Superhero Synergies
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3211-2 (ISBN)
Superhero Synergies: Comic Book Characters Go Digital explores this developing relationship between superheroes and various forms of media, examining how the superhero genre, which was once limited primarily to a single medium, has been developed into so many more. Essays in this volume engage with several of the most iconic heroes—including Batman, Hulk, and Iron Man—through a variety of academic disciplines such as industry studies, gender studies, and aesthetic analysis to develop an expansive view of the genre’s potency. The contributors to this volume engage cinema, comics, video games, and even live stage shows to instill readers with new ways of looking at, thinking about, and experiencing some of contemporary media’s most popular texts.
This unique approach to the examination of digital media and superhero studies provides new and valuable readings of well-known texts and practices. Intended for both academics and fans of the superhero genre, this anthology introduces the innovative and growing synergy between traditional comic books and digital media.
James N. Gilmore is a graduate student in the Cinema and Media Studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Matthias Stork is a graduate student in the Cinema and Media Studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles. His work has appeared in Frames Cinema Journal, Mediascape, and Media Fields Journal, as well as several anthologies.
Foreword: The Industrial and Economic History of the Superhero Blockbuster, Drew Morton
Introduction: Heroes, Converge!, James N. Gilmore and Matthias Stork
Chapter 1: Will You Like Me When I’m Angry? Discourse of the Digital in Hulk and The Incredible Hulk, James N. Gilmore
Chapter 2: Secret Origins: Melodrama and the Digital in Hulk, Matt Yockey
Chapter 3: Fantastic Views: Superheroes, Visual Perception, and Digital Perspective, Lisa Gotto
Chapter 4: From Motion Line to Motion Blur: The Integration of Digital Coloring in the Superhero Comic Book. M.J. Clarke
Chapter 5: Assembling the Avengers: Re-Framing the Superhero Movie through Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, Matthias Stork
Chapter 6: From Scientific Romance to Disney Superhero: Genre Fluidity and the Marketing of John Carter, Andrew Myers
Chapter 7: The Cult of Comic-Con and the Spectacle of Superhero Marketing, Kevin McDonald
Chapter 8: The Dark Knight Levels Up: Batman: Arkham Asylum and the Convergent Superhero Franchise, Justin Mack
Chapter 9: The Fears of a Superhero: Batman Begins and Batman: Arkham Asylum, Benjamin Beil
Chapter 10: “I Am Catwoman, Hear Me Roar”: Gender between Film and Video Game, Martin Hennig
Chapter 11: Melodrama, Romance, and the Celebrity of the Superhero, Benjamin D. Grisanti
Chapter 12: In Franchise: Narrative Coherence and the Multiverse, Russell Backman
Chapter 13: Spectacular Superheroes on Stage: Theatre’s Unique Contribution to Batman’s Transmedia Story, Mathias Bremgartner
Afterword: When Storyworlds Collide: Superhero Movies and Transmedia Patchworks, Andreas Rauscher
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors
About the Editors
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 535 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV | |
| Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Computerspiele | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4422-3211-0 / 1442232110 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4422-3211-2 / 9781442232112 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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