简介：Thisistheopeningfilminaserieswhichexploresthehistoryanddevelopmentofthecomic-bookasanartisticentityinitsownright.Inamovingcollageofimages,partstillphotographs,partanimationandpartdocumentaryfilmclips,thesubjectmatter,varioustypesofcharacters,andvarioustypesofartisticdipictionarepresentedinsamplesfromavastselectionofworkbyaninternationalgroupofcomicbookartists.Thefilmthusrelatestherelativelyshorthistoryoftheformwhich,despitethecriticismroutinelyleveledagainstit,hasbecomeoneofthepillarsoftwentieth-centurymassculture.…