Newswise — Daily, throughout the month of May (and finishing with a final exam), you can take a course titled The Comic Book Film which deals with the history of film adaptations of comic books.
David Annandale in the department of English, film and theatre is teaching the class. He writes for movie magazines and is an expert on films and popular culture.
He explains: “Over the course of the last decade or so, the number of comic-based films that are both good movies and respectful adaptations has skyrocketed. I thought the time had come to take a closer look at a phenomenon that is becoming more and more important, both artistically and commercially.”
This summer is a good one for comic book movie fans, with such films as Thor, Captain America, X-Men and Green Lantern all opening during the next few months. But Annandale is cautious.
He notes: “My feelings for this summer's crop vary from curiosity to unease. Green Lantern and Captain America are great characters, and the preview for the former certainly seems to promise grand space opera, but we'll see.”
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