{"product_id":"comics-and-pop-culture-9781477319390","title":"Comics and Pop Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis engaging collection explores the multi-media intersections of comics, film, television, and popular culture over the last century, ranging from Felix the Cat to Black Panther.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an indispensable contribution to scholarship on comic books, film, and the synergetic nature of adaptation.\" * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\"A rich group of essays that represent diverse academic fields, including technoculture, film studies, theater, feminist studies, popular culture, and queer studies.\" * New Books in Film *\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eComics and Pop Culture\u003c\/i\u003e’s] 19 contributors deftly sidestep the ‘Are superhero movies cinema?’ debate – which usually leads to pointless semantic hair-splitting – and instead focus on diverse examples (from \u003ci\u003eAmerican Splendor\u003c\/i\u003e, to \u003ci\u003eModesty Blaise\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScott Pilgrim\u003c\/i\u003e) to illustrate the two mediums’ complex intersections.\" * Film International *\u003cbr\u003e\"Grant and Henderson have collected a fascinating and novel group of essays that challenge conventional notions of adaptation and raise interesting questions for the future of adaptation studies...The variety of subject matter makes this a wonderful read for those interested in comics, film, pop culture, or adaptation theory.\" * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eComics and Pop Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is an unapologetic celebration of the historical, cultural, and processual affect of comics and film by academics who are fans of the subjects of which they write…it provides a wonderful start to a conversation that other scholars may pick up to investigate in other ways. In that aspect, it proves itself to be a valuable resource for the ongoing scholarship around the things we love to study: comics, film, and pop culture.\" * Popular Culture Studies Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction (Barry Keith Grant and Scott Henderson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One. Issues and Debates \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Crossroads of Infinity, or Universum Incognitum (Scott Bukatman)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Adaptation to Extension: A History of Comics Adapting Films, 1976–2015 (Blair Davis)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake the Movie Home! How the Comic Book Tie-In Anticipated Transmedia Production (Liam Burke)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManga, Anime, Adaptation: Economic Strategies, Aesthetic Specificities, Social Issues (Chris Reyns-Chikuma)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre and Superhero Cinema (Aaron Taylor)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDestroying the Rainbow Bridge: Representations of Heterosexuality in Marvel Superhero Narratives (Miriam Kent)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMutatis Mutandis: Constructing Fidelity in the Comic Book Film Adaptation (Jason Rothery and Benjamin Woo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“We Roller Coaster Through . . .”: Screenwriting, Narrative Economy, and the Inscription of the Haptic in Tentpole Comic Book Movies (Julian Hoxter)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdaptation and Seriality: Comic Book to Television Series Adaptations (Sherryl Vint)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two. Panels and Frames \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelix in—and out of—Space (J. P. Telotte)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Comic Book Life\/Style: World Building in American Splendor (Matt Yockey)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Extraordinary Career of Modesty Blaise (James Chapman)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthenticity and Judge Dredd on Film (J. Mark Percival)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCGI as Adaptation Strategy: Can a Digitally Constructed Spider-Man Do Whatever a Hand-Drawn Spider-Man Can? (James C. Taylor)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Texts: Adaptation, Form, and Transmedia Co-creation (John Bodner)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransmedia Adaptation and Writing in the Margins: A Graphic Expansion of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (Aviva Briefel)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgency and Intertextuality: Tank Girl, Subcultural Aesthetics, and the Strong Female Protagonist (Scott Henderson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Panther: Aspiration, Identification, and Appropriation (Jeffrey A. Brown)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51535173910871,"sku":"9781477319390","price":34.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477319390.jpg?v=1755859622","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/comics-and-pop-culture-9781477319390","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}