◎译　　名　美国漫画史
◎片　　名　Comic Book Confidential
◎年　　代　1988
◎产　　地　加拿大,美国
◎类　　别　纪录片 / 历史
◎语　　言　英语
◎上映日期　1988-09-10
◎豆瓣链接　https://movie.douban.com/subject/1755421/
◎片　　长　90 分钟
◎导　　演　罗恩·曼恩 Ron Mann
◎编　　剧　罗恩·曼恩 Ron Mann
◎主　　演　Lynda Barry Lynda Barry
　　　　  　斯坦·李 Stan Lee
　　　　  　弗兰克·米勒 Frank Miller
　　　　  　Harvey Pekar Harvey Pekar
　　　　  　罗伯特·克鲁伯 Robert Crumb
　　　　  　Dan O'Neill Dan O'Neill
　　　　  　Harvey Kurtzman Harvey Kurtzman
　　　　  　Jaime Hernández Jaime Hernández
　　　　  　威尔·埃斯纳 Will Eisner
　　　　  　Spain Rodriguez Spain Rodriguez
　　　　  　Al Feldstein Al Feldstein
　　　　  　杰克·科比 Jack Kirby
　　　　  　William M. Gaines William M. Gaines
　　　　  　Art Spiegelman Art Spiegelman

◎标　　签　纪录片 | 漫画 | 美国 | Documentary | 美国电影 | 1988 | 欧美 | 艺术

◎简　　介

　　n the 20th century, no artistic medium in North America with so much potential for creative expression has had a more turbulent history plagued with less respect than comic books. Through animated montages, readings and interviews, this film guides us through the history of the medium from the late 1930s and 1940s with the first explosion of popularity with the superheroes created by great talents like Jack Kirby and hitting its first artistic zenith with Will Eisner's "Spirit". It then shifts to the post war comics world with the rising popularity of crime and horror comics, especially those published by EC Comics under the editorshiop of William B. Gaines until it came crashing down the rise of censorship with the imposition of the Comics Code. In its wake of the devastation of the medium's creative freedom, we also explore EC's defiant survival with the creation of the singular "Mad Magazine" by Harvey Kurtzman. We then move to the resurgence of the superheroes in the late 1950's and 1960's typified with the rise of the dramatically innovative Marvel Comics edited by Stan Lee. Still more important is the rise of the the gleefully uninhibited underground comics created by eccentric talents like Robert Crumb and Dan O'Neill. These leads to profiles of creaters like Harvey Pekar who take the medium into new directions of expression. In the late 1970s and '80s we see the rise of alternative comics with such bold talents like Jaime Hernández for "Love and Rockets, Sue Coe for How to Commit Suicide in South Africa and especially for Art Spiegelman for his searing Pulitizer Prize winning Holocaust account, Maus. Finally, we learn of the medium's superhero mythos' revitalizing moment with the creation of Frank Miller's ferocious min-series "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns". Taken together, the film makes its arguement that the medium is far more than the stereotype of juvenile trash but rather it is an artform with a wild history and an exciting future.