[csaa-forum] Public Lecture by Professor Will Brooker: Batman: 76 Years as a Transmedia Text

[Sean Redmond]

Are you ready to dance with the devil under a pale moonlight?

Public Lecture by Professor Will Brooker: Batman: 76 Years as a Transmedia Text

Details as follows:

Batman: 76 Years as a Transmedia Text
Professor Will Brooker
Film and Television Department, Kingston University

Melbourne School of Design-B120 1 [Singapore theatre], University of Melbourne
1:00 to 2:30pm
Wednesday 15/07/2015

Since 1940, one year after his inception, Batman has occupied multiple media texts: from 1943 onwards he has also existed across multiple media forms. This talk takes us through 76 years of Batman as a cross-platform cultural icon, tracing his journey from comics through newspaper strips and film serials to television, movies and video games. It argues that these different Batmen exist in a dialogue, rather than a simple process of adaptation, and explores the way in which they continue to inform each other, right up to the Arkham video games, the Gotham TV show and the forthcoming Batman v Superman blockbuster.

Bio:
Will Brooker is Professor of Film and Cultural Studies and Head of the Film and Television Department at Kingston University, London. Professor Brooker's work primarily studies popular cinema within its cultural context, situating it historically and in relation to surrounding forms such as literature, comic books, video games, television and journalism. In addition to the numerous essays and articles on film and fan culture that he has published, his books include Star Wars (2009),  Alice's adventures: Lewis Carroll in popular culture (2004), Using the force: Creativity, Community and Star Wars Fans (2002), and the edited anthologies The Blade Runner Experience (2004) and The Audience Studies Reader (2003).  He is also a  leading academic expert on Batman and the author/editor of several books on the topic, including Batman Unmasked (2000) Hunting the Dark Knight (2012) and Many More Lives of the Batman (in press, August 2015).

Professor Will Brooker's public lecture is sponsored by the School of Culture and Communication at The University of Melbourne and the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University.

To book your free place please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/batman-76-years-as-a-transmedia-text-a-public-lecture-by-professor-will-brooker-tickets-17297074014

Best wishes,

Angela, Toija, and Sean

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