Sentences with phrase «modern comic book»

Flack uses as her source not the Rubens painting, but its woodcut, thereby drawing visual parallels between heavy outlining and graphic style of both classical printmaking and modern comic book illustrations.

The most famous modern comic book writer in the world, Alan Moore, is leading a research and development project to create an app enabling digital comics to be made by anyone.

In the late 1950s and early 1960's the conditions under which the modern comic book was produced differed for several reasons.

And we haven't just stuck to movies from 2017, we're going all the way back to 2000's X-Men, and giving out what we've dubbed the «Modern Comic Book Movie Oscars.»

Hulk — Halfway between a regular Ang Lee movie (dysfunctional families, lots of slow drama) and a modern comic book movie (the Spider - Man and X-Men movies), most people hated this film.

Not exact matches

In this obscure indie film, two little read - comic books come together in a subtle, dialogue - heavy character study that plays out like a slow - burning portrait of good and evil in the modern world.

Or using more modern comparisons fantasy / sci fi, maybe compare creationism / religion to comic books or something.

Perhaps best known for his text on the sociology of religion, The Sacred Canopy, Berger has also shown a keen interest in issues of development and public policy and in the nature of religious belief in the modern world, as evident in A Far Glory: The Question of Faith in an Age of Credulity (1992) and in his most recent book, Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience.

The careful arrangement of the items, with the occasional tongue - in - cheek humor (i.e. Condom Man comic book), helps the viewer travel chronologically from ancient times through modern.

Even with the enormous success of Christopher Nolan's Gotham trilogy, the modern approach to the comic book blockbuster is for each film to form a mere link in a seemingly infinite chain.

Infinity War is to the decade of MCU storytelling what huge - ass battle finales are to the modern comic - book movie.

With the idea of isolationism and the prejudices of the modern world well in mind, Black Panther is not only an outstanding work in comic book filmmaking.

Thematically more appealing to a modern world, this is one comic book hero whose ideals we should all aspire to.

Inspired by the popular comic book series produced by Top Cow Productions, Inc., The Darkness II is an intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.

• Most scenes in modern blockbusters — superhero movies, comic book stories, FX - driven tentpoles, etc. — feel both perfunctory and dead on arrival.

Save for his two Hellboy movies (among the most irreverent and entertaining comic book films of the modern era), his more straightforward genre fare — Mimic, Pacific Rim, the ripe gothic melodrama of Crimson Peak — are pretty anaemic once you get past the beautiful production design.

The two both star in Marvel's hotly anticipated upcoming superhero film — the first of the modern era of comic book movies to star an almost all - black cast — and posed together for pictures at the annual ceremony.

Formalist technics can be worked seamlessly into modern films, like the comic book qualities of Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, or they can be sloppy, like every time a current Top 40 hit makes its way into the soundtrack of a period piece.

Openly trolling the ambitions of other modern comic - book movies, the sequel to Deadpool, the surprise hit that cast Ryan Reynolds as the self - destructive and puerile Bugs Bunny figure of the present superhero blockbuster landscape, mostly outdoes its predecessor in terms of style and satirical intent: Now that he's...

In a fierce battle between the two comic book superhero studios, DC bested rival Marvel with «Wonder Woman», the first big budget modern day female comic book adaptation, and now it's Marvel's turn to break new ground with «Black Panther» being arguably the first black superhero (just don't say that to Wesley Snipes).

Dispensing with the back - story ballast and cod - Hegalian posturing that has become de rigueur for the modern comic - book opus, Dredd is thrillingly monosyllabic, supplying all necessary context in a 30 - second narration and leaving everything else for the viewer to infer.

Then, next year brings Chris Evans» Cap back for a story ripped from Ed Brubaker's comic book run about Bucky (Sebastian Stan) recovered, resurrected, brainwashed and augmented into lethal killer Winter Soldier for what is promised as a blend of spy thriller and World War II hero Steve Rogers continuing to find his place in the modern world.

But other than the mockumentary Comic Book: The Movie (2004) and, arguably, Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), there haven't been many films that are actually about superhero movies and their place in modern culture.

