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This collection of essays explores the developing relationship between superheroes and various forms of media, examining how the superhero genre, which was once limited primarily to a single medium (comic books/graphic novels) has been developed into video games, digital comics, films, Internet criticism, novelizations, television programs, the fanboy phenomenon, and many other forms of media.
List of contents
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
About the author
Edited by James N. Gilmore and Matthias Stork
Summary
This collection of essays explores the developing relationship between superheroes and various forms of media, examining how the superhero genre, which was once limited primarily to a single medium (comic books/graphic novels) has been developed into video games, digital comics, films, Internet criticism, novelizations, television programs, the fanboy phenomenon, and many other forms of media.
