Superhero synergies : comic book characters go digital / edited by James N. Gilmore and Matthias Stork.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gilmore, James, 1989- (Editor)
Stork, Matthias, 1986- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > Technological innovations.
Superheroes.
Superhero films > History and criticism.
Superhero television programs > History and criticism.
Motion pictures and comic books.
Comic book fans.
Superhero comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:xii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword: The industrial and economic history of the superhero blockbuster / Drew Morton
  • Introduction: Heroes, converge! / James N. Gilmore and Matthias Stork
  • Will you like me when I'm angry?: discourses of the digital in Hulk and The Incredible Hulk / James N. Gilmore
  • Secret origins: melodrama and the digital in Ang Lee's Hulk / Matt Yockey
  • Fantastic views: superheroes, visual perception, and digital perspective / Lisa Gotto
  • From motion line to motion blur: the integration of digital coloring in the superhero comic book / M.J. Clarke
  • Assembling the Avengers: reframing the superhero movie through Marvel's cinematic universe / Matthias Stork
  • From scientific romance to Disney superhero: genre fluidity and the marketing of John Carter / Andrew James Myers
  • The cult of Comic-Con and the spectacle of superhero marketing / Kevin McDonald
  • The dark knight levels up: Batman: Arkham Asylum and the convergent superhero franchise / Justin Mack
  • The fears of a superhero: Batman Begins and Batman: Arkham Asylum / Benjamin Beil
  • "I am Catwoman, hear me roar": gender between flim and video game / Martin Hennig
  • Melodrama, romance, and the celebrity of superheroes / Ben Grisanti
  • In franchise: narrative coherence, alternates, and the multiverse in X-Men / Russell Backman
  • Spectacular superheroes on stage: theatre's unique contribution(s) to Batman's transmedia story / Mathias P. Bremgartner
  • Afterword: When story worlds collide: Superhero movies and transmedia patchworks / Andreas Rauscher.