'A Joke less Killing'. animated remediation of a comic book as an extra-mediation. Issue 3 (3rd May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Żaglewski, Tomasz
• Is Part Of: Journal of graphic novels & comics. Volume 11:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 341
• Page End: 353
• Publication Date: 2020-05-03
• Subjects: The Killing Joke -- Alan Moore -- remediation -- extra-mediation -- DC Universe Animated Original Movies; Graphic novels -- Periodicals; Comic books, strips, etc -- Periodicals; Popular culture -- Periodicals; Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Periodicals; Art, Modern; Comic books, strips, etc; Graphic novels; Popular culture; Comicroman; Comic; Periodicals; 741.5
• DOI: 10.1080/21504857.2019.1599974
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2150-4857

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The aim of this article is to present a specific type of comics' based animated features – namely DC Universe Animated Original Movies – throughout the re-interpretation of Drew Morton's remediation approach. By using titles as 'The Killing Joke' – both as a graphic novel and its animated re-creation – author is trying to 'expand' the remediation's original concept by Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin (followed by Morton's application of it for the comic-based film materials) by proposing an 'intra-mediation'/'extra-mediation' categories. As a result it becomes possible to re-consider DC Universe full-length animations (as a challenges for the original comics' content) that are significally limiting/broadening the re-mediated attributes of initial graphic narratives.