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Novels Built 2000s Hollywood. Comic Books Built the 2010s. What’s Next? (opens the original)
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You are sick of watching comic book movies, I know.You’ve been thoughtfully critical of them for a long time now, and for the past few years you’ve simply stopped paying attention to them almost entirely.But studios are more reliant on franchise revenue than ever, and if the comic book mine is running out, then the studios need a new vein to tap.Fortunately, this isn’t the first time Hollywood has experienced this transition. Novels powered the franchise boom of the early 2000s. Comic books seiz
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