- Directors: Ron Mann
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Castle Hendring
- Run Time: 85 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000MB0ISQ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 26,456 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Product Description
A feature length documentary that profiles 22 of the most significant artists and writers working in comic books,graphic novels and strip cartooning in North America today.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This movie is a must-see for any comic book fan. For non-fans it's good way to get to know comics better. The movie features a lot of well known comic book creators like Stan Lee, Robert Crumb and Will Eisner. There's a lot of good footage of various comics being filmed frame by frame while being read by the creator. Don't expect a lot of extras here though. This a very basic release. Still, you will not be disappointed.
Format:VHS Tape
From the one strip funnies in the 30's through to Frank Millers The dark Knight this is a concise and informative look at the noise American comics have made in between.
Not being much of a comic buff myself I was surprised how much I enjoyed this film. Interviewed within are Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegalman, Sue Coe, Harvey Kurtzman and a whole host of other equally talented people. We cover 'Mad' magazine and the 'Raw' doormat sized epics to the inspiration for Art Spiegalmans 'Maus' and go from the 40's fear of comics into the Nazi-esque comic burning that went on.
50's Paranoia, the changing attitudes and drug use of the 60's and 70's, and staid 80's boredom have all shaped the writers and rebels of the comic world as shown here. I loved the music and the animated sequences read by the authors were a good touch. Unfortunately there is no mention of the work that was coming out of Britain at the same time...
So for a informative and lively look at the history of AMERICAN comics give it a go.
Not being much of a comic buff myself I was surprised how much I enjoyed this film. Interviewed within are Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegalman, Sue Coe, Harvey Kurtzman and a whole host of other equally talented people. We cover 'Mad' magazine and the 'Raw' doormat sized epics to the inspiration for Art Spiegalmans 'Maus' and go from the 40's fear of comics into the Nazi-esque comic burning that went on.
50's Paranoia, the changing attitudes and drug use of the 60's and 70's, and staid 80's boredom have all shaped the writers and rebels of the comic world as shown here. I loved the music and the animated sequences read by the authors were a good touch. Unfortunately there is no mention of the work that was coming out of Britain at the same time...
So for a informative and lively look at the history of AMERICAN comics give it a go.
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