Every comic book documentary you must watch well, not all of them, but at least i have your attention now. The film features classic collectibles, such as barbie dolls, comic books, pop culture figures like star wars, antique china dolls, and more. The worlds a terrifying place, but at least that makes for good documentaries. In this concise, crisply written guide, patricia aufderheide. Im more of a documentary kind of gal, navi responded. To us, book collecting seems to be more enjoyable than other collecting hobbies because the scope is broad and the availability of material is large.
Comic book documentary who the hell is alfred medley. Weaponcollector did a good video on his books so i thought id do a similar one, quite a lot of books on military history, nearly all of my collection is. Our guide to book collecting covers many of the basic elements of book collecting, from what to collect to caring for your book collection. James marsh is a british filmmaker, best known for the oscarwinning documentary man on wire. Comic book documentry, justice league, jack kirby, darwin cooke final frontier, frank miller, daredevil, fantastic four, batman, dark knight returns, ghost.
You can collect any kind of books but make sure that you collect books that you love. Directing the documentary offers timetested principles to help you master the craft. Today sotheby announced that is will auction dc complete. Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given collector. These are the 66 best documentaries of all time vogue. Interviews with the creators and fans of american superhero comic books.
Many times when movies came out, they would have a book to go along with it. Documentary novel vs historical fiction susan santiago. Online shopping for documentaries movies from a great selection at books store. For those of you who dont like nonfiction, start by watching a documentary and then read a nonfiction muckrakertype book, and you will open your eyes to a world that you arent able to experience in your own life. Documentary novel vs historical fiction october 3, 20 you write about what you already know, right.
If you are interested into documentary film making you may want to read through some literature before you start shooting your film. Comix is a documentary about comic books and the comic book world, told. Theres a reason why this book keeps getting updated and keeps selling well. Problem is the listing did not describe the damage through several pages of the book. I want to watch one, more about the history of the medium, than one about the history of the characterspublishers. If i was suddenly asked to teach a history of the documentary class and told that my budget would allow for the use of just one textbook, documenting the documentary. Whether they are about the industry itself or about comic book characters ive grown to love over the years, nothing beats a good comic book documentary to help quench my thirst for comic book knowledge.
While not a documentary, its a shrewd meditation on the publics relationship to. Hello i purchased this book off feebay, it has a beautiful color and cover except the top right. I encourage everyone i meet to watch the documentary the cosmos and hadfields. The ian levine collection, a comic book collection that includes every comic book published by dc comics from 1935 through 2016, including. Every comic book documentary you must watch elongated man. Updated and added to every day, it will eventually list all significant british comics published and all marvel and dc comics that were either officially distributed or non distributed in the uk. This is a message to women directors, producers, writersanyone who wants to work in the business. This pbsproduced documentary covers the entire comic book industry and culture, spanning from its newspaper roots all the way to 20. With this book as our guide, we will come out at the end of this exploration with a profound. Comix is a documentary about comic books and the comic book world, told through the thoughts and images of comic book creators, artists, writers, independent publishers, comic book store owners, collectors, and especially the fans, many dressed in costumes, who share their love for the art form and who have made comic books and the phenomenon what it is today. A journey to recover a forgotten part of canadas pop culture and a national treasure few have ever heard about, the tale of a small country striving to create its own heroes, but finding itself constantly out muscled by betterfunded and bettermarketed superheroes from the media empire next door. Comic book superheroes unmasked documentary 1 mostly dc and marvel, but talks about their relevancy throughout history and politics.
Pragmatic or howto books on documentary acquaint the film or videomaker with the fundamental tools for making documentaries. Importers bank guaranteeing to an exporter that the payment will be received on time and for the correct amount. Ive compiled a list of comic book documentaries that i think every fan of the hobby should watch. The historical book relates the history of the documentary form and its leading practitioners. The theoretical book is largely found in academia and is usually published by university presses. I personally found it useful to read a nonfiction book and also watch the documentary or similar documentaries. Platinum 18971937, golden 193855, silver 195669, bronze 197079, and modern 1980present.
Narrated by keith david, and has a great list of comic artists and writers being interviewed. A selection of marveldc comic books pulled from a large private collection in ohio ed suba jr. We polled some dealers and collectors and arrived at this list of the top ten books every book collector should read. Welcome to the comic book price guide that has been 25 years in the making. Edited by one of the leading british authorities in the field, the documentary film book is an essential guide to current thinking on documentary film. There are quite a few interesting comic book documentaries thatll help you. Exporter hands over the task of collecting payment for goods supplied to his or her bank, against the shipping documents. As the power dynamics shifted from former president boris yeltsin to putin, documentary filmmaker vitaly mansky was on hand. Close readings of documentary film and video is the one i would select. However, without any prior knowledge or idea of what to do, it can get pretty confusing.
