Alien Comics, and the Comic Book as an Alien

  • Bepi Vigna International Center of Comics, Cagliari
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13125/medea-3496
Keywords: Space Opera, Cyberpunk, Alien Invasion, Manga, Métal Hurlant

Abstract

A brief history of  science fiction comics that considers how this particular genre has always been characterised by a subversive and nonconformist spirit, in opposition to mainstream culture. Thus comics are “alien” not only when they are about aliens but always, because they are perceived as a foreign body in the context of cultural production.

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Author Biography

Bepi Vigna, International Center of Comics, Cagliari
Bepi Vigna is a journalist, writer and film director. He is one of the authors of the Nathan Never comic book series of science fiction, published by Sergio Bonelli Editore. He directs the International Center of Comics in Cagliari.
Published
2018-12-21
How to Cite
Vigna, B. (2018). Alien Comics, and the Comic Book as an Alien. Medea, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.13125/medea-3496
Issue
Vol 4 No 1 (2018): IMAGINING WORLDS: the Alien and the Elsewhere
Section
Archipelagos
NBN
https://nbn.depositolegale.it/resolver.pl?nbn=urn%3Anbn%3Ait%3Aunica-24048

Copyright (c) 2018 Bepi Vigna

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