Comic book movies

by Davis, Blair

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Title Statements

Full title :Comic book movies / Blair Davis.

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."--Provided by publisher

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Rutgers University Press
Place of Publication:New Brunswick
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 138 pages ; : 18 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780813590097, 0813590094, 9780813588773, 0813588774
oclc:on1004252843
LC Classification:PN1995.9.S76
Dewey Decimal:791.43/652

Introduction -- Genre -- Myth -- Politics -- Style.

Subjects

Adaptations cinématographiques ART -- Popular Culture Bibel, Philemonbrief Comic Comic strip characters in motion pictur… Criticism, interpretation, etc Film adaptations Films de superhéros -- Histoire et crit… Graphic Novel Performing Arts -- Animation PERFORMING ARTS / Film SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture Superheld Superhero films Superhero films -- History and criticism USA Verfilmung