An exciting new documentary about the world of comic books told through interviews of the creators, artists, writers, collectors, store. One of the common themes you will read in interview after interview is the call to keep fighting for your vision. Few early filmmakers wrote memoirs, but collectors avidly pursue those who did. Pages in category documentary films about comics the following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
But, you also write about things you want learn more about. Putins witnesses is a stirring and informative twopart documentary on the rise and reign of russian president vladimir putin. Recommended books and literature for documentary filmmaking. We havent done any research, but we suspect that the quantity, variety, and availability far exceeds any other collecting field, such as stamps, coins, glassware, or furniture. To help celebrate this, amc networks is planning a history of comic books documentary miniseries that is tentatively titled heroes and villains. Glenn oleary since 1993 has owned the comic book palace, a mecca for area comic book aficionados and the subject of a 20 documentary that may soon become a. Comic book confidentialanother comicrelated documentary also featuring r. Crumb is a 1995 documentary film about the noted underground cartoonist robert crumb r. Rarity, title, issue, and condition determine value, although often one of those variables is far more important than the others. This thrilling documentary by director james marsh follows philippe petit and his friends, the minds behind the 1974 highwire walk between the world trade center towers, using footage from the event and incorporating an exhilarating score by composer michael nyman. The love of books is bibliophilia, and someone who loves to read, admire, and collect books is called a bibliophile book collecting can be easy and inexpensive. Amc orders history of comic books documentary miniseries. The criterion collection released the film on dvd and bluray august 10, 2010.
Cut up in 10 different chapters, the documentary follows assange and his two closest teammates sarah. Sothebys selling most complete dc comics collection ever. Talking with gods is documentary about grant morrison as he speaks about his childhood and being a kid of glasgow who fell in love with superheroes to becoming an industry giant. A documentary collection is a trade transaction in which the exporter hands over the task of collecting payment for goods supplied to his or her bank, which sends the. Do not only spend money on soft and hardware, consider also investing time and little money in some good books. Printed works in russian by director sergei eisenstein are some of the most soughtafter items in the nascent field of filmbook collecting. Bay state comic book shop gets ready for prime time business. The series is being produced by robert kirkmans skydance entertainment, marking yet another collaboration with the walking dead creators company. Masters of comic book art eisner, kirby, ditko, adams, wrightson, miller 1987.
Comic books have been published for more than a century, and collectors categorize them into five ages. Payback, the documentary inspired by the book, was an official selection of the 2012 sundance film festival. Documentary film can encompass anything from robert flahertys pioneering ethnography nanook of the north to michael moores antiiraq war polemic fahrenheit 911, from dziga vertovs artful soviet propaganda piece man with a movie camera to luc jacquets hearttugging wildlife epic march of the penguins. Frank gorshin hosts an overview of the major history of comic books, comic book companies, comic book controversy, and care of comic books. Collecting comic books is an age old staple of simple investments, with even greater numbers of people taking part in it due to the current rise in popularity for superheroes. Canadas forgotten comic book superheroes and their legendary creators. A never ending battle i was left with an itch for more documentaries like that. Ken burnss documentary, codirected with his daughter sarah burns and david mcmahon, looks back at one of the most notorious criminal cases in. There are many, many fascinating and educational books detailing the inner workings of the rare book trade. Before october 14, 2017, saint helena was largely isolated. Powerfully posing questions of ethics, ideology, authorship and form, documentary film has never been more popular than it is today. Whether youre an experienced book collector, or new to collecting books, biblio is your source for not just uncommonly good books but also a wealth of information about collecting antiquarian and rare books, too.
Beyond the comic book pages is an exciting documentary about the. Published works by early film directors are scarce, and often more valued, than celebrity stories. Top 10 books about documentary filmmaking documentary. Book collecting, acquisition of books, not only as texts but also as objects desirable for such qualities as their age, scarcity, historical significance, value, beauty, and evidence of association with some important person. The 20 best documentaries of 2016 so far page 2 of 4. Admittedly, after researching this topic i may be more confused than when i started. Unlike some other trades, book dealers have never been afraid to commit their secrets, memories, and insights to paper.