La ciudad de Lima en las historietas de Miguel Det

In this article the comics author and illustrator Miguel Det's vision of the city will be explored, through the analysis of some of his works: the comic book adaptation of the polemic and brilliant essay by sebastián salazar Bondy Lima la horrible (1964), published by Det in 2014, Conversaciones en la ciudad de cartón (2011), inspired by the life and work of the writer Martín Adán and Novísima Corónica y Mal Gobierno (2011). t h e analysis will underline the denunciation nature of the works, which present a divided, chaotic and violent city, contaminated by social disparity, a dystopian scenario that becomes the axis of the narration.