The Comics Come Alive: A Guide to Comic-Strip Characters in Live-Action Productions FROM THE PUBLISHER
A comprehensive history of the various theatrical films and television shows adapted from the plethora of comic strips and comic books Americans have loved for most of the century—from Archie, Barbarella, Batman, and Blondie, to The Vigilante and Wonder Woman, and everyone in between, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The author provides extensive cast and credit information on every film and television adaptation of comic strips in which the characters have been portrayed by live performers. Hundreds of entries for some 90 characters are arranged in alphabetical order by comic strip title, with brief historical backgrounds, critiques, background information on the various movie and TV versions, and vintage photos.
Author Biography: Roy Kinnard, a free-lance writer based in Chicago, has published articles in Films in Review, Classic Images, and Fangoria. His previous books for Scarecrow Press include Fifty Years of Serial Thrills and Beasts and Behemoths: Prehistoric Creatures in the Movies. He is author (with Tim Davis) of Jesus Christ in the Movies (forthcoming from Citadel Press).
FROM THE CRITICS
Movie Collector's World
...a treasure trove of information.... the most in-depth revelation of an art-to-film transformation to appear on bookshelves..
Past Times
...deals intelligently with this small sub-genre of motion pictures; the introduction provides a brief but fascinating history of the comic strip's evolution....
Booknews
Cast and credit information is provided for the films and television shows in which characters from comic books and strips are portrayed by live actors. Includes Archie, Barbarella, Batman, Blondie, Dennis the Menace, Peanuts, Popeye, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and others. No bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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