Espirais do desconforto: poética do horror gráfico em Uzumaki, de Junji Ito.

Abstract

This work investigates how Junji Ito’s manga Uzumaki and its graphic techniques contribute to evoking sensations of visual discomfort, with the aim of analyzing the visual elements of horror, their construction within comics, and their aesthetic presence in the mentioned work. The research also proposes the creation of an original comic titled The Piano Room (A Sala do Piano), employing graphic resources identified throughout the investigation. To achieve these objectives, a study was conducted exploring horror as a primordial human emotion and its manifestations throughout the history of art, focusing on its transposition into comics. The study engaged with philosophical and aesthetic reflections, initially addressing horror in painting and subsequently its adaptation to sequential graphic language, with emphasis on Junji Ito’s production. From the analysis of Uzumaki, the research examines how horror is visually constructed through specific graphic compositions, recurring symbols, and contrasts that directly affect the reader’s emotions. As a result of this investigation, the prologue of an original comic, The Piano Room, was developed, incorporating the techniques and visual resources studied in order to explore an original horror narrative. It is considered that this research may contribute to a deeper understanding of the graphic construction of horror in comics, highlighting the importance of visual language in creating unsettling atmospheres and its application in original productions within the field of Visual Arts