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This is a book about the comics genre and language, how these were used to create Batman, and how that character's longevity is largely due to the medium's unique formal qualities. It argues that Batman's core appeal is his mythic nature which allows him to transcend changes in reader tastes, the vicissitudes of the comics industry, and the changing media landscape. While including some historical elements, it is mostly a study of how the formal aspects of comics are able to evoke uniquely mythic qualities that have made Batman such a long-lived cultural phenomenon and how efforts to adapt these qualities into other media, particularly live-action feature films, have succeeded or failed based on the strategies employed.
The book sheds light both on comics as a medium and art form with its own language, syntax and codes and on the process of adaptation - a growing area of study, given Hollywood's continuing interest in working with the comics superheroes.
The book sheds light both on comics as a medium and art form with its own language, syntax and codes and on the process of adaptation - a growing area of study, given Hollywood's continuing interest in working with the comics superheroes.
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Review:
"A welcome addition...excellent...will encourage both renewed thinking and healthy debate among its readers"--Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics; "valuable"--sunnewsmiami.com.
About the Author:
Alex Wainer is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He lives in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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- PublisherNot Avail
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1476615055
- ISBN 13 9781476615059
- BindingUnknown Binding
- Number of pages209
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