Comics and Pop Culture: Adaptation from Panel to Frame

COMICS AND POP CULTURE: ADAPTATION FROM PANEL TO FRAME, edited by Barry Keith Grant and Scott Henderson, softcover, stated first edition, illustrated, 2019. BOOK CONDITION: fine. The text block is in fine condition with no tears, marks, or dog-ears. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in near fine condition. 9 x 6, 330 pages, 19 ounces. XX [From the back cover] " Comics and Pop Culture tackles one of the most topical issues in media studies today: the relationship of film, comic books, and other graphic arts. The collection considers this vital nexus from a multitude of angles, looking not only at movies derived from comics but also at graphic adaptations of film and at works conceived simultaneously for the screen and the page. For scholars working in both film and graphic arts, this volume will undoubtedly be an important collection." (Donna Kornhaber, University of Texas at Austin, Author of Wes Anderson: Collector's Cinema.) It is hard to discuss the current film industry without acknowledging the impact of comic book adaptations, especially considering the blockbuster success of recent superhero movies. Yet transmedial adaptations are part of an evolution that can be traced to the turn of the last century, when comic strips such as "Little Nemo in Slumberland" and "Felix the Cat" were animated for the silver screen. Representing diverse academic fields, including technoculture, film studies, theater, feminist studies, popular culture, and queer studies, COMICS AND POP CULTURE presents more than a dozen perspectives on this rich history and the effects of such adaptations. Examining current debates and the questions raised by comics adaptations, including those around authorship, style, and textual fidelity, the contributors consider the topic from an array of approaches that take into account representations of sexuality, gender, and race as well as concepts of world-building and cultural appropriation in comics from Modesty Blaise to Black Panther. The result is a fascinating re-imagination of the texts that continue to push the boundaries of panel, frame, and popular culture. …