Film and Comics
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Oirgins & SIlent Cinema
Short silent films created based on popular comic strips from the early 1900s.
This clip may not be based on the specific comic strip but it's the same character adapted for the live stage and then recorded.


Buster Brown and the Dude (1904)
Again, couldn't find the comic strip it was based off of specifically but they are the same characters adapted for this short film:



1930s & 40s

1950s, 60s & 70s

1980s & 90s

Modern Era: Superheros
Some of the best and worst examples...

Modern Era: "Non-Superheros"

Final Case Study
The film we used to do a shot-by-shot anaylsis of the film adaptation compared to the graphic novel
I'm in the middle of taking a "Topics in Film Theory" class focused specifically on "Film and Comics". This is a list of the comics we look at and discuss in class. One the class is over the list will be more complete so this whole list will be a sort of work in progress for the next 12 weeks.