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The Legends Behind the Comic Books
April 5 2008 (over 16 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Chip Cronkite
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 56 m
- Country: United States of America
- Company: Stonebridge Productions
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…