Superman, Batman, Wonderwoman, Spiderman, Daredevil or Flash GordonAmong other superheroes and characters from the world of comics, jump into the ring to fight in their capes or on the other side of the barrier harassed by a wild bull drawn in a vignette.
Tomorrow Tuesday at 20:00, they all meet with the exhibition at Alicante Bullfighting Museum. From arena to comics. Bulls and bullfighters between Superman and RompetechosIt can be seen until August 6 and includes many cartoon characters, Mortadelo and Filemon or Tarzan, show bullfighting exploits through More than 300 comics from different countriesamong them Spanish, French, American, British and even Japanese.
Fernando Gonzalez The Doctor of History and translator is the curator of this exhibition, which “confirms how deeply rooted bullfighting is in popular culture” and also confirms that bullfighting plays a major role in graphic stories from the first comic babble to the end of the 19th century. century to more experimental titles and 20th and 21st century graphic novel.
According to the curator, “In Spanish comics, From Mortadelo and Filemón to Zipi and Zape, from Anacleto to the Ulises Family, sure don’t forget breaker and others, the existence of the bull has been constant since 1917. TBO would give the genus its name”.
You can see various copies of the first examples of comics in the exhibition. yellow boy At the end of the 19th century, until it appeared recently, like the graphic novels of the same year We will always have Pamplonaby Jason, with Hemingway your hero.
Visitors will be able to find samples. Centennial TBO where a bull roams free through vignettes, sowing panic, but also lots of superhero comics A trip to Mexico or Spain They inevitably assume that the protagonist ends up in a bullfighting arena, a defining element of what is Mexican or Hispanic.
“And let’s not forget the list of writers who have approached the bull since the skit: Ibáñez, Hugo Pratt, Jack Kirby, Carl Barks or Paco Roca, to name a few,” says González Viñas.
councilor bullfighting arena, Mari Carmen from Spainand Bullfighting Museum director, Francis Llorca.
sample will have free catalog With texts by Fernando González, where he contextualizes this unique comic book example. exhibition organized by Alicante Town HallIt will remain open until August 6th.