A Comic Book Life/Style: World Building in American Splendor

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE ISSUES AND DEBATES
6. The Crossroads of Infinity, or Universum Incognitum 19
7. From Adaptation to Extension: A History of Comics Adapting Films, 1974–2015 36
8. Take the Movie Home! How the Comic Book Tie-In Anticipated Transmedia Production 49
9. Manga, Anime, Adaptation: Economic Strategies, Aesthetic Specificities, Social Issues 70
10. Genre and Superhero Cinema 92
11. Destroying the Rainbow Bridge: Representations of Heterosexuality in Marvel Superhero Narratives 110
12. Mutatis Mutandis: Constructing Fidelity in the Comic Book Film Adaptation 126
13. “We Roller Coaster Through . . . ” : Screenwriting, Narrative Economy, and the Inscription of the Haptic in Tentpole Comic Book Movies 140
14. Adaptation and Seriality: Comic Book to Television Series Adaptations 151
15. PART TWO PANELS AND FRAMES
16. Felix in—and out of—Space 169
17. A Comic Book Life/Style: World Building in American Splendor 184
18. The Extraordinary Career of Modesty Blaise 199
19. Authenticity and Judge Dredd on Film 214
20. CGI as Adaptation Strategy: Can a Digitally Constructed Spider-Man Do Whatever a Hand-Drawn Spider-Man Can? 232
21. Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Texts: Adaptation, Form, and Transmedia Co-creation 246
22. Transmedia Adaptation and Writing in the Margins: A Graphic Expansion of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead 265
23. Agency and Intertextuality: Tank Girl, Subcultural Aesthetics, and the Strong Female Protagonist 279
24. Black Panther: Aspiration, Identification, and Appropriation 296
25. Contributors 313
26. Index 319