{"product_id":"movie-comics-blair-davis-9780813572253","title":"Movie Comics: Page to Screen\/Screen to Page","description":"As Christopher Nolan's \u003ci\u003eBatman\u003c\/i\u003e films and releases from the Marvel Cinematic Universe have regularly topped the box office charts, fans and critics alike might assume that the \"comic book movie\" is a distinctly twenty-first-century form. Yet adaptations of comics have been an integral part of American cinema from its very inception, with comics characters regularly leaping from the page to the screen and cinematic icons spawning comics of their own. \u003ci\u003eMovie Comics\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to study the long history of both comics-to-film and film-to-comics adaptations, covering everything from silent films starring Happy Hooligan to sound films and serials featuring Dick Tracy and Superman to comic books starring John Wayne, Gene Autry, Bob Hope, Abbott \u0026amp; Costello, Alan Ladd, and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. With a special focus on the Classical Hollywood era, Blair Davis investigates the factors that spurred this media convergence, as the film and comics industries joined forces to expand the reach of their various brands. While analyzing this production history, he also tracks the artistic coevolution of films and comics, considering the many formal elements that each medium adopted and adapted from the other. As it explores our abiding desire to experience the same characters and stories in multiple forms, \u003ci\u003eMovie Comics\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers a new appreciation for the unique qualities of the illustrated page and the cinematic moving image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Blair Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813572258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813572253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.05h x 6.42w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017","brand":"Blair Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829319430399,"sku":"9780813572253","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d4ace7c-0f7d-464a-b648-f7152ac433a1.jpg?v=1708450457","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/movie-comics-blair-davis-9780813572253","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}