{"id":473,"date":"2014-07-24T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2014\/07\/24\/san-diego-comic-con-begins-celebrate-with-movies-based-on-graphic-novels\/"},"modified":"2014-07-24T13:35:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T17:35:00","slug":"san-diego-comic-con-begins-celebrate-with-movies-based-on-graphic-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2014\/07\/24\/san-diego-comic-con-begins-celebrate-with-movies-based-on-graphic-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Comic-Con begins! Celebrate with movies based on graphic novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aulibmedia\/graphic-novel-adaptations\/\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JSHO_WwTlUo\/U9FDYdkfQ8I\/AAAAAAAABOQ\/8sHLL6JnDHQ\/s1600\/waltz_with_bashir4.jpg\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Every July, over 100,000 people descend on southern California for San Diego Comic-Con, the world&#8217;s biggest event for movies, comics, games, and all things nerdtacular. The convention has grown from its humble origins as a comic book show to a pop culture juggernaut, attracting everyone from small-time comic producers to the cast of <i>The Hunger Games<\/i>. Expect big announcements on that thing you&#8217;re looking forward to, no matter what it is.<\/p>\n<p>We wanted to pay some sort of tribute to Comic-Con, but it would be absurd and impossible to celebrate all the movies that have appeared at the event. Instead, we want to direct your attention to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aulibmedia\/graphic-novel-adaptations\/\">our Pinterest board for graphic novel adaptations<\/a>. While we do have a good number of films based on superhero comics (the usual suspects, like <i>Batman<\/i> and <i>X-Men<\/i>), our graphic novel board highlights some lesser-known adaptations, such as the terrific <i>Ghost World<\/i> and <i>Persepolis<\/i>. Comics and graphic novels have a great range, and we think these select movies are a good way to celebrate that.<\/p>\n<p>Realistically speaking, we&#8217;ll probably be glued to all the news spilling out of San Diego this weekend. But let&#8217;s not forget that Comic Con is, at its core, about graphic novels and the unique artistic experiences that come from them. Plus. they make good movies too!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every July, over 100,000 people descend on southern California for San Diego Comic-Con, the world&#8217;s biggest event for movies, comics, games, and all things nerdtacular. The convention has grown from its humble origins as a comic book show to a pop culture juggernaut, attracting everyone from small-time comic producers to the cast of The Hunger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[270,355],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recommendations","tag-pinterest","tag-timely-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}