A Brief History Of Comic Book Movies

Author : Wheeler Winston Dixon,Richard Graham
Publisher : Springer
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319471846

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A Brief History of Comic Book Movies by Wheeler Winston Dixon,Richard Graham Pdf

A Brief History of Comic Book Movies traces the meteoric rise of the hybrid art form of the comic book film. These films trace their origins back to the early 1940s, when the first Batman and Superman serials were made. The serials, and later television shows in the 1950s and 60s, were for the most part designed for children. But today, with the continuing rise of Comic-Con, they seem to be more a part of the mainstream than ever, appealing to adults as well as younger fans. This book examines comic book movies from the past and present, exploring how these films shaped American culture from the post-World War II era to the present day, and how they adapted to the changing tastes and mores of succeeding generations.

Author : David Hughes
Publisher : Random House
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781448132799

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Comic Book Movies - Virgin Film by David Hughes Pdf

The superheroes are back! Since the 1970s, the film world has found inspiration in comic books and graphic novels. These days no summer is complete without a major blockbuster movie based on a comic: Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, Men in Black, Daredevil, and The Hulk. Modern special effects have made large-scale superhero epics possible, but the diversity of the comics being published has made for a wide variety of subjects, as evidenced by Ghost World, From Hell, Akira and Road to Perdition. This book looks in detail at twenty key titles, covering every step of the development from comic book panel to feature film frame. Includes interviews with key creative artists about the evolution of the films from the original comics, and speculates about future films.

Author : Blair Davis
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780813588797

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Comic Book Movies by Blair Davis Pdf

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.

Author : Brian J. Robb
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781472110701

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A Brief History of Superheroes by Brian J. Robb Pdf

A fascinating written exploration of the superhero phenomenon, from its beginnings in the depths of Great Depression to the blockbuster movies of today. For over 90 years, superheroes have been interrogated, deconstructed, and reinvented. In this wide-ranging study, Robb looks at the diverse characters, their creators, and the ways in which their creations have been reinvented for successive generations. Inevitably, the focus is on the United States, but the context is international, including an examination of characters developed in India and Japan in reaction to the traditional American hero. Sections examine: the birth of the superhero, including Superman, in 1938; the DC family (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and The Justice Society/League of America), from the 1940s to the 1960s; the superheroes enlistment in the war effort in the 1940s and 50s; their neutering by the Comics Code; the challenge to DC from the Marvel family (The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and The X-Men), from the 1960s to the 1980s; the superhero as complex anti-hero; superheroes deconstructed in the 1980s (The Watchmen and Frank Miller’s Batman), and their politicization; independent comic book creators and new publishers in the 1980s and 90s; superheroes in retreat, and their rebirth at the movies in blockbusters from Batman to Spider-Man and The Avengers.

Author : Helen O'Hara
Publisher : Carlton Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1787392600

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The Ultimate Superhero Movie Guide by Helen O'Hara Pdf

The Ultimate Superhero Movie Guide is a thrilling journey through the history of the world's favourite movie genre.

Author : Randy Duncan,Matthew J. Smith
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780826429360

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The Power of Comics by Randy Duncan,Matthew J. Smith Pdf

Offers undergraduate students with an understanding of the comics medium and its communication potential. This book deals with comic books and graphic novels. It focuses on comic books because in their longer form they have the potential for complexity of expression.

Author : Shirrel Rhoades
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 1433101076

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A Complete History of American Comic Books by Shirrel Rhoades Pdf

This book is an updated history of the American comic book by an industry insider. You'll follow the development of comics from the first appearance of the comic book format in the Platinum Age of the 1930s to the creation of the superhero genre in the Golden Age, to the current period, where comics flourish as graphic novels and blockbuster movies. Along the way you will meet the hustlers, hucksters, hacks, and visionaries who made the American comic book what it is today. It's an exciting journey, filled with mutants, changelings, atomized scientists, gamma-ray accidents, and supernaturally empowered heroes and villains who challenge the imagination and spark the secret identities lurking within us.

Author : Ian Gordon,Mark Jancovich,Matthew P. McAllister
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781628468687

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Film and Comic Books by Ian Gordon,Mark Jancovich,Matthew P. McAllister Pdf

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.

