Book 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 Lef?vre, Paul M.
Malone, Neil Rae, Aldo J. Regalado, Jan van der Putten, and David
Wilt
Ian Gordon is associate professor of history and convenor of
American studies at the National University of Singapore. 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.