Combining interviews, historical footage, animation, and montages of comic book art, comic book confidential traces the development of the comic book from the very first funnies on parade, in 1933, through counterculture favourites fabulous furry freak brothers to the hippest representatives of the 1980s comic book revival the dark knight. Tales of the rat fink is ron manns wildly inventive bio about renaissance man ed big daddy roth, who engineered a shift in midtwentieth century culture with his customized cars, monster tshirts and americas alternative rodent, rat fink. Both issues of sphinx also contain robust sections of thompsons superior singlepanel illustrations, which are some of the most impressive work produced in comicbook history. Set to the rock n roll that fuelled the hearts of a generation, and featuring fascinating archival material from the 60swith narration by paul evitts.
And, of course, a group of people outside the tomb immediately saw me and started laughing at my predicament. As i recall, my first thought was, i hope no one sees me. Readable on the television 3 digital original promo comic. His production company, sphinx productions, is also based there. Format dvd, videodisc editionversion digitally remastered version. Toronto filmmaker ron mann is one of canadas foremost documentary filmmakers. Today, the production of a comic book is quite a bit different then it was during the golden, silver and bronze age of comic creation.
Checking the netflix, i see that its supposed to be added to their watch instantly streaming library on february 1st, which is pretty good timing. Comic book confidential is documentary by ron mann that. Sphinx series by raye wagner meet your next favorite book. A survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents associated with it. Comic book confidential is an excellent introduction to the history of comic books. They are reason enough to own both books, but when you realize that thompson put just as much care and effort into illustrating his mystical stories, they become sweet. Sphinx productions public media incorporated wilmette, ill. Cbc digital archives ron manns comic book confidential. Special thanks to sphinx productions and ron mann for permission to.
Its a nofuss, 80minutelong portrait of rick kelly, who builds and sells custom guitars. Although comic book confidential covers a lot of ground, there is a nice, fastmoving mix of commentary from the comic book creators and montages of imagery from their creations. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Pioneering the local market with new approaches to the medium and direct distribution to our retailers. The first sphinx, anathna mut, was the chief wizard under ramses ii. Thirteen graphic novelists talk story, craft, and life outside the box compiled and edited by leonard marcus in 2017. Like so many of the institutions today that have found a boon in merchandising, the roots of comic books demonstrate a time when people were compelled to communicate. This book fully embodies the characteristics of nonfiction books. With lynda barry, charles burns, sue coe, robert crumb. It stands as tall as a sixstory building and is the length of a jumbo jet. Brown has also done a certain amount of illustration work. Sphinx productions, 50 baldwin street, toronto, on, m5t 1l4.
Confidential file was aired in 1955, after the senate hearings and the formation of the comics code, but it serves as a perfect example of how the. Comic books, supplies, action figures, toys, games, magic etc. Comic book confidential 1988original movie poster27x41. Comic book confidential was cowritten and directed by canadian documentarian ron mann of sphinx productions. Egypts great sphinx is the biggest single stone statue in existence, and the mysteries surrounding it are equally sizable. This resource is very relevant to your query score. The 2018 joe shuster award winners the joe shuster. Comic book confidential is a featurelength documentary that profiles twentytwo of the most significant artists and writers working in comic books, graphic novels and stripart in north america today. Comic book confidential videorecording a sphinx productions in association with don haig, martin harbury, charles lippincott. Youre not the astrological sign that you thought you were. Mann has put together the archives for many prominent canadian figures and. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Leaving the silver snail in 1987, he started work on a prisoner comic with dean motter below, and worked in an art directorial supportive role on ron manns comics documentary comic book confidential sphinx productions, 1988, an overviewhistory of the comic book.
The print mint produced approximately 10,000 copies of this comic book. Ron mann, the acclaimed director of such pop culture documentaries as twist and comic book confidential has brought an ironic sensibility to the convoluted and colourful story of rochdale. Ronald mann is a canadian documentary film director focusing on aspects of canadian and american popular culture, including his acclaimed 1988 documentary comic book confidentialhe does most of his work through his company sphinx productions, while running a film distribution company on the side calledfilmswelike. Mann established his international reputation while in his twenties with a series of awardwinning theatrical documentaries, including imagine the sound 1981, poetry in motion 1982, comic book confidential 1988, twist 1992, and grass 1999. A troubled woman investigates a homegrown cult in an attempt to save the only woman shes. Kansas citys independent direct market comic book publisher. Directed by ron mann and written by mann and charles 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. The sphinx is an ancient mutant, who has gained additional abilities through use of the ka stone, and other sources. Readable on the television heres what you lose with the bluray release features found with the dvd edition. A survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents.
Carmine street guitars is a oneofakind documentary that exudes a gentle, homespun magic. Comic book confidential 1988 is a featurelength documentary that. Changing seasons in the great year does not mean the end of the world. With the advancement in computer technology and robotics, much of the methods and steps in the creation process are different or may not even exist anymore. The sphinxs future self told his past self what galactus had done to him, and the two were able to work out an elaborate scheme by which they could escape the doom galactus had intended for them.
The history and mysteries behind ancient egypts famous monuments kindle edition by charles river editors. Arts documentary published by sphinx productions in 1988 english narration. Comic book confidential is an americancanadian documentary film, released in 1988. Employing the power of the ka stone and the scientific knowledge that the sphinxs future self had gained, the two sphinxes built a machine that. Ancients refer to the coupledsign of pisces and aquarius in the great year as the time of the fisherman or merman.
The character possesses superhuman strength, stamina, durability, agility, and. Earth is entering a period of enlightenment and turbulence predicted by all the prophets. It will have enough minor defects that it is in clearly worse condition than a brand new freshly published comic, magazine, or book. From the awardwinning director of comic book confidential and grass comes tales of the rat fink, ron manns wildly inventive bio about renaissance man ed big daddy roth, who engineered a shift in midtwentieth century culture with his customized cars, monster tshirts and americas alternative rodent rat fink. Original movie poster for the film released in 1988 other ebay dealers are saying 1985 but that is incorrect poster is rolled, never folded, stored rolled in our gallerys dark storage. Its up to the enthusiastthe person whos spent a full year indulging a. Combines historical footage, interviews, animation, and live action to trace the history of comic books from 1933. While mann is much more interested in the 60s and 70s, when artists such as robert crumb and spain played an important role in underground comics, youll also find interviews with renowned artists from the goldensilver age, such as will eisner, al feldstein, harvey kurtzman, stan lee, and jack kirby. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the pyramids and the great sphinx of giza.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The majority of the 16 page comic is devoted to biographies of the creators referenced in the film, but there are quite a few small. The sphinx appears in an issue of the fourth volume of the title nova. Margaret berger i feed you my love norway 20 eurovision song contest duration. In 1988, sphinx productions released a promotional comic as a companion to the film under sphinx comix.