The early twentieth century bore witness not only to the emergence of the ‘standalone’ printed comic book, but also to the birth of the animated film. In many ways, comics have often been associated with their moving image counterparts, as…
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Sin City: When Comics and Film Collide
by Veronique Sina • November 21, 2016 • 4 Comments
In general, comic book to film adaptations may be defined as adaptations of drawn comic strips and comic book series for the medium of film (Marschall 2002: 103). As this definition implies, there are two basic aspects that seem to…
This Is Your Life, Donald Duck and the Early Mockumentary
by Cristina Formenti • November 7, 2016 • 0 Comments
Undeniably, the most popular way of intersecting animation and documentary is that of using animation to recount a factual occurrence. Yet, this is not the only possible manner in which they can combine. Another way of crossing them over consists in…