Comic Book Confidential (1988)

Directed by

Ron Mann

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary traces the history of comic books in the United States from the 1930s to the 1980s. It covers how the medium developed as an art form and how it fit into society over time.

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What happens

Comic Book Confidential is a documentary film, released in 1988. Directed by Ron Mann and written by Mann and Charley Lippincott, the film is a survey of the history of the comic book medium in the United States from the 1930s to the 1980s, as an art form and in social context. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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