Interesting evolution, the name "comics" was derived years ago from strips in newspapers being funny, or "comic." As a kid in the 1950s I recall looking forward to the Sunday paper each week to read the comic strips. And then came comic books, again with the focus on funny stories.
Somewhere along the line the emphasis changed from comedy to drama, like the Superman and Superboy comic books I so enjoyed as a teenager in the 1960s. I don't read comics anymore but I suppose few if any are meant to be funny nowadays. Although they probably all contain humor.
This 2017 series was originally broadcast on TV, presently I am able to watch the six episodes on a two DVD set from my public library, each episode about 42 minutes for a total running time of just over 4 hours. This is really enjoyable for me. When I watched the episode with Stan Lee and Marvel I was amazed at their process. Lee would verbally describe a story to Jack Kirby then leave. Kirby would use his creativity and superb art skills to create the drawings depicting the story. Later Lee would get the drawings to write the dialog that would go along with it. Lee admitted, at times when he got the drawings he wasn't sure which story they represented. But it worked!
Each of the six episodes are interesting, in total an interesting glimpse into that world and how the comics led to new TV and movie universes.
Somewhere along the line the emphasis changed from comedy to drama, like the Superman and Superboy comic books I so enjoyed as a teenager in the 1960s. I don't read comics anymore but I suppose few if any are meant to be funny nowadays. Although they probably all contain humor.
This 2017 series was originally broadcast on TV, presently I am able to watch the six episodes on a two DVD set from my public library, each episode about 42 minutes for a total running time of just over 4 hours. This is really enjoyable for me. When I watched the episode with Stan Lee and Marvel I was amazed at their process. Lee would verbally describe a story to Jack Kirby then leave. Kirby would use his creativity and superb art skills to create the drawings depicting the story. Later Lee would get the drawings to write the dialog that would go along with it. Lee admitted, at times when he got the drawings he wasn't sure which story they represented. But it worked!
Each of the six episodes are interesting, in total an interesting glimpse into that world and how the comics led to new TV and movie universes.