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Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1080/21504857.2017.1299021 BibTeX citation key: MendesdeSouza2017 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: "Julio’s Day", Alternative Comics, Bachtin. Michail M., Hernandez. Gilbert, Space, USA Creators: Mendes de Souza Collection: Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics |
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The focus of this article is on what I conceive as a form of comic-chronotope particular to Gilbert Hernandez. His works present a specific interconnection between time and space that radicalises the common chronotopic device of the comic form. I argue that, by carefully organising these essential elements (time and space) in a concrete whole within his narratives, Hernandez is also re-imaging his context, history and sense of identity with the use of the comic form. To make it visible, I will first analyse Hernandez’s Luba Comics (2000–2004), Chance in Hell (2007), to illustrate what I understand by comic-chronotope on a literal level, and also to highlight the use that Hernandez makes of it that is specific to the medium and that at the same time defines his voice. Finally, I will use Julio’s Day (2013) to discuss the unfolding of its spatial and temporal indicators into an explicit form of historicity.
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