Comics and Cinema: ‘Kill or Be Killed’ and ‘Blue Ruin’
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Comics and Cinema: Kill or Be Killed and Blue Ruin – How They Approach Vigilantes Over Their Head
Welcome to a new series! When comparing comics and movies the conversation tends to be mostly focused on how they adapt the same material. This series is going to be doing something different. Digging a little deeper to pick a movie and comic that share something else in common. For this first installment, we are looking at the comic Kill or Be Killed and the movie Blue Ruin and specifically how they approach the idea of vigilantes over their heads.
Items discussed:
- Blue Ruin
Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier
Written by: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Eve Plumb
Music by: Brooke Blair, Will Blair
Cinematography: Jeremy Saulnier
Edited by: Julia Bloch
- Kill or Be Killed
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Sean Phillips
Colorist: Elizabeth Breitweiser
Published By: Image Comics
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