In Maus II, Art Spielgelman depicts the experience of the Jewish race during the holocaust between 1940 and 1945. Speilgelman uses a wide variety of techniques to convey the terror and cruelty his father suffered in the most horrific of the concentration camps, Auschwitz. Spielgelman’s key techniques used are the use of mask’s and animal characters, black/white colouring and shadings, dialogues, comic script effect, and diagrams and photos. All of these techniques make Spielgelman’…showed first 75 words of 959 total…

…showed last 75 words of 959 total…techniques listed here are things that are important to the overall story. They vary from the most basic of cartooning techniques like diagrams and dialogue to the imaginative like animal representation, onomatopoeia and the photo’s, both drawn or authentic. For a hazardous topic, Spielgelman has used caution to avoid the backfire he was risking, wrote an impressive account of the holocaust and illustrated the consequences it caused. Therefore, Maus II is a complete success.