The Legends Behind the Comic Books

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The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007)

Directed by Chip Cronkite

Documentary · 56m

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…

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Cast

Stan Lee Self Andy Kubert Self Joe Kubert Self Adam Kubert Self
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Dick Giordano Self
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Greg Hildebrandt Self Dennis O'Neil Self John Romita Sr. Self Joe Simon Self Roy Thomas Self Michael Uslan Self

Crew

Director
Chip Cronkite

Details

Release date
2007-09-15
Runtime
56m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Stonebridge Productions