The Comic Book Greats
| The Comic Book Greats | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Interview |
| Created by | Stan Lee |
| Directed by | Rick Stawinski |
| Starring | Stan Lee |
| Composer(s) | Rick and Rob Stawinski |
| Country of origin | America |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Peter Bierstedt, Stan Lee, Michael R. Rielly |
| Producer(s) | Paul Burke |
| Editor(s) | Dan Fox |
| Location(s) | Los Angeles |
| Cinematography | Dennis Weiler, Dave Jenkins |
| Production company(s) | Excelsior Productions |
| Distributor | Starbur Home Video |
| Release | |
| Original release | 1991-1992 |
The Comic Book Greats was a 1991[1] documentary series produced by Starbur Home Video. The series was hosted by Stan Lee. Stan interviewed a different comic book artist for each episode. The artists interviewed include Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Sergio Aragones, Chris Claremont, Bob Kane, John Romita, Sr., John Romita, Jr. and Will Eisner.[2]
List of episodes
| Episode | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | "Todd McFarlane Interview" | 1991 |
| (2) | "Rob Liefeld Interview" | 1991 |
| (3) | "Sergio Aragones Interview" | 1991 |
| (4) | "Overkill with Todd McFarlane and Rob Liefeld" | 1991 |
| Stan Lee challenges Rob Liefeld and Todd McFarlane to design a character in twenty minutes with the name "Over Kill". The character Liefeld and McFarlane came up with became the basis for the character Overt-Kill. | ||
| (5) | "Interview with Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis" | 1992 |
| (6) | "How to create a comic book, Interview with Todd McFarlane and Rob Leifeld" | 1992 |
| Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio give some tips on creating comics. | ||
| (7) | "Chris Claremont Interview" | 1992 |
| Claremont discusses X-Men comics, his creative process, aviation and movie adaptations. | ||
| (8) | "The Romitas" | 1992 |
| Interview with John Romita, Sr. and John Romita, Jr. | ||
| (9) | "Interview with Bob Kane" | 1992 |
| (10) | "Jim Lee Interview" | 1992 |
| (11) | "Will Eisner Interview" | 1992 |
| (12) | "Whilce Portacio Interview" | 1992 |
| (13) | "Compendium of Greatest Moments with artists from Comic Book Greats Series" | 1992 |
| The episode features the best moments of Aragones, Davis, Eisner, Kane, Kurtzman, Lee, Liefeld, McFarlane, Portacio and Romita. | ||
See also
- Characters created by Stan Lee
- List of American comics creators
- List of Marvel Comics people
References
- ↑ Sims, Chris (October 26, 2009). "ComicsAlliance Video Vault: The Comic Book Greats: Rob Liefeld". Comics Alliance.
- ↑ Gabilliet, Jean-Paul Beaty, Bart Nguyen, Nick (2005), Of comics and men: a cultural history of American comic books. University Press of Mississippi.
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