Description: A detailed exploration of the adaptive practices, meanings, and industrial significance of popular superhero blockbusters
Brief description: James C. Taylor is a teaching fellow in film and television studies at the University of Warwick. His work has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, as well as the anthology Toxic Masculinity: Mapping the Monstrous in Our Heroes, published by University Press of Mississippi. His research interests include adaptation, comics, Hollywood cinema, digital imaging, media franchising, and film seriality.
Review Quotes: I can't imagine future explorations of audiovisual work engaged with adapting any form of intellectual property--characters or worlds--uninformed by The Superhero Blockbuster: Adaptation, Style, and Meaning.--José Arroyo "First Impressions"