5 Non-Superhero Comics That Are Perfect For Screen Adaptations
Movies based on comic books make up a majority of the international box office. Recent movies like The Batman have made hundreds of millions of dollars and Spider-Man: No Way Home has broken records upon its release. It goes to show that audiences have a love for movies based on superheroes. But comic books aren't just for Men of Steel, Boy Wonders, and Mutants.
The world of comics features all kinds of stories from westerns, to Sci-Fi dystopias, and to personal dramas about families and relationships. There's something for everyone, and it doesn't just have to be massive team-up movies about superheroes. For a nice change of pace from the superhero bombardment the box office has seen, here are five non-superhero comic books that could make fun, interesting, or engrossing movies.
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To start off the list is one of the most critically acclaimed comic books of all time, Craig Thompson's Blankets. This one isn't the most positive and upbeat comic, but it is an amazing and creative look at relationships between people and ideas. It is an autobiographical coming-of-age story about the relationships that Craig develops and loses throughout his earlier years as he explores his own faith, love, and desires in life. The story takes place mostly in the short amount of time that Craig and his first love, Raina, spend with each other while they explore their struggles with their Christian faith and their own pasts and futures.
It is a book that could truly make any reader feel something at least once in its over 500 pages whether it's sadness, anger, or even joy. With many deep looks into what it's like as a teenager trying to figure out what life is going to be for them, it is a
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