Film and comics have a long and intertwined relationship that begins with the appearance of both artforms as mass media in the late nineteenth century. Rather than being a simple one-way relationship of adaptation, the two media have continued to influence and borrow from each other, in terms of both form and content. In this module, you will investigate the relationship between comics and film in a broad context that will include historical perspectives as well as theoretical considerations. You will read and watch a wide range of comics and films (and sometimes other related forms) from several different global contexts, an approach that will allow you to examine the relationship in ways that consider the essential features of each medium while also being attuned to the specifics of diverse national traditions. The module’s many different primary texts will largely go beyond the common association with superhero adaptations, and you will also read secondary literature from film studies, comics studies, media studies, and adaptation studies, among other fields. These will enrich your understanding of how such issues as ideology, gender, adaptation, franchising, and transmedia production have been central to—and continue to influence—the always developing relationship between film and comics.