Based on the popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1941, the film picks up after the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers and finds Steve Rogers living quietly in Washington, D.C., trying to adjust to the modern world.

We have a hunch that if 2005's «Fantastic Four» were released today, in the context of the modern backlash against dark comic book movies, the film might be better - received.

It kicked off in 2008 with Iron Man, which gave birth to one of the most popular franchises in modern movie history and introduced a new generation of fans to classic comic book characters.

Now, in the face of Disney's looming $ 60 billion acquisition of Twentieth Century Fox, Brian K. Vaughn, one of the best comic book writers of the modern era may be tackling one of Marvel's most alien superheroes.

Openly trolling the ambitions of other modern comic - book movies, the sequel to Deadpool, the surprise hit that cast...

In 2003 the modern wave of superhero movies was still in its infancy, and Ang Lee — still the best filmmaker to do a comic book movie — got experimental with «Hulk.»

Hugh Jackman first played the character of Wolverine back in 2000 in the film that launched the modern day, comic book blockbuster - Bryan Singer's X-Men.

A renowned journalist and author who regularly tackles the cultural, social, and political climates of modern African - Americans, a mainstream comic book might seem out of the realm for the National Magazine Award winner.

Back in 2005, the trailers for Sin City looked like nothing I'd seen before, a phenomenal page - to - screen adaptation that captured the flavor of Frank Miller's modern noir comic book series via the spendthrift imagination of filmmaker Robert Rodriguez.

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action - adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan.

Long gone are the origins of comic books which served as allegory to modern social situations, these films are only about violence, hero's repeatedly saving the day and leave the intelligent moviegoer with little substance.

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action - adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan.

One of the great comic book movies ever made and arguably the best one involving any of the X-Men (although X2: X-Men United deserves to be in the conversation), Hugh Jackman's final go as Wolverine is a surprisingly simple, straight - forward modern Western about heroism, aging, friendship and family that strikes quite the emotional chord.

I wonder what a He - Man tent - pole film would look like in our current comic book - obsessed, event picture landscape we call modern - day Hollywood?

Anchored buy an eerie and atonal theme for Heath Ledger's Joker, which was reportedly recorded in a parking garage, and incorporated the sound of a piano being demolished, Zimmer's score remains the modern standard for comic book movie scores.

Joe and Anthony Russo's modern superhero masterpiece is the film most likely to define the next generation of comic book movies.

The advent of the modern big - box retailer, coupled with the decline of local comic book shops, diminished your chances of

Subtitled The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes, it advances the theory that modern - day super-heroes fulfill the function that religion has served throughout history.

If you look at a company like Comixology that powers almost all of the mainstream comic book apps, it looks amazing on most of the modern Apple devices.

This landmark app launches with over 500 of Marvel's greatest comic books, from classic stories to modern tales, featuring Iron Man, Captain America, Spider - Man, Hulk, Thor and more of the world's most popular Super Heroes.

Brian Michael Bendis is one of the best comic book writers of the modern era, maybe even of all - time.

Kind of like the modern equivalent of hiding a comic book inside the textbook you're supposed to be studying, someone has hacked and loaded a Sega Genesis emulator onto the Nook Simple Touch ebook reader.

This week, Tim examines the legacy of a seemingly forgotten comic book creator and looks to the intersections between Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and that oft - unmentioned herald of the Modern: Bernie Mireault.

Comic books represent a huge part of our modern mythology.

[Taking a look at the Japanese fan - based Comiket (Comic Market) convention and its gigantic cache of video game music - inspired cover albums and even books, Jeriaska continues his «Sound Current» series for Gamasutra by interviewing many of the intriguing Japanese musicians selling their unofficial tributes to classic and modern game soundtracks.]

In 2015, the creative leads behind classic Rare titles like Donkey Kong Country and Banjo - Kazooie set up their own studio and started planning a new character - based comic book adventure, with fresh heroes and modern visuals, but familiar game design ideas and principles.

Lavier appropriated the designs for his etchings from a comic book describing Mickey Mouse's adventures in The Museum of Modern Art, New York.