We’re almost done with our review of MOVIEMAKING ILLUSTRATED, THE COMICBOOK FILMBOOK, which uses examples culled from the pages of Marvel comics to illustrate different points of film theory. This was a ubiquitous tome among comic book artists in the mid-1970s.
A trio of IRON MAN panels from Johnny Craig lead off this final section.
The difference in how a Jack Kirby character reacts to a John Buscema character
There are those Johnny Craig panels again.
John Romita on the left, Barry Smith on the right.
Some John Romita and some John Buscema
Much of this Steve Ditko story is reproduced in this volume.
And that’s it for the comic book materials. There are a number of exercises that are suggested after this and a section on crafting a script, but neither of those involve comic book examples, so we’re going to skip them.
The Tom Brevoort Experience 