Adventures Into Digital Comics
In the 90s, comic books lost millions of readers. Can the Internet win them back?
2006 · 1h 36m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Sébastien Dumesnil
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.
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