The Masters of Comic Book Art (1987)

Meet the superheroes behind the superheroes as award winning Harlan Ellison introduces ten of the worlds greatest comic book artists. Exclusive interviews and samples of their sensational art reveal the philosophy and creative process behind their finest characters, stories, and series. Trace the evolution of comics – from the “Golden Age” beginning in the ’30 to today’s best selling graphic novels – with the MASTERS OF COMIC BOOK ART.

Interviews with:
- Will Eisner
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Jack Kurby
- Steve Ditko
- Neal Adams
- Berni Wrightson
- Moebius
- Frank Miller
- David Sim
- Art Spiegelman

Famed author Harlan Ellison introduces ten of the world’s greatest comic-book artists in this documentary. Examples of the artists’ works are featured along with interviews. Among those showcased are the creators of the Batman and Superman comic book

Forgetting your culture means forgetting your voice

Tintin Isn’t Racist – Legally, At Least

February 14th, 2012
Author Graeme McMillan
I know it’s a question that’s been on your mind a lot lately, but now you can rest easy – Tintin is not racist, according to a Belgian court:

Documents from the court of first instance in Brussels show that it did not believe the 1946 edition of Tintin in the Congo was intended to incite racial hatred, a criteria when deciding if something breaks Belgium’s racism laws. The decision was issued late on Friday…The Belgian court said the book was created at a time when colonial ideas were prevalent, and there was no evidence that Hergé, who died in 1983, intended to incite racism. “It is clear that neither the story, nor the fact that it has been put on sale, has a goal to … create an intimidating, hostile, degrading or humiliating environment,” the court said in its judgment. read more

Danger of the single Story

How Do Comics Represent the South?

Three years ago at the bi-annual conference for the Society for the Study of Southern Literature, Brannon Costello and I began considering the possibilities of the question:how do comics represent the South? To what extent do comics creators wrestle with what Scott Romine calls the “qualitative geography” of the region, that elusive sense of place and specter of history that shadows nearly every author, poet, or artist whose creative aspirations wander below the Mason-Dixon line?

How Do Comics Represent the South?.