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ABOUTMICHAELVALENTINE/THEFILMMAKERCOMIX is the brainchild of Film Maker/Musician and long‐8mecomicbookfanMichael Valen8ne.At age 8,allhewanted todowas draw John Romita’s Spiderman and Neal Adam’s Batman.Later,Michael became adevoted follower of 8tles like KingdomCome, Goon, and Alan Moore’s Watchmen. He never stoppedlovingcomicsandhadavisiontomakeacomic bookwhichthenmorphed into the idea of documen8ngtheprocess of makingabookthatgrewintowhatisnowCOMIX.
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“Ithasbeenafantas,cvoyageandIhavemetalotofgreatpeoplealongtheway.Ithinkeveryonewillenjoythisfilm,whetheryouareacomicbookfan,orjustcuriousabouttheworldofCOMIX.” ‐MichaelValen,ne
COMIX:Beyond TheComicBookPages is anexci8ngdocumentary abouttheworldofcomicbooks, andthecomic book phenomenon, told through the thoughts and images of creators, ar8sts, writers, collectors,publishers,storeowners,andmostofall,thefans!
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COMIXalsocapturestheday‐to‐dayopera8onsandtheprocessofgeSngagraphicnovelmade,fromthescripttothebookandintothestores,withpublishinggiantTOPCOWProducLons(TombRaider,TheDarkness,HunterKiller,Witchblade).COMIXdelvesintotheworldofindependentpublishersaswellascomicbookstoreowners
likeBillLiebowitz(GoldenApple)andPaulGrimshaw(HouseofSecrets).TheCOMIXcrewhasfilmedatconven8ons,includingComic‐ConandWizardWorld,todocumentthefans,manyinfullcostumes.Fun,
informa8ve,visuallyexci8ng,andinspira8onal,COMIXgoesbeyondthecomicbookpagesandcapturesthecomicbookphenomenonandthepeoplewhohavehelpedmakeitwhatitistoday.
StanLee(Spiderman,X‐Men,Fantas8cFour)
FrankMiller(SinCity,300)SteveNiles(30DaysofNight)
JohnRomitaJr.(Spiderman,Punisher)
NealAdams(Batman,X‐Men)
MikeRichardson/DarkHorseComics(HellBoy,Goon)MarcSilvestri(ImageComics,TopCow)
MarkWaid(KingdomCome,Flash,CaptainAmerica)