Comic Books Aren’t Just About Superheroes
When most people think of comic books, they think of costumed superheroes and eccentric megalomaniac supervillains. Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Doctor Doom, Darkseid, Lex Luthor and The Joker – those are the character that generally springs to mind when you mention comics. But they’re not all like that at all.
You only have to see The Walking Dead – which is obviously an example of the zombie horror genre – to realise how versatile comic books are. Just look at how popular that has been as a television series. It’s proof that live adaptations of comic books can be a success without them including superheroes and the like.
Some great examples of recent non-superhero comic books that would make great movies include Saga (pictured above), which would make a truly wonderful space opera, Sex Criminals, which would make an awesomely bizarre erotic crime drama, Southern Bastards, which would make an absolutely incredible redneck exploitation movie and Punk Rock Jesus, which would make a really cool and satirical cinematic take on science-fiction and reality television.