Author : Nancy Pedri
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781496838087

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A Concise Dictionary of Comics by Nancy Pedri Pdf

Written in straightforward, jargon-free language, A Concise Dictionary of Comics guides students, researchers, readers, and educators of all ages and at all levels of comics expertise. It provides them with a dictionary that doubles as a compendium of comics scholarship. A Concise Dictionary of Comics provides clear and informative definitions for each term. It includes twenty-five witty illustrations and pairs most defined terms with references to books, articles, book chapters, and other relevant critical sources. All references are dated and listed in an extensive, up-to-date bibliography of comics scholarship. Each term is also categorized according to type in an index of thematic groupings. This organization serves as a pedagogical aid for teachers and students learning about a specific facet of comics studies and as a research tool for scholars who are unfamiliar with a particular term but know what category it falls into. These features make A Concise Dictionary of Comics especially useful for critics, students, teachers, and researchers, and a vital reference to anyone else who wants to learn more about comics.

Author : Larrie Dudenhoeffer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319579221

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Anatomy of the Superhero Film by Larrie Dudenhoeffer Pdf

This book addresses what a superhero body can do by developing several “x-rays” of the superbody’s sensoria, anatomic structures, internal systems, cellular organizations, and orthotic, chemical, or technological enhancements. In short, these x-rays offer what we might describe as a metamorpho-physiological approach to the superheroes in feature films, theatrical cartoon shorts, and Netflix television series. This approach examines the ways in which the “substance” of superheroes, which includes their masks, costumes, chevrons, weapons, and auras, extends into the diegetic environment of the film, transgressing it, transforming it, and corporealizing it, making it emblematic of the shape, dimensions, contours, and organismic workings of one or more of our major organs, members, orifices, fluids, or cell clusters. Thus the superhero film, as this study claims, works to make us more aware of the mutability, adaptability, modifiability, and virtual capabilities of our own flesh.

Author : Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781800347083

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The Films of Terence Fisher by Wheeler Winston Dixon Pdf

This book traces the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958). Wheeler Winston Dixon covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early work to create a full picture of Fisher's life and work.

Author : Joseph Zornado,Sara Reilly
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030854584

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The Cinematic Superhero as Social Practice by Joseph Zornado,Sara Reilly Pdf

This book analyzes the cinematic superhero as social practice. The study’s critical context brings together psychoanalysis and restorative and reflective nostalgia as a way of understanding the ideological function of superhero fantasy. It explores the origins of cinematic superhero fantasy from antecedents in myth and religion, to twentieth-century comic book, to the cinematic breakthrough with Superman (1978). The authors then focus on Spider-Man as reflective response to Superman’s restorative nostalgia, and read MCU’s overarching narrative from Iron Man to End Game in terms of the concurrent social, political, and environmental conditions as a world in crisis. Zornado and Reilly take up Wonder Woman and Black Panther as self-conscious attempts to reflect on gender and race in restorative superhero fantasy, and explore Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy as a meditation on the need for authoritarian fascism. The book concludes with Logan, Wonder Woman 1984, and Amazon Prime’s The Boys as distinctly reflective fantasy narratives critical of the superhero fantasy phenomenon.

Author : Benny Potter,Dan Rumbles,Jason King,Chris Stuckmann
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781633533424

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The Rise of Comic Book Movies by Benny Potter,Dan Rumbles,Jason King,Chris Stuckmann Pdf

From the masterminds behind YouTube’s Comicstorian: “Tremendous insight and unique perspectives that any comic fan, new or old, will enjoy.” —Rob Jefferson of Comics Explained It’s the Golden Age of comic book movies, with blockbuster after blockbuster starring larger-than-life characters—Thor, Superman, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, and of course, baddies like Loki, The Joker, and Lex Luthor. When it comes to superheroes of the silver screen, nobody knows more than the masterminds behind the wildly popular Comicstorian YouTube channel—and in this guide to comic book films, they divulge behind-the-scenes secrets and the hidden history behind these must-see movies, including how, after very rocky beginnings, they shot to the top with DC and Marvel as two of the most important franchises in the industry. If you love The Hulk, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Iron Man, and are still laughing about Deadpool, look no further. With The Rise of Comic Book Movies, you’ll feel like you’re on the film set, walking the halls of Valhalla, and in your very own Fortress of Solitude with your favorites.

Author : Robert Corn-Revere
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107129948

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The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder by Robert Corn-Revere Pdf

The book explores the importance of free speech in America by telling the stories of its chief antagonists - the censors.

Author : Bill Parker
Publisher : Pop Masterpiece Editions
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 098957590X

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Whiz Comics #2 by Bill Parker Pdf