's head a little more as he tells his story. I think it's insane that it was ever attempted to be banned and instead believe it would be a great alternative to The Boy In The Stripe Pajamas which is taught in middle school! Regardless, it's a very good piece of writing and art.

We're here, the last book of the year! I finished ain't i a woman by bell hooks earlier today and will definitely need to read it again because i was distractedly cleaning while listening. But it was a really good read, discussing how Black Women have been left out of both Black liberation movements and White Women's feminist liberation movements. I don't know what I could say that hasn't been said far more eloquently and it's just the tip of the iceberg for me, so keep an eye out for more thoughts as I get through her writing. But just from this first exposure, I can already tell that hooks is going to be a brilliant teacher in the next upcoming year.

Well, that's it y'all! 32 books in 6 months! I am very impressed with myself, this has been such a fun journey and I am so excited to continue this lovely hobby into the new year. This averages around 5-6 books a month which is so wild and very sprinty of me, so I'm going to be subtly ambitious with my first intentional reading goal: 50 books in 2023! I'm looking forward to sharing them all with you and getting much better at these reviews along the way! If you have any suggestions for me please feel free to drop an ask or send a message!

Happy New Years to everyone celebrating the gregorian calendar and I hope we all have a fantastic adventure ahead of us!

Yearly Book Count: 32/32!!

[theendisextremelyfuckingnigh]

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

[zarla-s]

[previous]

Time to restock the shelves!

In the game, when the Addisons all leave after Spamton "dies", some Darkners go and look in their stalls to steal stuff and then say that all of it looks like cheap junk, and they would have felt ripped off even if they didn't pay. So I figure that Spamton AND the Addisons both just sell garbage and the Addisons were just better at it than him, haha. Meaning they can both go dumpster diving together for new product! Who knows what Yellow even sells anyway...

[index] [patreon] [comicfury]

[three-finnish-eggs]

shoutout to the vietnam war ptsd joke gotta be one of my favorite genders

[askglassanon]

The Shades

Glass has a noticable attachment to her sunglasses. and the color red but that's not important rn

Throughout a large portion of her life she's had sunglasses or something similar.

At her youngest she had butterfly shades

For a brief point in time she had hearts

She then had a visor

And now she has normal-ish glasses with lightning bolt on the edges

° The mask doesn't count.

They're kind of a security blanket for her.

She's expressed sadness on them breaking before and while short lived and for comedic reasons it is a canon fact.

When she loses them she's antsy and loses her confidence being much more visibly anxious. She avoids potential eye contact and will only look at the floor.

She literally never takes them off, usually she has a replacement of some kind (Bee's gift shades) or is Drifting.

Each pair of eyewear had it's own unique way for Glass to express herself this pair is the light glares

Here's the line up for the glares. Aka the light reflecting in her current sunglasses.

Static, means she's stressed.

Fangs, mean she's angry.

(Fangs) Gnashing, means she's restraining her anger in a 👌this close to snapping type of way.

Blank, completely overwhelmed. Also a sign of exhaustion.

Sharp and narrow, is her pretty much making sure you know she's glaring at you or suspicious.

Fuzzy/blurring edges, magic or emotional exhaustion

Hearts, love and affection. Platonic.

Stars, mean excitement. Sparkles mean awe.

Stars and Hearts, together is pretty self-explanatory. Often seen when she's completely relaxed.

Questions marks, are confusion.

Exclamation points, mean she's surprised.

Water drops, a new one for her and symbolizes sadness.

Prism's (ie baby Glass) shades flutter when she's happy and wilt when she was sad. At that age she didn't quite register angry but it'd probably be flapping up and down ↑↓

Visor Prism has sigil and runes displayed a high magi-tech fashion.

Mask Glass' mask is covered in ever changing runes, the mask rotates clockwise and counterclockwise with her movements (think Sun and Moon from Security Breach)

[heroscans]

As I'm being efficient this morning, here is the volume release for the collectors among you. As the post mentions, this includes all the volume pages, adjustments, corrections, etc to the first 4 chapters, minus a lot of our group pages. This will be available until the official release next year, so please enjoy (and be sure to pick up a physical copy when it's available, the artwork is exquisite in print.). ❤️

[loveydive]

all the books i physically owned and read this year ^_^

[homoerotisch]

got four (4) books for 19,50.. thank you secondhand stores

[tacticalprincess]

König would whine and cum in his boxers just by eating pussy, send tweet

he’d like to say he doesn’t do it mostly for his own pleasure, but he’s never been one to lie. he’s insanely selfish when it comes to you, all of you, so of course his favorite place to be is where he can be completely engulfed by you. between your pudgy thighs, gripping them so hard the fat spills between his thick fingers, keeping you spread wide for him while he devours you like a man starved. anytime, any place, anywhere. he doesn’t need a reason; dropping to his knees and hiking one of your legs over his shoulder when look a little too pretty before you leave, pulling down your sweats while you lounge on the couch, telling you to ‘sit on your throne’ just before bed… you’re an indulgence, a sweet treat he can’t go without, and you taste like one too.

