O jornalismo em quadrinhos na web: a representação das mulheres na série de reportagens “Quatro Marias”

Abstract

Through the establishment of relations between aspects of media convergence, mediatized journalism and independent media, considering the media being one of the factors that would allow a greater participation of women in the production of comics, we demonstrate the transformations that have occurred in the branch of comic journalism, especially in products made for the web. In order to demonstrate this change, a history was made, from underground female productions to contemporary comics. In the narrative, points such as the fact that the story was done in comics and for the web, the inheritances that the underground movement left for comic journalism and the increase of female participation in the world of comics, as producers and protagonists, are relevant. By presenting the support of comic characteristics for journalism, we seek to investigate the construction of the narrative of journalism in comics, which proved to be a powerful instrument of denunciation. As a theoretical apparatus, the Critical Narrative Analysis, proposed by Motta (2013), was used. In this methodology, the focus is on language and narrative, with no semiotic analysis of the images. The drawings are considered as part of the construction of the plot. This research aimed to develop a study on the comic report “Quatro Marias: uma reportagem sobre as realidades do aborto no Brasil”, hosted on the website Quatromarias.com. The material includes the disclosure of the creation processes, frequently asked questions about abortion, information about the authors and four testimonies, each telling the story of the abortion of one of the characters: Maria Memória, Maria Mudança, Maria Dentro da Lei and Maria Julieta. The construction of the plots is based on their testimonies, without their identities being revealed, for ethical reasons.