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COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, CANADA
 
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Completed - ENGLISH - Documentary - 90 minutes

Log Line

Comic Book Confidential is a feature-length documentary that profiles twenty-two of the most significant artists and writers working in comic books, graphic novels and strip-art in North America today.

Year of production : 1988

Director(s) : Ron MANN
Cast : Art SPIEGELMAN, Harvey PEKAR, Jack KIRBY, Paul MAVRIDES, Robert CRUMB, Stan LEE, Will EISNER, William M. GAINES

Producer(s) : Ron MANN (Sphinx Productions)

Synopsis

Comic Book Confidential is a feature-length documentary that profiles twenty-two of the most significant artists and writers working in comic books, graphic novels and strip-art in North America today.
In an entertaining and informative combination of interviews, historical footage and state-of-the-art animation techniques, Comic Book Confidential provides a positive answer to that burning existential question of the late twentieth century first posed by Zippy the Pinhead: "Are we having fun yet?"
Featuring:
Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Sue Coe, Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, Al Feldstein, Shary Flenniken, William M. Gaines, Bill Griffith, Jaime Hernadez, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lee, Paul Mavrides, Frank Miller, Victor Moscoso, Francaise Mouly, Dan O'Neill, Harvey Pekar, Gilbert Shelton, Spain, Art Spiegelman

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Country(ies) : CANADA

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