There always seems to be problems when one changes a narrative from one media to next. Things tend to be different, some things are added and some things are lost. In the world of mange, fans always hope for their favorite characters to be animated. But, everyone has expectations for their story in a new medium. Overall, one thing that… Read more →
Tag: Adaptation
The Reverse Jump: Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Journey from Screen to Graphic Novel
It seems like every fall, at the start of the TV season, there is a new comic book or graphic novel being adapted into yet another ‘superhero’ type TV show. Last fall invokes images of the trailers and the first episodes of The Flash, Gotham, and iZombie, all television programs adapted from DC Comics properties. This fall and winter we… Read more →
To Adapt, or Not to Adapt? That is the Question.
Guardians of the Galaxy, the 2014 summer blockbuster based off of the Marvel Comics superhero team, was the number one movie during its opening weekend. During its run, it tied The Dark Knight as the movie spent at the most weeks at number one for a comic book based movie. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the popular film review aggregator, Guardians of… Read more →
Graphic Novels in the Classroom
In the world of public education, the graphic novel has become increasingly popular with librarians and teachers. In their transition into the mainstream, graphic novels have seen themselves becoming more and more implemented in classrooms, whether it be through formal lesson plans, extra reading material, etc. They provide a variety of topics and are suitable for all students K-12. The novelty of… Read more →
The U.S. Constitution: A Graphic Novel
I, like many American high schoolers, took AP U.S. Government. I don’t know about people at other high schools, but our required summer reading was the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Have you ever tried to actually read the Constitution? If you haven’t and you want to, you can do so here but it’s pretty dry stuff.… Read more →
Casting in Film Adaptations
Film adaptations seem to be arriving in theaters daily. The Avengers, X-Men First Class, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and many more are just the most recent examples. Graphic novels seem to be a hot commodity in Hollywood right now. After all, 2013 is apparently the years of “comic books, remakes, and sequels.” The upcoming film The Amazing Spiderman 2 certainly fits all of those categories.… Read more →
Superman: The Man of Many Failed Adaptations
Superman is not among the group of superheroes that have truly flourished in mediums outside of comic books. He is no recent blockbuster success like Spiderman or Batman, though many attempts over the years have tried and failed at bringing the most recognizable hero in the game to other forms of media. Why has Superman failed where others have succeeded?… Read more →
The Long Way Home: Adaptation from Television to Comics
Plenty has been said by other bloggers of the ways comic books are adapted to the big (and small) screen, but not much has been mentioned about the reverse – when graphic novels are commissioned as either an adaptation or continuation of films or tv shows. This Cracked article has plenty of examples of how film-to-comic adaptation can go wrong,… Read more →
Zach Snyder’s Watchmen: The Triumph of Outstanding Opening Credits
Zack Snyder’s Watchmen adaptation is not up to par with the graphic novel for a variety of reasons. I actually enjoy the film overall, but find it a flawed work with a particularly weak second half. Despite this, through moments of gripping style and a general dedication to the source material, a few of Snyder’s scenes are masterful strokes that… Read more →