Enhanced webcomics: uma perspectiva contemporânea de imersão do leitor a partir de quadrinhos digitais

Abstract

Comic books (comics) are part of a very popular and characteristic universe nowadays. The first records that can be interpreted as the use of this art are dated at the time of the first civilizations of mankind. Since then, this type of language has undergone a transformative process that follows the evolution of society and, consequently, of its urban identities, in order to represent its consuming public. With the popularization of the internet and its resources, comics began to acquire new facets that could not even be imagined a few decades ago, enabling the emergence of webcomics. This new means of expression offers potentialities that are capable of overcoming the limitations that affect physical comics, such as animations, infinite screen and insertion of sounds, gaining a category called “enhanced webcomics”. However, this proposal was not enough for most of these comics to detach themselves from their origins, showing that the limiting factor goes beyond the lack of resources and reaches a historical-cultural level. Based on this observed problem, this study sought to explore the application of technological potentialities in the production of an enhanced webcomic, in an attempt to understand their integration for the benefit of the narrative. This present study reports on the development of the autobiographical enhanced webcomic “Só Mais um Mês”. This document describes the technical and creative processes as an academic record of an empirically elaborated work. From these, it is expected to contribute to the consolidation of this rising language, in addition to stimulating other literatures to put new perspectives and interpretations under this scope.