CHICO BENTO AS A SERTANEJO: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHARACTER, UNTIL HIS EDITORIAL SUCCESS (1961 - 2013)
History of Sertões; Comics; Mauricio de Sousa Productions; Chico Bento.
Thinking about the contributions that the study of comics can provide for the human sciences, this research is the result of an analysis of the character Chico Bento and his relationship with the concept and history of the hinterlands. For this reason, this work seeks to understand the editorial success of the character Chico Bento in the world of comics, as a countryside character produced by the comic book company belonging to the Brazilian cartoonist Mauricio de Sousa. Analyzing the comics published by Mauricio de Sousa Productions, it was possible to perceive that the construction of the character Chico Bento as a countryside character gives us a possibility of contribution not only to the field of studies of comics in the Brazilian academic space, but also allow us to visualize our historical processes, in a direct relationship with the concept of hinterland. In an attempt to develop an in-depth study of his success in the publishing market of national comics, we noted that it would be necessary to critically investigate and historicize the construction of the sertanejo Chico Bento, from the perspective of history, in order to scientifically study the publications by Maurício de Sousa Productions, considering its historical production context, between 1961 and 2013.