Skip to content
Curated category

Films adapted into comics

  • Batman (1989 film)Batman, the 1989 film directed by Tim Burton, arrived in theaters on the 22nd of June 1989 and earned $2.2 million in late-night previews alone before most…
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs arrived at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles on the 21st of December, 1937, and the audience rose to its feet before…
  • Blade RunnerBlade Runner arrived in theaters on the 25th of June, 1982, a date producer Alan Ladd Jr. chose deliberately because the 25th of the month had been his lucky…
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey premiered on the 2nd of April 1968 at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C., before an audience that included critics who were, in…
  • RoboCopRoboCop arrived in American theaters on the 17th of July 1987, and it was not what anyone expected. The title alone put people off.
  • Ben-Hur (1959 film)Ben-Hur, the 1959 epic directed by William Wyler, arrived at a moment when Hollywood was fighting for its life. Television had eaten into ticket sales, and…
  • Erik the VikingErik the Viking arrived in cinemas in 1989 as a peculiar kind of fantasy comedy: a film about a Norse warrior who simply did not want to be a Norse warrior.
  • Highlander (film)Highlander, the 1986 fantasy action-adventure film directed by Russell Mulcahy, opens on a parking garage beneath Madison Square Garden where a sword fight…
  • Magical Mystery Tour (film)Paul McCartney held a blank piece of white paper with a circle drawn on it in his hand during the summer of 1967. He told the band and crew to meet him at…
  • Yellow Submarine (film)Yellow Submarine, the 1968 animated musical film inspired by the music of the Beatles, opens not with its famous band but with an act of colour theft.
  • The Great SilenceSergio Corbucci returned to Rome in 1967 after completing the Eurospy film Death on the Run. He felt weary of producing Westerns that varied wildly in…
  • The Red Badge of Courage (1951 film)The Red Badge of Courage, the 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer war film directed by John Huston, arrived in theaters having already survived a war of its own.