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 (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

References

  1. Sims, Chris (October 26, 2009). "ComicsAlliance Video Vault: The Comic Book Greats: Rob Liefeld". Comics Alliance.
  2. 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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