The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007)
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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…
- Release date
- September 15, 2007
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Allen Bellman as Self
- Ramona Fradon as Self
- Dick Giordano as Self
- Irwin Hasen as Self
- Greg Hildebrandt as Self
- Twig Johnson as Self
- Adam Kubert as Self
- Andy Kubert as Self
- Joe Kubert as Self
- Stan Lee as Self
Crew
- Chip Cronkite · Director
- Susan V. Bershad · Writer
- Nancy E. Uslan · Writer
- Chip Cronkite · Producer
- Richard Reiter · Composer
- John Chiappardi · Cinematographer
- David Heidelberger · Editor