Comics and Pop Culture : Adaptation from Panel to Frame / edited by Barry Keith Grant and Scott Henderson - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Acknowledgments; Introduction (Barry Keith Grant and Scott Henderson); Part One. Issues and Debates; The Crossroads of Infinity, or Universum Incognitum (Scott Bukatman); From Adaptation to Extension: A History of Comics Adapting Films, 1976-2015 (Blair Davis); Take the Movie Home! How the Comic Book Tie-In Anticipated Transmedia Production (Liam Burke); Manga, Anime, Adaptation: Economic Strategies, Aesthetic Specificities, Social Issues (Chris Reyns-Chikuma); Genre and Superhero Cinema (Aaron Taylor) Destroying the Rainbow Bridge: Representations of Heterosexuality in Marvel Superhero Narratives (Miriam Kent); Mutatis Mutandis: Constructing Fidelity in the Comic Book Film Adaptation (Jason Rothery and Benjamin Woo); "We Roller Coaster Through . . .": Screenwriting, Narrative Economy, and the Inscription of the Haptic in Tentpole Comic Book Movies (Julian Hoxter); Adaptation and Seriality: Comic Book to Television Series Adaptations (Sherryl Vint); Part Two. Panels and Frames; Felix in-and out of-Space (J.P. Telotte) A Comic Book Life/Style: World Building in American Splendor (Matt Yockey); The Extraordinary Career of Modesty Blaise (James Chapman); Authenticity and Judge Dredd on Film (J. Mark Percival); CGI as Adaptation Strategy: Can a Digitally Constructed Spider-Man Do Whatever a Hand-Drawn Spider-Man Can? (James C. Taylor); Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Texts: Adaptation, Form, and Transmedia Co-creation (John Bodner); Transmedia Adaptation and Writing in the Margins: A Graphic Expansion of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (Aviva Briefel) Agency and Intertextuality: Tank Girl, Subcultural Aesthetics, and the Strong Female Protagonist (Scott Henderson); Black Panther: Aspiration, Identification, and Appropriation (Jeffrey A. Brown); Contributors; Index



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Film adaptations--History and criticism.
Comic strip characters in motion pictures.
Comic strip characters on television.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Film adaptations.
Motion pictures and comic books.
Mass media and culture.


Electronic Books.

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