Villain Figure’s Ambivalence in the Comic Gundala: Destiny

In the comics with superhero genre, the reader will see a villain figure as the opponent of superhero. In September 2019, Bumilangit in collaboration with Gramedia Pustaka published the comic Gundala: Destiny as the complementary media adaptation to the movie Gundala: This Country Needs Patriots whi...

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Main Author: Irish Hening
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman 2020-12-01
Series:Jurnal Ilmiah Lingua Idea
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Online Access:http://jos.unsoed.ac.id/index.php/jli/article/view/3451
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description In the comics with superhero genre, the reader will see a villain figure as the opponent of superhero. In September 2019, Bumilangit in collaboration with Gramedia Pustaka published the comic Gundala: Destiny as the complementary media adaptation to the movie Gundala: This Country Needs Patriots which was also published in the same year. This comic presents the figure of Sancaka against Pengkor. Unlike the movie, the main point of narration in the comic is from the perspective of Pengkor as the villain. The comic’s narrative shows the story of Pengkor's childhood until he became a mafia who is feared and respected by many people. With his power, Pengkor has both socially or politically dominance. His power also works with his 10 adopted children as the victims of his subordination. However, Pengkor’s actions to create power over his children were carried out without coercion and repression. In this way, his adopted children obeyed and glorified Pengkor with the nickname 'Father'. By using the structural theory of Tzvetan Todorov and the hegemony of power from Antonio Gramsci, this study aims to dismantle the ambivalent power attitude of Pengkor as the villain figure in the comic Gundala: Destiny.
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spelling doaj.art-d8d92815231241c3887136de27b1c9dd2022-12-22T02:06:00ZengFaculty of Humanities, Universitas Jenderal SoedirmanJurnal Ilmiah Lingua Idea2086-18772580-10662020-12-01112127138https://doi.org/10.20884/1.jli.2020.11.2.3451Villain Figure’s Ambivalence in the Comic Gundala: DestinyIrish Hening0Universitas Indonesia, IndonesiaIn the comics with superhero genre, the reader will see a villain figure as the opponent of superhero. In September 2019, Bumilangit in collaboration with Gramedia Pustaka published the comic Gundala: Destiny as the complementary media adaptation to the movie Gundala: This Country Needs Patriots which was also published in the same year. This comic presents the figure of Sancaka against Pengkor. Unlike the movie, the main point of narration in the comic is from the perspective of Pengkor as the villain. The comic’s narrative shows the story of Pengkor's childhood until he became a mafia who is feared and respected by many people. With his power, Pengkor has both socially or politically dominance. His power also works with his 10 adopted children as the victims of his subordination. However, Pengkor’s actions to create power over his children were carried out without coercion and repression. In this way, his adopted children obeyed and glorified Pengkor with the nickname 'Father'. By using the structural theory of Tzvetan Todorov and the hegemony of power from Antonio Gramsci, this study aims to dismantle the ambivalent power attitude of Pengkor as the villain figure in the comic Gundala: Destiny.http://jos.unsoed.ac.id/index.php/jli/article/view/3451ambivalenceprinted comicdominationhegemonyvillain
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title Villain Figure’s Ambivalence in the Comic Gundala: Destiny
title_full Villain Figure’s Ambivalence in the Comic Gundala: Destiny
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title_full_unstemmed Villain Figure’s Ambivalence in the Comic Gundala: Destiny
title_short Villain Figure’s Ambivalence in the Comic Gundala: Destiny
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url http://jos.unsoed.ac.id/index.php/jli/article/view/3451
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