Madres de cómics: del silencio al protagonismo

Abstract

This article examines sequential art’s ambiguous relationship with maternal
figures. It considers the silencing mechanisms that once led to the invisibility
of mothers in comics and graphic novels and discusses their recently acquired
prominence in the contemporary postfeminist neoliberal context. In doing so,
the article highlights the emergence of maternal voices in a series of
characters who, from Maitena’s Mujeres alteradas to the Chilean artist
Marcela Trujillo’s semi-autobiographical alter-ego Maliki 4 Ojos, demystify
motherhood by revealing the highs and lows of this complex cultural
construction.