when he gets lost in the heady scent of your arousal, dizzy with the feeling of all his senses being overtaken by you, there’s no rhythm or rhyme to his movements — just sloppily dragging his fat tongue along your slick folds and suckling at your puffy clit while your hips buck skywards against his strong nose out of instinct. he’ll hump his achey cock against whatever’s available to him, cumming in his pants just from feeling the way your body reacts to him — the way your pussy squeezes his tongue when it plunges into your tight hole, how cutely you squirm against his face when you cum — let alone all the beautiful noises you make. he moans and whines like he’s the one getting head, the vibrations sending tingles up to your tummy. your pleads for him to stop, give your poor, sore cunt rest for a little bit, fall on deaf ears. just stay still, kleine hase, let your könig have his fill.

military training probably taught him to hold his breath for an extended period of time, which comes in handy, but he’ll occasionally come up for air to watch your back arch prettily off the bed, cheeks stained with tears. “one more, maus. you can give me one more, ja?” though it’s never just one more.

[pinkmelodie]

König & his demonic back shots are plaguing my thoughts 😣😣

Warnings: 18+, this is pure filth so like yeah🤨 König x female reader, p in v, just a short blurb ୨୧

Cause I know damn well this man would give the FILTHIEST back shots. Like you feel like your being resurrected every time he slams you onto his cock.

“Maus- oh fuuuuck…” He groaned, drilling into you with so much force the bed shook.

You were moaning and screaming into the pillow, your backside being held up completely by him. He manhandled you on his cock like a doll, mindlessly slamming into your cunt over and over like he was trying to fuck the demons right out of his body.

He reached down and circled your waist, holding you up with just one arm. With his free hand he rubbed at your clit, always making sure you feel good no matter how pussy-drunk he is. The man is just so big—it feels like he’s everywhere. If you didn’t know any better you’d assume he was reaching all the way down to your throat. The slight pain of him slamming into your cervix overwhelmed your senses and heightened the pleasure along with the feeling of him playing with your clit. You doubted either of you were making it there after this but you could have swore you saw a flash of heavens gates every time he plunged into you.

He spread your legs wider and angled his thrusts to meet that spongey spot inside you every time his pelvis met your ass with an audible slap ! Even the sound of the headboard slamming into the wall wasn’t enough to drown out both your noises. This was definitely gonna earn you a noise complaint—tho it was worth it for the mind blowing orgasm that washed over you when that coil in your stomach finally snapped.

You came all over his cock, leaving a sticky white ring around the base of it that he couldn’t keep his eyes off of every time he slid his thick cock in and out again. With a pathetic whimper you never thought you’d hear come out of a man of his size, he pressed into you as deep as your body would let him and came hard. 

So much of his seed was stuffed inside you that it began to flow out, dripping all over both of your thighs. Before you could complain, he collapsed on top of you, crushing you with his weight. It felt like being stuck under a city bus, but you just sighed and let him have this one.

[konigsblog]

When Virgin!König finally loses his virginity. (🌽)

Oh boy, I hope you're prepared to deal with a literal beast.

König can barely keep it together at the opportunity you've just offered to him. He's gone thirty-seven years without losing his virginity, and to say that he's pent up and overly desperate is a clear understatement. The thought of losing his virginity has him wide-eyed, choking on his words as he nods desperately.

He can barely keep his composure as he rips his trousers off, already dragging you closer to him while pulling your legs over his broad shoulders. His lengthy fingers pull at your damp cotton panties, tearing them off your figure while his hands find themselves up your skimpy, see-through tank top, tugging at your nipples as he rolls his clothed cock against your bare pussy, rutting his growing bulge against your wet heat.

It doesn't take König long to undress as he pulls his meaty dick from the tight confines of his boxers, feeling a couple sizes too small now that he has a raging hard-on. He drags the head of his swollen cock against your tight hole, collecting your sweet, nectar juices on the tip of his stiff boner. His thick, pink tip oozes out pearly beads of his creamy semen, and before you can warn König to be gentle and careful, he's already forcing himself inside. No preparation. Can you blame him? He gets his knowledge off of pornography, he has no proper experience with women.

Your insides feel heavenly and addictive, hypnotising König with each deep thrust. He breathes out through satisfaction and amusement, his sturdy hips bucking into your rear uncontrollably, stuffing your spongy, velvety walls with his twitching boner. He throws his head backwards through ecstasy, his blunt fingernails digging into the flesh along your waist, his grip becoming firm and his pace unforgiving. He can feel the way his large cock twitches and pulsates inside of your drooling cunt, becoming almost overwhelming and overstimulating for the virgin giant.

