The Legends Behind the Comic Books

Overview

This new documentary film recognizes the comic book as a true art form, as indigenous to American culture as jazz. It presents comic books as reflectors of a changing America from the 1930's to today, and it hails comic book superheroes as modern-day mythological figures. “THE LEGENDS BEHIND THE COMIC BOOKS” captures for posterity the living artists and writers from The Golden Age of Comic Books (1938-1951) and The Silver Age of Comic Books (1956-1973). Insightful comments are provided by the creative geniuses who were there at the beginning, including…

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 15, 2007

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Stonebridge Productions

Cast

Roy Thomas,Greg Hildebrandt,Michael Uslan,Adam Kubert,Stan Lee,Joe Kubert,Joe Simon,Dick Giordano,Dennis O'Neil,John Romita Sr.and 1 more

Director

Chip Cronkite

Producer

Michael Uslan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1202526