El còmic a Mallorca durant els anys vuitanta. Un mitjà de renovació cultural [Comics in Majorca durant the 1980’s. A medium for cultural renewal]

The comic of the 1980s in Majorca presents some peculiarities which are a consequence of the period following Franco's death. The first, rather primitive examples of this new type of comic appeared around 1976, mostly in the form of so-called fanzines, which were directly related to the renewal of the visual arts, not only in the media, but especially those of the avantgarde. As early as 1983, the first magazines appeared that were distributed by commercial infrastructure and that aimed to renew conservative Majorcan society. This development eventually caused the comic to acquire characteristics, which gradually led this form of art towards postmodernism. The present article analyzes the role of comics as a medium of cultural renewal, arguing that the comics produced in the island be understood as an element of transcendence towards new forms of creation.