Escapes of a 'Mad Artist': Intersectional Identities in Kiba Lumberg's Comics
: Ralf Kauranen, Viola Parente-Čapková, Anna Vuorinne
: Marina Ortrud M. Hertrampf & Kirsten von Hagen
: Ästhetik(en) der Roma - Selbst- und Fremdrepräsentationen / Romani Aesthetic(s) - self- and external representation, 3
: München
: 2020
: Selbst- und Frembilder von Roma in Comic und Graphic Novel: Vom Holocaust bis zur Gegenwart
: Ästhetik(en) der Roma - Selbst- und Fremdrepräsentationen / Romani Aesthetic(s) - self- and external representation
: 3
: 243
: 272
: 286
: 978-3-95477-097-7
: 978-3-96091-542-3
In our article, we
analyze two comics albums (G!psy Com!x and Diary of a Mad Artist) by the
Finnish Roma artist Kiba Lumberg (born 1956), a versatile artist and a
political and cultural activist. Both books were published in 2010, but parts
of G!psy Com!x date back to 1991. Whereas Diary of a Mad Artist is
autobiographical, G!psy Com!x approaches Roma issues on a more general level.
We employ an intersectional approach to the comics and ask what kinds of
identities and forms of self-representation are brought to the fore in the
comics narratives. In the books, the artist’s Roma background is visible, but
this identity is intertwined with other, even more important identifications:
the artist’s identity, gender identity, the sexual identity of a lesbian, and
issues of ability and disability. We discuss Lumberg’s comics in a broad contextual
and intertextual framework, including her literary output.
