Demystifying The U Ray, the Better to Rewrite the Origin Myth of "Blake and Mortimer"

Dubois discusses the exhibition, ODYSSEY to the Origins of Blake and Mortimer at the Belgian Comic Strip Center / Comics Art Museum in Brussels. The exhibition presents only original material, and a majority are unpublished ones. Six themes make up the exhibit: "Under the Auspices of the Gods,&...

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Published inInternational journal of comic art Vol. 25; no. 1; p. 530
Main Author Dubois, Éric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Drexel Hill John A Lent, Ed & Pub 01.04.2023
Subjects
Art exhibits
Comic books
Historic artifacts
Mythology
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Summary:Dubois discusses the exhibition, ODYSSEY to the Origins of Blake and Mortimer at the Belgian Comic Strip Center / Comics Art Museum in Brussels. The exhibition presents only original material, and a majority are unpublished ones. Six themes make up the exhibit: "Under the Auspices of the Gods," "A Modern Homer," "Theater of the World," "The Death Ray," "Unknown Earth," and "The Eternal Return." The ODYSSEY exhibition considers "The U Ray"'s comic strip origin, as well as its genesis from the angle of the myth and the great stories of antiquity, especially Homer's Odyssey.
ISSN:1531-6793