A construção dos assassinos em série nas histórias em quadrinhos: a biografia, a ficção e a inspiração

Abstract

Starting from the strong influences that the media have on society and the massive production of content about serial killers, this work proposes to analyze the imagery and narrative construction of these characters, whether real or fictional, in the comics media. IT is taken into account the propositions about the media, imposed by the authors Thierry Groensteen, Scott Mccloud and Barbara Postema. The central objective of this work boils down to finding elements that indicate how serial killers are constructed in comics, considering, in addition, the different forms of narrative present in comics, the search for elements that have influence in other media, as well as pointing out indications of what makes serial killers attractive to the comic book audience. Finally, it is intended to reflect on the social vision that these works communicate about their context in society. It is also tried to present a little of these two universes to readers through examples and bringing historical and social concepts about serial killers and comics. For the reference on serial killers, it is mentioned Ilana Casoy, John Douglas, Robert K. Ressler and Harold Schechter; for comics, in addition to the names already quoted, we have José Gaiarsa, Brian J. Robb and Will Eisner. The methodology used was based on Márcia Tavares Chico's proposal, which consists of an analysis in three parts: first, we verified the structure of the work; then its external and internal context; and, finally, we performed a general analysis, joining the results of the two previous analyses. As one of the results obtained, we point out the “failure of society” in different areas, whether judicial, family, school, etc., which revealed to us that society has great importance in works with the chosen theme and that this same society helps to create myths around serial killers, whether in the past or in the present.