Comic book movies / Blair Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Blair, 1975- author.

Series:

Quick takes.

Quick takes: movies and popular culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Superhero films--History and criticism.

Superhero films.

Comic strip characters in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Comic Book Movies explores how this genre serves as a source for modern-day myths, sometimes even incorporating ancient mythic figures like Thor and Wonder Woman's Amazons, while engaging with the questions that haunt a post-9/11 world: How do we define heroism and morality today? How far are we willing to go when fighting terror? How can we resist a dystopian state? Film scholar Blair Davis also considers how the genre's visual style is equally important as its weighty themes, and he details how advances in digital effects have allowed filmmakers to incorporate elements of comic book art in innovative ways. As he reveals, comic book movies have inspired just as many innovations to Hollywood's business model, with film franchises and transmedia storytelling helping to ensure that the genre will continue its reign over popular culture for years to come.

Contents:

Introduction

Genre

Myth

Politics

Style.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813588780

0813588782

9780813588797

0813588790

OCLC:

1019837379