The artist believes that her work has reached Netflix after participating in the Gothenburg Book Fair, in Sweden, in 2017. On that occasion, Mary distributed the work to several publishers in the world of comics, including a version translated into English.
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“I’ve cried a lot. My dream has always been to be recognized for my work nationally and internationally. And seeing something like this happen really breaks my heart. We cannot think that just because we are Brazilians, we should accept this type of contempt and indifference. We have countless cases of foreigners copying us, in films, series and music”, he posted on Twitter.
1899 and Black Silence: what are the works about?
A série 1899 da Netflix shows a ship leaving Europe heading for America, full of immigrants of different nationalities, hopeful for a new life in a distant land. On the way, they come across another vessel, which had disappeared months before. As a result, the dream of better times could end up becoming a nightmare.
Yes, Black Silence is a comic book released after crowdfunding and, as the author explains in the first pages of the work, it is a science fiction with drama, suspense and terror, set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future, with a focus on the psychological drama of the characters.
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But is it really plagiarism?
Twitter users were divided. Some agree with the Brazilian cartoonist and reiterate the possibility of plagiarism; On the other hand, there are those who say that they are mere similarities, in addition to pointing out other even older works with the same theme.
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