Film and Comic Books

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Ian Gordon, Mark Jancovich, Matthew P. McAllister
Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2010 M01 6 - 304 páginas
Contributions by Timothy P. Barnard, Michael Cohen, Rayna Denison, Martin Flanagan, Sophie Geoffroy-Menoux, Mel Gibson, Kerry Gough, Jonathan Gray, Craig Hight, Derek Johnson, Pascal Lefevre, Paul M. Malone, Neil Rae, Aldo J. Regalado, Jan van der Putten, and David Wilt

In Film and Comic Books contributors analyze the problems of adapting one medium to another; the translation of comics aesthetics into film; audience expectations, reception, and reaction to comic book-based films; and the adaptation of films into comics.

A wide range of comic/film adaptations are explored, including superheroes (Spider-Man), comic strips (Dick Tracy), realist and autobiographical comics (American Splendor; Ghost World), and photo-montage comics (Mexico's El Santo).

Essayists discuss films beginning with the 1978 Superman. That success led filmmakers to adapt a multitude of comic books for the screen including Marvel's Uncanny X-Men, the Amazing Spider-Man, Blade, and the Incredible Hulk as well as alternative graphic novels such as From Hell, V for Vendetta, and Road to Perdition.

Essayists also discuss recent works from Mexico, France, Germany, and Malaysia.

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DICK TRACY
10
TRANSLATION CREATIVITY AND ALIEN ECONCOMICS
34
WILL THE REAL WOLVERINE PLEASE STAND UP?
61
WHEN GENX MET THE XMEN
83
WHAM BAM THE XMEN ARE HERE
98
UNBREAKABLE AND THE LIMITS OF TRANSGRESSION
113
TEEN TRAJECTORIES IN SPIDERMAN AND GHOST WORLD
134
ITS A BIRD ITS A PLANE NO ITS DVD
157
EL SANTO
196
FROM BLOCKBUSTER TO FLOP?
218
OLD MALAY HEROES NEVER DIE
243
ENKI BILALS INTERMEDIAL FANTASIES
265
NOTES
282
REFERENCES
294
CONTRIBUTORS
314
INDEX
318

AMERICAN SPLENDOR
177

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Ian Gordon has taught history and media studies for many years at the National University of Singapore. His publications include Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon, Ben Katchor: Conversations, and The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life, the latter two published by University Press of Mississippi. Mark Jancovich is professor of film and television studies at the University of East Anglia. Matthew P. McAllister is associate professor of film, video, and media studies at Pennsylvania State University.

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