The Legends Behind the Comic Books

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…

• Chip CronkiteDirector

• Stan LeeSelf
• Andy KubertSelf
• Joe KubertSelf
• Adam KubertSelf
• Dick GiordanoSelf
• Greg HildebrandtSelf
• Dennis O'NeilSelf
• John Romita Sr.Self
• Joe SimonSelf
• Roy ThomasSelf
• Michael UslanSelf