The Legends Behind the Comic Books

  • April 2008
  • 56mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Chip Cronkite,

    Michael Uslan,

    Starring

    Andy Kubert,

    Adam Kubert,

    Dick Giordano,

    Greg Hildebrandt

    ...

    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…