COMIC BOOK MOVIES. INSPIRATION, ADAPTATION AND SCREENING

• Authors: Maciej Tomczak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the article is to draw attention to the issue of movies and comic books relationship. Nowadays we can see numerous cinematic versions of graphic novels. Especially what is so called „super hero movies”. Historical development of both movies and comic books was the same. There were several thematic borrow-ings. Also popular culture had significant influence on these media. It is possible among movies and graphic novels to distinguish inspiration, adaptation and screening. Comic book movies are not a new phenomenon. But its character seems a bit morę complicated.

Keywords

EN

movies; comic book; inspiration; adaptation; screening

• Publisher: Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie
• Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 3

Dates

published

2012

online

2013-12-17

Contributors

author

Maciej Tomczak

Identifiers

DOI

10.7494/human.2012.11.3.33