“Heilige Scheiße, kleine Maus—! Du bist so verdammt perfekt—so eng, feucht und warm.”

König spends the majority of his time watching pornography and getting himself off while dreaming of losing his own virginity for once, and now, he has everything he's ever dreamt of. He's been craving this for a ridiculously long time, to fuck a tight hole like yours. He practically drools and slobbers all over you like a rapid mutt, becoming animalistic and violent with his rough poundings.

He can't stop himself as he thrusts into you mercilessly and relentlessly, groaning and growling, bullying his girthy and swollen dick into your tightening walls while covering your slick and soft folds in drops of sticky load. He pumps his thick length into you forcefully one last time, pushing his broad and well-built hips right up against you as he feels himself completely lose control, barely lasting more than two minutes.

Fuck, you've opened König up to this, and now he's addicted. This is your fault! You better be prepared to take everything he has to offer, until he's passed out beside you, intoxicated and mesmerised by your cunt.

[pantheonbooks]

“To die, it’s easy.... But you have to struggle for life.” —The Complete Maus, Art Spiegelman

Originally published in 1991, Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece has been praised and criticized, lauded as one of the greatest Holocaust tales ever penned, and infamously banned for “rough” language and nudity. 

[selfmessages]

Face sitting w/ König | gn!reader

You climb on top of König's face and lower yourself. Using the headboard for balance, not quite putting your full body weight down. König groans in faux annoyance before using the hands around your thighs to lower you onto his face. You yell at him to wait, and he immediately relents.

"Is something the matter, maus? I thought you said you were okay to do this. Do you want to stop?"

"No, I just don’t want to crush you." You mumbled nervously.

König lets out an airy chuckle at your response. His breath lightly fanned your skin.

"You’re much too small to crush me, schatz."

It was true. No matter how much you weighed, you would still be small to König. You would always be his little maus. König used your moment of hesitation to put your full body weight on his face. He eagerly starts licking and sucking at your sex, his tongue teasing and exploring every inch of your sensitive skin. You moan and grind against him. You struggle to move some of your body weight off of him, but your thighs are trapped as he holds you down harder, picking up on your attempt to move.

One particularly harsh suck causes your body to jolt, and you let out a whiney, high-pitched moan. One hand grips the headboard, while the other grips his hair tightly. The hair pulling is only egging on König even more as he sucks and licks at your sex. Too lost in the pleasure König is giving you, you give up on trying to move and instead grind on his face, chasing after your high. You move your hips back and forth in long motions, causing König's tongue to drag across your sex.

"Ah, fuck fuck fuck that feels so good, Köni-"

You’re fucking yourself like a madman on his tongue. Grinding, bouncing, and moaning. You feel yourself getting closer to the edge.

"Fuck Köni, I’m going cum-"

It doesn’t take much from König, as he sends you over the edge with a scream. He doesn't stop, though, continuing to lick and suck until you're trembling with aftershocks. You lean on the headboard, completely fucked out. You try to lift your leg to get off, but König keeps you secure.

"Uh Köni… what are you doing?"

König offers no response; instead, he takes a few long licks up your sex.

Oh.

Oh.

[fungusgnat444]

König headcanons (goofy/cringe edition)

CW: mostly just könig being a silly lil guy (sorry for writing this I couldn’t sleep)

This man has absolutely no idea how to dress himself it’s so embarrassing. To give him a little credit, it would probably be pretty difficult to find clothes that fit him but still. Wanna ask him to let you take him shopping? “Nein! I dress for function not fashion”. I hate him so much

he would be an absolute nightmare to sleep in the same bed with. Snoring deafeningly loud, rolling on top of you and almost killing you, mumbling complete German nonsense, constantly snuggling you even though his body heat is like the sun. He’s a fucking pest.

wakes up at an ungodly hour then gets lonely if it takes you too long to wake up. Wakes you up even if you beg him not to. “Maus bitte. I made you breakfast” like omg go away it’s 6am on a Saturday.

Eats like an actual caveman. Eats so fast as if the food is going to run away if he doesn’t then stares longingly at your plate. You’ve barely started eating and he’s already like “you gonna finish that?”. He’s a human vacuum

If an English word is even a little bit similar to a german word he’s not even going to bother using the English word if he’s talking to you. Gets immediately annoyed if you don’t understand. Like how the fuck am I supposed to know that Brot means bread. You tried to learn German but your pronunciation was so bad he’s just like “its ok, just speak Englisch“ so mean😢

I don’t know why but I feel like this man has some sort of obscure pet like an African bull frog or like vampire crabs or something and names them the most boring name. “Don’t worry Paul doesn’t bite”, but it’s like the most absurd looking creature you’ve ever seen.

Sincerely sorry for writing this. I should be locked up I know