{"id":8999,"date":"2026-07-16T20:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intelsiberia.ru\/?page_id=8999"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:33:49","slug":"nae-99","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/intelsiberia.ru\/en\/nae-99\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abSupergods\u00bb: how creators of comic books comprehend superhero archetypes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOI:10.31806\/2542-1158-2020-4-3-100-110<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0423\u0414\u041a 7.011.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00abSupergods\u00bb: how creators of comic books comprehend superhero archetypes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pashova Elina Vital\u2019evna<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Siberian Federal University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract.<\/strong> In the 1930s, superhero \u2013 a character endowed with extraordinary, fantastic abilities, committing socially significant actions for the common good of mankind \u2013 was first introduced to viewer-reader. After 1938 and the first appearance of Superman, the concept of a superhero has become the most famous genre trend in comics and graphic novels, it reaches the whole world through American publications, goes into the formats of cinema, animation and video games, returns lost ground after each fall. But what makes superheroes so popular? A British writer, screenwriter and comic creator Grant Morrison in his book \u201cSupergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human\u201d, first published in English in 2011 and first translated into Russian in 2020, comprehends and analyzes the history of comics and his own biography in an attempt to explore the modern myth of the superhero. This article is a detailed review of the theoretical work of Grant Morrison, aimed not only at the description, but also at understanding the information contained in this work. As a result, it is concluded that the book \u201cSupergods\u201d is a work of both superheroes and people, because through the creation and perception of superhero stories, people comprehend themselves, their own history and the world around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> philosophy of art, role models, superheroes, comics, graphic novels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For citation:<\/strong> \u041f\u0430\u0448\u043e\u0432\u0430, \u042d. \u0412. &#8220;\u0421\u0443\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0431\u043e\u0433\u0438&#8221;: \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0441\u043e\u0432 \u043e\u0441\u043c\u044b\u0441\u043b\u044f\u044e\u0442 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043f\u044b \u0441\u0443\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0435\u0432 \/ \u042d. \u0412. \u041f\u0430\u0448\u043e\u0432\u0430 \/\/ \u0421\u0435\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0410\u0440\u0445\u0438\u0432\u044b \u0438 \u042d\u043a\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0438\u0438. \u2013 2020. \u2013 \u0422. 4, \u2116 3. \u2013 \u0421. 100-110. \u2013 DOI 10.31806\/2542-1158-2020-4-3-100-110. \u2013 EDN LFNHAG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>References<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. &nbsp;\u041a\u0440\u043e\u0443\u043b\u0438 \u0410. \u041a\u043d\u0438\u0433\u0430 \u0417\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0430. \u041a\u043d\u0438\u0433\u0430&nbsp;\u041b\u0436\u0435\u0439. \u041f\u0435\u043d\u0437\u0430: \u0410\u043b\u043c\u0430\u0437\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0446\u0435, 2009. 300 \u0441., &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. &nbsp;\u041c\u043e\u0440\u0440\u0438\u0441\u043e\u043d \u0413.&nbsp;\u0421\u0443\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0431\u043e\u0433\u0438: \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0433\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0438 \u0432 \u043c\u0430\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0445, \u0443\u0434\u0438\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043c\u0443\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0442\u044b \u0438 \u0411\u043e\u0433 \u0421\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0430 \u0438\u0437 \u0421\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0432\u0438\u043b\u044f \u0443\u0447\u0430\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u043b\u044e\u0434\u044c\u043c\u0438. \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u0430:&nbsp;\u041a\u043e\u041b\u0438\u0431\u0440\u0438, \u0410\u0437\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0430-\u0410\u0442\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0443\u0441, 2020. &#8211; 576 \u0441., &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. &nbsp;\u041c\u0443\u0440 \u0410. \u0425\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438. \u0410\u0431\u0441\u043e\u043b\u044e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0438\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435. \u0421\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0442-\u041f\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0443\u0440\u0433: \u0410\u0437\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0430 \u0421\u041f\u0431, 2014. &#8211; 528 \u0441.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. &nbsp;Hiatt&nbsp;B. 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