商品簡介
This collection of new essays focuses on The CW network's hit television series Arrow—based on DC Comic's Green Arrow—and its spin-offs The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl. Comic book adaptations have been big business for film studios since Superman (1978) and in recent years have dominated at the box office—five of the 11 highest grossing films of 2016 were adapted from comics. Superheroes have battled across the small screen for considerably longer, beginning with The Adventures of Superman (1952–1958), though with mixed success. The contributors explore the reasons behind Arrow's success, the series' representation of bodies, its portrayal of women, its shifting political ideologies, and audience reception and influence on storylines.
作者簡介
James F. Iaccino is an associate professor in psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, Illinois and has authored a number of texts and articles on superheroes in film and television. Cory Barker is a staff writer for TV.com and an associate instructor in the department of communication and culture at Indiana University. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Myc Wiatrowski is an analyst of business and culture and associate instructor in the department of folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
