Fantagraphics Books is set to publish Chartwell Manor, a graphic novel already garnering comparisons to Art Spiegelman’s seminal book Maus. In fact, no less an authority than Robert Crumb is billing Chartwell Manor as “a masterpiece.”
Why such a lofty comparison? Chartwell Manor may not rely on anthropomorphic mice and cats to tell its story, but it is a book that uses the visual storytelling power of comics to deal with difficult, painful subject matter and help its author work…