num_pages: 304
description: 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. Essays from 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
language: English
title: Film and Comic Books
titlecomplete: Film and Comic Books
genres: Film
ratings_count: 24
publisher: University Press of Mississippi