Shopping for Superman

Invalid Date

1h 26m

★ 0.0

The origin story of your friendly neighborhood comic shop.

Overview

An in-depth look at the history of comic book shops and how they and the people that run them continue to make a difference. Through interviews with industry professionals and the shop owners themselves, Shopping For Superman, explores the cultural significance and ever evolving relevance of your friendly neighborhood comic shop.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Scratched Lens Productions

Shopping for Superman Trailers

Cast

No Cast found.

This documentary depicts the filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky talking about his life, his loves, his career as a filmmaker, graphic novelist, and workshop leader, and his eccentricities including tarot reader and theatrical director during The Panic Movement. Directed by Louis Mouchet, La Constellation Jodorowsky includes a lengthy on-camera interview with Jodorowsky in Spanish with subtitles. Marcel Marceau, Fernando Arrabal, Peter Gabriel, Jean "Moebius" Giraud, and Jean Pierre Vignau make appearances discussing their various projects with the director. In addition to the interview and film clips, Mouchet features some bizarre footage from Jodorowsky’s absurdist plays in which topless women splattered with paint writhe around the stage in a theatrical production meant to represent The Panic Movement, i.e., an artistic expression in which reason cannot fully express the human experience.

0.0

Dean Ormston - Working Class Superhero

Nov 12, 2023

From early life in Yorkshire mining town, the documentary plots the rise of Comic Book artist Dean Ormston, co-creator of the Black Hammer universe, and his struggle to recovery from an event that almost cost him his career and his life.

7.4

Legends of the Knight

Dec 31, 2013

Legends of the Knight weaves together the stirring true stories of individuals who have overcome devastating obstacles, unselfishly given to the community, and embraced their inner superhero because of their love of Batman. Through the deeply personal tales of Batman fans, writers, and filmmakers, this feature-length documentary explores the power of heroic stories and encourages viewers to find their own unique path to heroism. Funded by over 1,100 people from around the world, Legends of the Knight is a return to our childhood dreams of being a hero. Put on your cape, and be inspired!

0.0

The Comic Book Greats: Todd McFarlane

Dec 1, 1991

Stan Lee interviews Todd McFarlane

0.0

The Comic Book Greats: Rob Liefeld

Dec 31, 1991

Stan Lee interviews Rob Liefeld

0.0

The Comic Book Greats: Sergio Aragonés

Dec 31, 1991

Stan Lee interviews Sergio Aragonés

0.0

The Comic Book Greats: Compendium

Dec 31, 1992

Compendium of Greatest Moments with artists from Comic Book Greats Series

0.0

The Comic Book Greats: How to Create a Comic Book

Dec 31, 1992

Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio show Stan Lee how to create a comic book.

0.0

The Comic Book Greats: Chris Claremont

Dec 31, 1992

Stan Lee interviews Chris Claremont

0.0

The Comic Book Greats: Bob Kane

Dec 31, 1992

Stan Lee interviews Bob Kane

0.0

The Comic Book Greats: Will Eisner

Dec 31, 1992

Stan Lee interviews Will Eisner

0.0

The Comic Book Greats: Whilce Portacio

Dec 31, 1992

Stan Lee interviews Whilce Portacio

8.0

Lost Heroes

Feb 28, 2014

Lost Heroes is the story of Canada's forgotten comic book superheroes and their legendary creators. A ninety-minute journey to recover a forgotten part of Canada's pop culture and a national treasure few have ever heard about. This is the tale of a small country striving to create its own heroes, but finding itself constantly out muscled by better-funded and better-marketed superheroes from the media empire next door.

10.0

Heroes Manufactured

Mar 10, 2017

A documentary following Canadian artists and their ability to break into the comic book industry while dealing with fandom and the craze of comic book conventions in Canada.

5.7

Pif, Behind the gimmicks

Jan 31, 2015

Taking stock of the extraordinary adventure of "Pif Gadget", a French publishing phenomenon of the 1970s-80s and even of the whole history of children's press. For the comic-strip magazine with the iconic dog, created in 1969 by the French Communist Party, often reached a million copies. With editions available for all of Europe (including Germany, under the title Yps), and on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

7.5

Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Aug 12, 2014

In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore. Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles presented a completely original breed of super hero. It was too bizarre, too crazy. It broke all the rules and should never have worked. Until it sold out. Again and again and again. For 30 years. Now, peek under the shell and see how this so-called "happy accident" defied every naysayer to become one of the most popular and beloved franchises in the world.

8.2

Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix

Sep 15, 2023

Documentary on Astérix's illustrator Uderzo, led by Antoine de Caunes with interviews from various French celebrities.

8.2

Greetings From Planet Smurf

Jun 8, 2018

The Smurfs were created in 1958 by the Belgian comic author Peyo (Pierre Culliford, 1928-1992) and they are one of Belgium's most recognized exports. From Brussels to Los Angeles, via Dubai, a journey into the tiny world of the famous little blue people, from the story of the creation of the original comic to the account of their huge global commercial exploitation.

10.0

The Donald Duck Principle

Oct 15, 2014

The documentary tells why Donald Duck hit Europe like a bomb after the Second World War, creates a loving psychogram of the drake who’d love to be successful and eventually examines the question how our on self-optimization focused society deals with failure.

6.9

Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels

May 7, 2002

Filmmaker and comic writer Kevin Smith interviews comic book legend Stan Lee about his life and work in comics across the decades.

Shopping for Superman

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Shopping for Superman Trailers

Cast

You may also like