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Adventures Into Digital Comics

Oct 9, 2006
1h 36m
★ 0.0

In the 90s, comic books lost millions of readers. Can the Internet win them back?

Overview

The film observes the events surrounding the sudden decrease of sales of comic books in the US in the early 90's, followed by the surge of webcomics on the Internet.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

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Cast

John Barber

Himself

John Barber

Joe Casey

Himself

Joe Casey

Scott McCloud

Himself

Scott McCloud

Scott Koblish

Himself

Scott Koblish

Marv Wolfman

Himself

Marv Wolfman