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"""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--Will Brooker 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. --Will Brooker 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

Quick Takes, Movie Comics, Wonder Woman, Watchmen and Archie by Boyce MClain

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 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

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BLAIR DAVIS is an associate professor of media and cinema studies at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of several books, including Movie Comics: Page to Screen/Screen to Page (Rutgers University Press). 

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