Movies You Didn’t Know Came From Comics

Not all comic book movies wear capes.

When people hear “comic book movie,” they think superheroes. But comics have always told every kind of story — crime, romance, horror, history — and Hollywood has been adapting them for decades.

From films like Road to Perdition and Ghost World to The Walking Dead and Oldboy, the influence of comics goes far beyond what most audiences realize.

The common thread isn’t superheroes.

It’s comics.

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Comics Featured (Alphabetical):

• 30 Days of Night — Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith (IDW Publishing)
• 300 — Frank Miller & Lynn Varley (Dark Horse Comics)
• A History of Violence — John Wagner & Vince Locke (DC Comics / Paradox Press)
• American Splendor — Harvey Pekar (Various Publishers)
• Barbarella — Jean-Claude Forest (Humanoids)
• Conan the Barbarian — Roy Thomas & Barry Windsor-Smith (Titan Comics)
• Ghost World — Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
• Heartstopper — Alice Oseman (Graphix)
• iZombie — Chris Roberson & Michael Allred (DC Comics)
• Oldboy — Garon Tsuchiya & Nobuaki Minegishi (Dark Horse Manga)
• Red Sonja — Roy Thomas, Dick Giordano & Frank Thorne (Dynamite Entertainment)
• Road to Perdition — Max Allan Collins & Richard Piers Rayner (DC Comics / Paradox Press)
• Sweet Tooth — Jeff Lemire (DC Comics / Vertigo)
• The Crow — James O’Barr (Gallery 13)
• The Men in Black — Lowell Cunningham & Sandy Carruthers (Aircel Comics)
• The Old Guard — Greg Rucka & Leandro Fernández (Image Comics)
• The Walking Dead — Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore (Image Comics)
• Timecop — Mark Verheiden & Ron Randall (Dark Horse Comics)