Not so happy ending

Is it just me, or did Maus’s ending just come to an abrupt halt? There were so many questions left not answered. Such as: Did Art and his father every patch up their broken relationship? Did Vladek die soon after the book finished, or did he live for a while? The end of the story to me was both happy and sad. It was happy for the fact that Vladek and Anja got back together at the end of the war after both thought that each other was dead. They were also blessed with having another child in America, which is non other than Art. Besides these reasons of happiness, the story ends with sadness. It’s great that Anja and Vladek survived the holocaust and were reunited toward the end of the story, however, the mere fact that Anja later goes on to kill herself is sorrowful. She survives the horrific holocaust, but do to possible mental illness, ends her very own life; leaving Art disconnected and Vladek in a state of grief. Art and his father never had a good relationship which makes it hard for me to read the end of the story. It would have been nice to know if the two eventually smoothed out their problems and grew closer to each other. However, the saddest part of it all for me is that Vladek is so confused at the end of the story that he mistakes Art’s name for his dead brother. It kind of leaves the reader feeling sorry for both Art and Vladek. The last frame is also very troublesome, since it shows Art’s parents tombstone. This story just leaves me with a sense of sadness for all the losses Anja, Vladek, and Art had.