Nusantara Visual Style in Cover of Sangkuriang Comic Media Works R.A Kosasih

Abstract

Abstract— Sangkuriang who fell in love with his own mother is one of the folklore figure in Sundanese. This story has romantic story elements. It is much raised and presented through documentaries, cartoons, movie and comics. The various visual styles that was presented in Indonesian folklore stories are much influenced by the American and Japan visual styles. This study analyzed specifically on the visual style of the comic cover by R.A Kosasih. This study used qualitatively descriptive analysis. It discussed the visual style was presented by R.A Kosasih, and then was analyzed through illustration style. The results of this study indicated that visual styles used by R.A Kosasih referred to American visual style, and this study is useful to keep the Indonesia local culture..

Keywords— Sangkuriang, Visual Style, Comics