Film and comic books / edited by Ian Gordon, Mark Jancovich, Matthew P. McAllister.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gordon, Ian, 1954-

Jancovich, Mark.

McAllister, Matthew P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic strip characters in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.

Summary:

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 co

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; INCOMPATIBLE VISUAL ONTOLOGIES?: THE PROBLEMATIC ADAPTATION OF DRAWN IMAGES; DICK TRACY: IN PURSUIT OF A COMIC BOOK AESTHETIC; TRANSLATION CREATIVITY AND ALIEN ECON(C)OMICS: FROM HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER TO DARK HORSE COMIC BOOK; WILL THE REAL WOLVERINE PLEASE STAND UP?: MARVEL'S MUTATION FROM MONTHLIES TO MOVIES; WHEN GEN-X MET THE X-MEN: RETEXTUALIZING COMIC BOOK FILM RECEPTION; "WHAM! BAM! THE X-MEN ARE HERE": THE BRITISH BROADSHEET PRESS AND THE X-MEN FILMS AND COMIC; UNBREAKABLE AND THE LIMITS OF TRANSGRESSION; TEEN TRAJECTORIES IN SPIDER-MAN AND GHOST WORLD

IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! NO, IT'S DVD!: SUPERMAN, SMALLVILLE, AND THE PRODUCTION (OF) MELODRAMAAMERICAN SPLENDOR: TRANSLATING COMIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY INTO DRAMA-DOCUMENTARY; EL SANTO: THE CASE OF A MEXICAN MULTIMEDIA HERO; FROM BLOCKBUSTER TO FLOP?: THE APPARENT FAILURE (OR POSSIBLE TRANSCENDENCE) OF RALF KÖNIG'S QUEER COMICS AESTHETIC IN MAYBE . . . MAYBE NOT AND KILLER CONDOM; OLD MALAY HEROES NEVER DIE: THE STORY OF HANG TUAH IN FILMS AND COMICS; ENKI BILAL'S INTERMEDIAL FANTASIES: FROM COMIC BOOK NIKOPOL TRILOGY TO FILM IMMORTALS (AD VITAM); NOTES; REFERENCES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C

DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-315) and index.

ISBN:

1-62103-340-6

1-283-43472-5

9786613434722

1-60473-809-X

OCLC:

774384936