Stories with Pictures

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Comics and true stories adapted for film and television: what changed, what stayed and how the adaptation came about.

3 articles on Stories With Pictures

Netflix Manga Adaptations: Which Stay Faithful to the Page?

Which Netflix manga adaptations stay closest to their source? We look at One Piece, Alice in Borderland, Fullmetal Alchemist and what reviewers say.

Manga · 4 min read

Why Watchmen Split Critics: Lessons for Comic Adaptations

Watchmen's film looked faithful yet divided critics and was slow to pay off. What one case study reveals about why comic book films work or fail.

Screen adaptations · 4 min read

The Best (and Worst) Comic Book Adaptations

From the 1940s serials to a $2.8 billion Avengers film and the flops in between: what the most successful comic adaptations got right.

On screen · 4 min read