Tag: Wolverine

• Making Sense of Superheroes: Awareness of superhero genre conventions around the world

  

  Report by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Roskilde University (March 6, 2009) of the Quantitative Results (This paper was presented at the Danish scifi convention Fantasticon to discuss the nature of superheroes.) A series of quantitative and qualitative questions were asked of individuals around the world on: whether or not certain characteristics defined superheroes; creating their own […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  March 12, 2014

  Audience/Reception Studies, Comics Studies, Superheroes

  anime, Batman, Blade, Captain America, DC Comics, Globalization, Hellboy, Hercules, Iron Man, legends, manga, Marvel Comics, Power Rangers, Sailor Moon, Spider-Man, Superheroes, Superman, Tarzan, The Hulk, The Incredibles, The X-Men, Thor, Wolverine, Wonder Woman

• From Hell to the Cineplex

  From Hell to the Cineplex: Adaptation of a graphic novel on narrative and sensual levels While it has been Hollywood history to base movies on novels, many movies today are being made by adapting texts that have a pre-existing fanbase, such as comic books, novels, video games, television shows, etc.  While ostensibly one reason for these […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  October 17, 2013

  Audience/Reception Studies, Fandom, Film Studies

  Adaptation, Alan Moore, Batman, Dr. Gull, From Hell, Inspector Abberline, Jack the Ripper, Mary Kelly, narrative, Nightcrawler, remediation, Scott McCloud, sensual, Spider-Man, Wolverine, X-Men