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Comic Book Confidential

Item number (ISN):

130437

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1985-08/1986-09

Item number (ISN):

130437

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

SPHINX PRODUCTIONS

Accession:

1989-0248

Media:

Film

Original title:

Comic Book Confidential

Part:

5 of 5

Production date:

1985-08/1986-09

Release date:

1988-09-23

Production company:

Sphinx Productions

Production credit:

director/producer/editing, Ron Mann; executive producer, Don Haig; coproducer, Martin Harbury; photography, Robert Fresco; Joan Churchill; sound, David Joliat; Tod A. Maitland; Brenda Ray; editing, Robert Kennedy

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Malofilm Distribution Inc.

Description:

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Almost from their beginning, comic books have been surrounded by controversy. But 'corruptor of youth' or no, the sheer vitality of the popular art form has kept it alive. And now, in the late 1980s, comic books are flourishing in a way they never have before. The film profiles 22 of the most significant artists and writers working in comic books, graphic novels and strip-art in North America today. From Jack Kirby's Captain America and the superhero fervour of the war years, through Will Eisner's cinematic The Spirit to the witch-hunts of the fifties and the irreverent Mad magazine, the film traces both the origins and the progress of comic books. Using the recollections and present-day experiences of the industry's most creative people, along with sometimes amusing, sometimes amazing archival footage, this is informative and entertaining foray into pop culture. Participants and featured artists: Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Sue Coe, Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, Al Feldstein, Sherry Flenniken, William M. Gaines, Bill Griffith, Jaime Hernandez, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lee, Paul Mavrides, Frank Miller, Victor Moscoso, Françoise Mouly, Dan O'Neill, Harvey Pekar, Gilbert Shelton, Spain, Art Spiegelman. <85mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The running time is based on the measured length of the archives' master print.~2. First shown 1988-09-10 at the Festival of Festivals, Toronto.~3. Don Haig, the executive producer of this title, was born in Winnipeg in 1933 and died in Toronto on 2 March 2002.

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Vault ISN:

114107

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8905-0125
8905-0126
8905-0127
8905-0128
8905-0129

Number of items:

5

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Sphinx Productions Ltd.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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