The superheroes are back! Since the 1970s, the film world has found inspiration in comic books & graphic novels. These days no summer is complete without a major blockbuster movie based on a comic: Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, Men in Black, Daredevil, and The Hulk. Modern special effects have made large-scale superhero epics possible, but the diversity of the comics being published has made for a wide variety of subjects, as evidenced by Ghost World, From Hell, Akira & Road to Perdition. This book looks in detail at twenty key titles, covering every step of the development from comic book panel to feature film frame.

Includes:: interviews with key creative artists about the evolution of the films from the original comics, & speculates about future films.

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Sefton Goldberg: mid-thirties, English teacher at Wrottesley Poly in the West Midlands; small, sweaty, lustful, defiantly unappreciative of beer, nature & organised games; gnawingly aware of being an urban Jew islanded in a sea of country-loving Anglo-Saxons. Obsessed by failure
- morbidly, in his own case, gloatingly, in that of his contemporaries
- so much so that he plans to write a bestseller on the subject. In the meantime he is uncomfortably aware of advancing years & atrophying achievement, & no amount of lofty rationalisation can disguise the triumph of friends & colleagues, not only from Cambridge days but even within the despised walls of the Poly itself, or sweeten the bitter pill of another's success-

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Sefton Goldberg: mid-thirties, English teacher at Wrottesley Poly in the West Midlands; small, sweaty, lustful, defiantly unappreciative of beer, nature & organised games; gnawingly aware of being an urban Jew islanded in a sea of country-loving Anglo-Saxons. Obsessed by failure
- morbidly, in his own case, gloatingly, in that of his contemporaries
- so much so that he plans to write a bestseller on the subject. In the meantime he is uncomfortably aware of advancing years & atrophying achievement, & no amount of lofty rationalisation can disguise the triumph of friends & colleagues, not only from Cambridge days but even within the despised walls of the Poly itself, or sweeten the bitter pill of another's success-

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French Leave followed John Burton Race, wife Kim & six children to the South of France. There he rediscovered good home cooking using fresh, seasonal produce. Now Home Leave finds John & the family moving to Devon where he is running The New Angel restaurant in Dartmouth. Describing Devon as ' France without the sunflowers', & taking his inspiration from the delicious fish & shellfish, delivered daily by boat to the restaurant, the Devon Ruby beef bought direct form the farm, & succulent lamb, venison & game fresh from the moors, John has created 150 br&-new recipes that anyone can cook. The simple & delicious dishes include imaginative twists on classics
- Moules Marinieres becomes Mussels in Scrumpy Jack
- & new interpretations of family favourites
- ideas for the Sunday roast range from Roast Loin of Pork with Prunes & Apple, & Leg of Lamb in Salt Crust. Anyone who loved French Leave will enjoy this wonderful cookery book: No fancy recipes, just straightforward well-cooked food for everyone to enjoy!


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Could one calamitous evening ruin the perfect life?

No challenge was too great, or so she thought........





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