Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood S Leading Genre

by Liam Burke

Book Overview

"By far the most insightful look ever at superheroes in film. It's not about what's been translated from comics to the movies-it's about why it has, how it has, and why it works well enough to produce some of the most popular movies in all of cinema history. There is no better, smarter examination of the relationship between comics and film." -Mark Waid, Eisner Award-winning writer of Kingdom Come and Daredevil "Liam Burke takes the reader on a compelling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628462035
• ISBN13: 9781628462036
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"