May Contain Graphic Material: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Film

by M. Keith Booker

Since the first Superman film came to the screen in 1978, films adapted from comics have become increasingly important as a film form. But 1978 was also important because it was the year of release for Will Eisner's A Contract with God, and Other Stories, generally credited as the first long-form comic book to label itself a graphic novel. Since that time, advances in computer-generated special effects have significantly improved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275993868
• ISBN13: 9780275993863
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"