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"Adenventure of the Fantastic Arcman: Piranesi" by Stefan Maier Bernadette Hofer
  

He rose into space, a pillar into the sky,
vaults for eternity, black shadows passing by.
This is the story of Dilli City’s Arcman...
who he is and how he came to be.
“When is a man a city? When it’s Batman or when it’s Gotham. I’d take either answer.” – The Riddler
Is there a correlation between actor and the space he acts in? Is identity shaped by space or is space shaped by identity? Or even both?
It is the 1986 Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns that highlights the inseparable connection between Batman and his city. It resembles a circular connection, in that one is always creating and perpetuating the other. What Comic book heroes show us, is how the character and it’s built environment correspond to each other. So, what defines the architecture of our comic heroes? Which role does it take? Superhero or supervillain?

Adenventure of the Fantastic Arcman: Piranesi

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