"Quick Takes, Movie Comics, Wonder Woman, Watchmen and Archie" by Boyce MClain— Collectors' Corner"This is a well-researched, delightful book to read. It will appeal to general audiences as well as upper-division classes in media history."— H-Net"Blair Davis's Comic Book Movies combines academic insight with the expertise of a lifelong fan. He writes with clarity, energy, and enthusiasm, condensing debates about politics and aesthetics into an accessible guide that both explains what a comic book movie is, and questions what we think we know about this most popular of contemporary genres."— Will Brooker, author of Batman Unmasked and Hunting the Dark Knight"Blair Davis challenges the notion of 'the comic book movie' as a label that shuts down rather than opens up discussion of films derived from comic book sources. His book successfully argues for other ways of seeing these films."— Ian Gordon, author of Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon"Blair Davis's Comic Book Movies combines academic insight with the expertise of a lifelong fan. He writes with clarity, energy, and enthusiasm, condensing debates about politics and aesthetics into an accessible guide that both explains what a comic book movie is, and questions what we think we know about this most popular of contemporary genres."— Will Brooker, author of Batman Unmasked and Hunting the Dark Knight"Blair Davis challenges the notion of 'the comic book movie' as a label that shuts down rather than opens up discussion of films derived from comic book sources. His book successfully argues for other ways of seeing these films."— Ian Gordon, author of Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon"Quick Takes, Movie Comics, Wonder Woman, Watchmen and Archie" by Boyce MClain— Collectors' Corner"This is a well-researched, delightful book to read. It will appeal to general audiences as well as upper-division classes in media history."— H-Net"Blair Davis's Comic Book Movies combines academic insight with the expertise of a lifelong fan. He writes with clarity, energy, and enthusiasm, condensing debates about politics and aesthetics into an accessible guide that both explains what a comic book movie is, and questions what we think we know about this most popular of contemporary genres."— Will Brooker, author of Batman Unmasked and Hunting the Dark Knight"Quick Takes, Movie Comics, Wonder Woman, Watchmen and Archie" by Boyce MClain— Collectors' Corner"This is a well-researched, delightful book to read. It will appeal to general audiences as well as upper-division classes in media history."— H-Net"Blair Davis challenges the notion of 'the comic book movie' as a label that shuts down rather than opens up discussion of films derived from comic book sources. His book successfully argues for other ways of seeing these films."— Ian Gordon, author of Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon"Blair Davis's Comic Book Movies combines academic insight with the expertise of a lifelong fan. He writes with clarity, energy, and enthusiasm, condensing debates about politics and aesthetics into an accessible guide that both explains what a comic book movie is, and questions what we think we know about this most popular of contemporary genres."— Will Brooker, author of Batman Unmasked and Hunting the Dark Knight"Blair Davis challenges the notion of 'the comic book movie' as a label that shuts down rather than opens up discussion of films derived from comic book sources. His book successfully argues for other ways of seeing these films."— Ian Gordon, author of Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon"Quick Takes, Movie Comics, Wonder Woman, Watchmen and Archie" by Boyce MClain— Collectors' Corner"This is a well-researched, delightful book to read. It will appeal to general audiences as well as upper-division classes in media history."— H-Net
