Book description
The superheroes are back! Since the 1970s, the film world has found
inspiration in comic books and graphic novels. These days no summer is
complete without a major blockbuster movie based on a comic:
Superman
, Batman
, Spider-Man
, X-Men
, Men in Black
, Daredevil
, and The Hulk
. Modern special effects have made large-scale superhero epics possible,
but the diversity of the comics being published has made for a wide
variety of subjects, as evidenced by Ghost World
, From Hell
, Akira
and Road to Perdition
. This book looks in detail at twenty key titles, covering every step of
the development from comic book panel to feature film frame. Includes
interviews with key creative artists about the evolution of the films
from the original comics, and speculates about future films. Hughes
knows his subject inside out ...makes you want to rush out and revisit
each of these movies right away Empire David Hughes is the author of
two other Virgin Film titles: Kubrick
and Lynch
, as well as The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made
and The Illustrated Farscape Companion.
He has written for, among others, the Guardian
, Empire
, GQ
, The Face
and SFX
.
