{"product_id":"9781573567701","title":"May Contain Graphic Material: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the first \u003ci\u003eSuperman\u003c\/i\u003e film came to the screen in 1978, films adapted from comics have become increasingly important as a film form. But 1978 was also important because it was the year of release for Will Eisner's \u003ci\u003eA Contract with God, and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, generally credited as the first long-form comic book to label itself a graphic novel. Since that time, advances in computer-generated special effects have significantly improved the ability of film to capture the style and action of comics, producing such hugely successful films as \u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and \u003ci\u003eSpider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). Meanwhile, the genre of the graphic novel has greatly evolved as a form—especially through the works of people like Frank Miller and Alan Moore—taking comics in dramatically new and different directions, generally darker and more serious than conventional comics. Graphic novels have also formed the basis for less visually spectacular, but intelligent and thoughtful films such as \u003ci\u003eGhost World\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Splendor\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). Booker surveys this important development in film history, tracking the movement to a more mature style in comics, and then a more mature style in films \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e comics. He focuses on detailed discussions of 15 major films or franchises, but also considers the general impact of graphic novels on the style and content of American film in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eBatman\u003c\/i\u003e franchise, especially in the 1989 film and in 2005's \u003ci\u003eBatman Begins\u003c\/i\u003e, has provided adaptations of a classic comic-book motif inflected through the \u003ci\u003eDark Knight\u003c\/i\u003e graphic novels of Frank Miller. The marriage of new film technology and the development of the genre of the graphic novel has produced a number of important innovations in film, including such breakthrough efforts in visual art as \u003ci\u003eThe Crow\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and \u003ci\u003eSin City\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). Films such as \u003ci\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and \u003ci\u003eA History of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) have provided interesting adaptations of noirish graphic novels that rely somewhat less on visual style to achieve their effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ABC-CLIO, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150164246768,"sku":"9781573567701","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781573567701_p0.jpg?v=1763781700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781573567701","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}