Comics that are not superheroes but have great movies and series

The superhero market got all the attention early last decade when “Iron Man” kickstarted a worldwide phenomenon now known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. in any case, the the on-screen comic book adaptations weren’t just about superheroesbecause in the following years there were great films and series of this genre.

And even if few know it non-superhero comics that had adaptationsOne of the most famous is “The Walking Dead”, the work of Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charle Adlard for Image Comics, which AMC hired to create one of the most popular zombie series of all time.

Sabrina

Another case of a little-known comic that had a small screen adaptation, or rather, two different versions of the same character. The first was ‘Sabrina, the Teenage Witch’ based on the cartoons of Archie Comics, first published in 1962. And in a more modern and darker version, ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’, which takes up the story written by Roberto Aguirre -Sacasa from 2014, to adapt it on Netflix.

no city

One of the most famous comic book authors, and one who also made his way into the superhero genre, was Frank Miller, author of ‘Sin City’, a noir comic which had its film adaptation in 2005. Jointly directed and produced by Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino and Miller himself, with the participation of Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson and others.

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The mask

That’s right, one of the most iconic comedies of the 90s, also based on a comic book. We are talking about ‘The Mask’, the 1994 film with Jim Carrey which takes up the story of the comic of the same name by Mike Richardson, and published by Dark Horse Comics. Available on HBOMax.

Van Helsing

The story of the most famous monster hunter in history is quite long. Well, ‘Van Helsing’ has had several adaptations, the first being by Stephen Sommers and starring Hugh Jackman. And the second, was a 2016 series on Syfy, which was not as successful as the character Helsing, who is widely known in cartoons.

300

Once again Frank Miller appears on the list, this time with one of the most famous comics and films in its history, “300”. Zack Snyder was in charge of bringing the story of King Leonidas to the big screen, and several years later he had a sequel as well. As for the comic, Dark Horse Comics was responsible for publishing the complete story.