Comic books incorporated : how the business of comics became the business of Hollywood /

"Comic Books Incorporated tells the story of the US comic book business, reframing the history of the medium through an industrial and transmedial lens. Comic books wielded their influence from the margins and in-between spaces of the entertainment business for half a century before moving to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kidman, Shawna, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Temas:
1900-1999
Motion pictures and comic books > United States > History > 20th century.
Comic books, strips, etc. > United States > History > 20th century.
Cinéma et bandes dessinées > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
ART > Techniques > Drawing.
PERFORMING ARTS > Business Aspects.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Motion pictures and comic books.
United States.
1930s.
america.
business models.
comic books business.
corporate takeovers.
entertainment business.
financial transformations.
history of comic books.
hollywood.
industrial.
influence.
mainstream film.
mainstream television.
market crashes.
mass medium.
niche art.
production.
revisionist history.
trans medial lens.
united states.
upheavals in distribution.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : an unruly medium
  • Incorporating comics : a brief transmedia history of the U.S. comic book industry
  • Comic book crisis : public relations, regulation, and distribution in the 1950s
  • Superman origins : authorship, creative labor, and copyright in the 1960s/1970s
  • Tales of the comic book cult : quality demographics and insider fans in the 1970s/1980s
  • Mutant risk : speculation and comic book films in the 1990s/2000s
  • Epilogue : a powerful medium
  • Appendix A : comic book adaptations for film and television
  • Appendix B : comic book film adaptations, 1955-2010.

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