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COMICS AND VIDEOGAMES: FROM HYBRID MEDIALITIES TO TRANSMEDIA EXPANSIONS

Andreas Rauscher, Daniel Stein, Jan-Noël Thon



 

This book offers the first comprehensive study of the many interfaces shaping the relationship between comics and videogames. It combines in-depth conceptual reflection with a rich selection of paradigmatic case studies from contemporary media culture.


The editors have gathered a distinguished group of international scholars working at the interstices of comics studies and game studies to explore two interrelated areas of inquiry: The first part of the book focuses on hybrid medialities and experimental aesthetics "between" comics and videogames; the second part zooms in on how comics and videogames function as transmedia expansions within an increasingly convergent and participatory media culture. The individual chapters address synergies and intersections between comics and videogames via a diverse set of case studies ranging from independent and experimental projects via popular franchises from the corporate worlds of DC and Marvel to the more playful forms of media mix prominent in Japan.


Offering an innovative intervention into a number of salient issues in current media culture, Comics and Videogames will be of interest to scholars and students of comics studies, game studies, popular culture studies, transmedia studies, and visual culture studies.

 

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE

BINDING

EDITION

ISBN

YEAR

PAGES

English

Paperback


9780367539016

2022

278

English

Hardcover


9780367474195

2020

278

 

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Publishers: #Routledge (Routledge)

Languages: #English

Accessibility: N/A

Year: #Year2022


Companies:

#DCComics (DC, Detective Comics)

#Marvel (Marvel)


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Games:

#AngryBirds (Angry Birds: Space)

#ANormalLostPhone (A Normal Lost Phone)

#Aquaman (Aquaman: Battle For Atlantis)

#AstronBelt (Astron Belt)

#Batman (Batman and Robin, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Knight, Batman: Dark Tomorrow, Batman: Return of the Joker, Batman: The Caped Crusader, Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu, Batman: Vengeance, Batman: The Videogame, LEGO Batman: The Videogame, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes)

#Battlezone (Battlezone)

#Berzerk (Berzerk)

#Borderlands (Borderlands)

#BreathingRoom (Breathing Room)

#Centipede (Centipede)

#Cibele (Cibele)

#CityOfHeroes (City of Heroes)

#ComicJumper (Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley)

#ComixZone (Comix Zone)

#CortoMaltese (Corto Maltese: Secrets of Venice)

#Danganronpa (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)

#DarkestDungeon (Darkest Dungeon)

#DeadSpace (Dead Space Aftermath, Dead Space Downfall)

#DearEsther (Dear Esther)

#Defender (Defender comic)

#DigitalALoveStory (Digital: A Love Story)

#DoubleDragon (Double Dragon)

#DragonAge (Dragon Age II)

#DragonsLair (Dragon's Lair)

#EmilyIsAway (Emily Is Away)

#EpicMickey (Disney's Epic Mickey)

#FantasticFour (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer)

#FinalFantasy (#FinalFantasyXV [Final Fantasy 15, FF15, FFXV, Final Fantasy XV])

#FireEmblem (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

#Framed (Framed)

#FreedomForce (Freedom Force)

#FutureFight (Marvel: Future Fight)

#Galaxian (Galaxian comic)

#Gintama (Gintama Rumble)

#Gorogoa (Gorogoa)

#HarryPotter (Harry Potter Years 5-7)

#Hiveswap (Hiveswap)

#HuntTheWumpus (Hunt the Wumpus)

#IndianaJones (Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis)

#InfiniteCrisis (DC Infinite Crisis)

#JamesBond (James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing)

#Joust (Joust)

#LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos (Leather Goddesses of Phobos)

#LEGO (LEGO Batman: The Videogame, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7)

#Liberator (Liberator)

#LostMemoriesDotNet (Lost Memories Dot Net)

#LovecraftQuest (Lovecraft Quest: A Comix Game)

#MassEffect (Mass Effect series)

#MaxPayne (Max Payne series)

#MegaMan (Mega Man series)

#MegamiTensei (#Persona [Persona 5])

#Megatak (Megatak)

#MetalGear (Metal Gear Solid series)

#MonsterHunter (Monster Hunter series)

#MoonPatrol (Moon Patrol)

#Mother (#Earthbound [Earthbound, Mother 2])

#NieR (NieR: Automata)

#PacMan (Pac-Man series)

#Pokémon (Pokémon Sun, Pokémon Moon, Pokémon Sword, Pokémon Shield)

#Questprobe (Questprobe featuring Hulk, Questprobe featuring Human Torch and Thing, Questprobe featuring Spider-Man)

#Redhawk (Redhawk)

#SpiderMan (The Amazing Spider Man, The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge, Marvel's Spider Man, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Spider-Man: Rise of the Sinister Six)

#StrikeForce (Marvel Strike Force)

#Superman (Superman, Superman: The Man of Steel, Superman: The New Superman Adventure)

#Swordquest (Swordquest)

#TheLordOfTheRings (Middle Earth: Shadow of Morder)

#TheMatrix (Enter the Matrix)

#TombRaider (Lara Croft and the Frozen Omen, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Laura Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life)

#WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch (What Remains of Edith Finch)

#Wolfenstein (Castle Wolfenstein, Du Hast Strife, Wolfenstein 3D, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus)

#XMen (X-Men, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse)

#YarsRevenge (Yars' Revenge)


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