The historians and the comics

Abstract

The review highlights the book História e Quadrinhos: Contribuições ao Ensino e à Pesquisa (2021), organized by Victor Callari and Márcio dos Santos Rodrigues, an essential work for examining comics as academic and pedagogical sources. Divided between research and teaching, the book draws attention to more contextualized approaches, questions the idea of pioneering and the concept of a "reflection of reality," and advocates for rigorous theoretical analysis, especially in educational use, to avoid historical simplifications.