Comic Book Confidential

A 1988 Arts Documentary published by Sphinx Productions and directed by Ron Mann.

This classic Ron Mann documentary profiles 22 of the most significant artists working in comic books in North America today. With interviews, historical footage and state-of-the-art animation, it traces the creative development of the incredibly popular comic medium.

From Jack Kirby's Captain America via the irreverence of Mad Magazine, to the underground movement of the ' 60s, with it's "anything goes" cartoonists, Comic Book Confidential also updates the story to the ' 80s, when comics exploded into so many genres and styles that even our superheroes can't keep up with them anymore.

With : Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, Al Feldstein, Harvey Pekar, Gilbert Shelton, Lynda Barry, Stan Lee, Victor Moscosco and many others.