Loyalty and Betrayal: Intermediality Between Graphic Novel and Film.

Abstract

In the last ten years several film adaptations of graphic novels have been produced. Since their origin, the mid eighties of last century, graphic novels have been considered a privileged and prestigious format compared to comic books, generally considered forms of juvenile literature. There are different ways of addressing the encounter between both mediums and the definition of graphic novel is already a contentious issue. Some adaptations only turn to the graphic novel as a source for the development of scripts. Others represent authentic aesthetic and narrative exercises that claim to be faithful to the work from which they originate in. Thus, from the juxtaposition of both mediums new forms of expression emerge, halfway between different areas, whose boundaries sometimes are difficult to establish and that ultimately follow the demands of the market.