| Description |
178 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Fan phenomena |
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Fan phenomena.
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| Contents |
A Fan's History / Liam Burke -- FAN APPRECIATION (INTERVIEWS) -- Paul Levitz -- E. Paul Zehr -- Josh Hook and Kendal Coombs -- Dennis and Elijah Vasquez -- Travis Langley -- Seamus Keane -- Kim Newman -- Michael E. Uslan -- Contributor Biographies -- Image Credits -- pt. 1 BEING BATMAN -- Dark Hero Rising: How Online Batman Fandom Helped Create a Cultural Archetype / Jennifer Dondero -- Heroes with Issues: Fan identification with Batman / Anna-Maria Covich -- Being Batman: From Board Games to Computer Platforms / Robert Dean -- pt. 2 EMBRACING THE KNIGHT -- The Passive Case: How Warner Bros. Employed Viral Marketing and Alternate Reality Gaming to Bring Fandom Back into the Culture Industry / Margaret Rossman -- Canonizing The Dark Knight: A Digital Fandom Response / Tim Posada -- Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know: The Nolan/Ledger Joker, Morality, and the Hetero-Fictional Fan Impulse / Leslie Mcmurtry -- pt. 3 REPRESENTATIONS OF FANDOM -- |
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Inspired, Obsessive and Nostalgic: The Facets of Fandom in BÌ€eware the Gray Ghost' / Joseph Darowski -- Villainous Adoration: The Role of Foe as Fan in Batman Narratives / Tony W. Garland -- pt. 4 INSPIRATIONS AND ADAPTATIONS -- "Elementary, My Dear Robin!": Batman, Sherlock Holmes, and Detective Fiction Fandom / Marc Napolitano |
| Summary |
From his debut in a six-page comic in 1939 and to his most recent portrayal by Christian Bale in the blockbuster 'The dark knight rises', Batman is perhaps the world's most popular superhero. The continued relevance of the caped crusader could be attributed to his complex character, his dual identity, or his commitment to revenge and justice. But, as the contributors to this collection argue, it is the fans who have kept Batman at the forefront of popular culture for more than seven decades. Fan Phenomena: Batman explores the unlikely devotion to the Dark Knight, from his inauspicious beginnings on the comic book page to the cult television series of the 1960s and on to critically-acclaimed films and video games of today. Considering everything from convention cosplay to fan fiction that imagines the Joker as a romantic lead, the essays here acknowledge and celebrate fan responses that go far beyond the scope of the source material |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Batman (Fictitious character)
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Batman (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Batman (Fictitious character) -- Miscellanea.
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| SUBJECT |
Batman (Comic strip) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86129114 -- Miscellanea. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001794
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| Subject |
Batman films.
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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| Author |
Burke, Liam (Liam P.)
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| ISBN |
1783200170 |
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9781783200177 |
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