Deformed and animalized: the subversion of three comic authors before the patriarchal physical canon

Abstract

In the recent Spanish comic, authors have debuted that refute the (self) bodily representation
of women as it has been historically guarded by the hegemonic-patriarchal order. Ana Galvañ (Murcia,
1975), Roberta Vázquez (Santiago de Compostela, 1989) and Amanda Baeza (Chile, 1990), are among
them. They defy aesthetic norms through the use of deformity and anthropomorphism, structuring
a political discourse of rejection of the relationship between corporality and feminine identity. The
works contained in this article, two from collaborative fanzines and the third from a publication, have
been selected based on the singularity of their graphic languages and the criticism they share towards
social roles and the dictatorship of the normative physical canon. The graphic analysis of the proposals
dialogues with the consideration from gender studies to make clear to what extent graphically and
symbolically subvert the iconography of the female body.