The graffiti cartoon and the sequential graphic narrative in the urban landscape

Abstract

The article aims to characterize a specific type of graphite, the graffiti cartoon. For that, three graffiti artists who develop works with characteristics of the cartoon language were interviewed. A descriptive analysis of these artists’ works was also carried out to identify such properties. The study shows how these cartoon’s features are present in the works of these graffiti artists and reveals how the use of the internet tends to establish a kind of heterogeneity between the languages studied.
Keywords: Graffiti cartoon. Graphic language. Graphic narrative. Visual communication. Intertextuality.