A cidade de Duque de Caxias nos quadrinhos da Capa Comics: uma análise semiótica

Abstract

The language of comic books, just like any other art form, is part of a verbal and imagetic discourse that exposes cultural characteristics of a society. Based on this assumption, we have analyzed some elements of magazines from Capa Comics, a cartoonists collaborative in which they are residents of the city of Duque de Caxias, RJ. The magazine’s name is in honor of a past politician of the city, the former deputy Tenório Cavalcanti, whose violent and avenger pattern became sort of a myth that was supplemented by his black cloak and his machine gun named Lourdinha. By making use of semiotics based on Charles Sanders Pierce, we have analyzed some frames of comic books and elements were taken out that, through evidence, aggregate traces of the culture of this referred city. As a result of these analyses, some sociocultural aspects of the city and the need of a better public service to the citizens of the city Duque de Caxias were reinforced. Using the account of two pedagogical experiences, it proposes the incentive to the use of comic books as a resource in classrooms and cultural spaces of the city.