Comic Books Go to War
Comic Books Go to War

Comic Books Go to War (2009)

Tous publics (FR) | Italy | 54 min
Directed by: Mark Daniels
7.3

The universe of comic books is a worldwide pop mythology, a Pantheon in cheap newsprint and saturated colors. For almost 100 years comic books have provided fantasy, escape, and compensation for adolescents who often feel powerless and misunderstood in their daily lives. Fantasies of power are inevitably violent, but the violence in comic books has no consequences. After all, it's just the stroke of a pen... But what happens when the comic book meets real war? In this age of hundreds of television stations, 24-hour news, worldwide instantaneous satellite transmission and thousands of web sites updated hourly, the lowly comic book has become a documentary medium, providing a real understanding of the human dimensions of war, genocide and revolution. It's a new journalistic form. Comic Books Go To War explores the journalistic, aesthetic and political implications of reporting the most violent and terrible of human experiences through "comix."

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Release Date

Netherlands
(Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival)
2009-11
Switzerland
(French speaking region)
2009-11-02
France
No data
2010-01-25
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Comic Books Go to War
(Original title)
La BD s'en va-t-en guerre
France
Comics ziehen in den Krieg
Germany
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Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Unrated
Violence & Gore
Unrated
Profanity
Unrated
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Unrated
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Unrated