Art Spiegelman sees the new ban of his book ‘Maus’ as a ‘red alert’

Art Spiegelman didn’t set out to write an educational aid for young-adult readers. A half-century ago, he simply wanted to better know his own origin story, discover more about his parents’ histories — and hear from his father, a Polish Jew and a survivor, how some of their relatives were killed in the Holocaust.

In an interview Thursday, he remembers his mind-set in his 20s: “I never meant to teach anybody anything.”