Abstract

FERNANDES, Rodrigo Emanoel. Espaços extraordinários: ensaio sobre a representação do espaço geográfico na HQ “A Liga Extraordinária” de Alan Moore & Kevin O’neill. ETD [online]. 2010, vol.11, n.02, pp.102-123. ISSN 1676-2592.

The Comic book “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” inserts, at the same plot, several classical characters from the 19th century's fantastic english literature, however trying, as much as possible, to preserve the characteristics described in the original books. That creates the need for the elaboration of a single geographical space capable of justifying the simultaneous presence of characters who weren't created to interact harmoniously. As a result, the comic book stands out for its singular form of representation of the geographical space, not common in the media, presenting a 19th century London different from that which most readers are used to, even though (or even because) it is more adequate to the characters who inhabit it. An “extraordinary space” so (in)coherent and (dis)harmonized with their “extraordinary” inhabitants as much as the real space regarding ourselves, thus finding echo in the recent works of American geographer Doreen Massey.

Keywords : Comic Book; Geographical Space; Classics of the English Literature; Images; Media.

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