n the 20th century, no artistic medium in North America with so much potential for creative expression has had a more turbulent history plagued with less respect than comic books. Through animated montages, readings and interviews, this film guides us through the history of the medium from the late 1930s and 1940s with the first explosion of popularity with the superheroes created by great talents like Jack Kirby and hitting its first artistic zenith with Will Eisner's "Spirit". It then shifts to the post war comics world with the rising popularity of crime and horror comics, especially those published by EC Comics under the editorshiop of William B. Gaines until it came crashing down the rise of censorship with the imposition of the Comics Code. In its wake of the devastation of the medium's creative freedom, we also explore EC's defiant survival with the creation of the singular "Mad Magazine" by Harvey Kurtzman. We then move to the resurgence of the superheroes in the late 1950's and 1960's typified with the rise of the dramatically innovative Marvel Comics edited by Stan Lee. Still more important is the rise of the the gleefully uninhibited underground comics created by eccentric talents like Robert Crumb and Dan O'Neill. These leads to profiles of creaters like Harvey Pekar who take the medium into new directions of expression. In the late 1970s and '80s we see the rise of alternative comics with such bold talents like Jaime Hernández for "Love and Rockets, Sue Coe for How to Commit Suicide in South Africa and especially for Art Spiegelman for his searing Pulitizer Prize winning Holocaust account, Maus. Finally, we learn of the medium's superhero mythos' revitalizing moment with the creation of Frank Miller's ferocious min-series "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns". Taken together, the film makes its arguement that the medium is far more than the stereotype of juvenile trash but rather it is an artform with a wild history and an exciting future.

n the 20th century, no artistic medium in North America with so much potential for creative expression has had a more turbulent history plagued with less respect than comic books. Through animated montages, readings and interviews, this film guides us through the history of the medium from the late 1930s and 1940s with the first explosion of popularity with the superheroes created by great talents like Jack Kirby and hitting its first artistic zenith with Will Eisner's "Spirit". It then shifts to the post war comics world with the rising popularity of crime and horror comics, especially those published by EC Comics under the editorshiop of William B. Gaines until it came crashing down the rise of censorship with the imposition of the Comics Code. In its wake of the devastation of the medium's creative freedom, we also explore EC's defiant survival with the creation of the singular "Mad Magazine" by Harvey Kurtzman. We then move to the resurgence of the superheroes in the late 1950's and 1960's typified with the rise of the dramatically innovative Marvel Comics edited by Stan Lee. Still more important is the rise of the the gleefully uninhibited underground comics created by eccentric talents like Robert Crumb and Dan O'Neill. These leads to profiles of creaters like Harvey Pekar who take the medium into new directions of expression. In the late 1970s and '80s we see the rise of alternative comics with such bold talents like Jaime Hernández for "Love and Rockets, Sue Coe for How to Commit Suicide in South Africa and especially for Art Spiegelman for his searing Pulitizer Prize winning Holocaust account, Maus. Finally, we learn of the medium's superhero mythos' revitalizing moment with the creation of Frank Miller's ferocious min-series "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns". Taken together, the film makes its arguement that the medium is far more than the stereotype of juvenile trash but rather it is an artform with a wild history and an exciting future.

影片根据Solly Perel的真实经历改编，讲述了和希特勒同一天生日的13岁德国犹太男孩Solly在二战期间通过机敏过人的应变能力和绝无仅有的巧合，保全生命，并最终与集中营中的兄长团聚的令人惊叹的故事。片中年轻的Solly是苏联共青团员，是德军的战斗英雄，是希特勒青年队的队员，甚至还爱上了一个纯雅利安女孩，但犹太人的特殊标志——割礼，却无时无刻提醒着他的身份。从无所谓、迷茫到怨恨，战争让他承担了太多与年龄不相称的压力，但最终他依然认同了自己的民族，并在成年后毫不犹豫地为自己的儿子也实行了割礼。

影片根据Solly Perel的真实经历改编，讲述了和希特勒同一天生日的13岁德国犹太男孩Solly在二战期间通过机敏过人的应变能力和绝无仅有的巧合，保全生命，并最终与集中营中的兄长团聚的令人惊叹的故事。片中年轻的Solly是苏联共青团员，是德军的战斗英雄，是希特勒青年队的队员，甚至还爱上了一个纯雅利安女孩，但犹太人的特殊标志——割礼，却无时无刻提醒着他的身份。从无所谓、迷茫到怨恨，战争让他承担了太多与年龄不相称的压力，但最终他依然认同了自己的民族，并在成年后毫不犹豫地为自己的儿子也实行了割礼。

荣誉：克拉科夫国际电影节铜龙奖 　　导演点评：这原本是大阪世博会时（译注：1970年），为住友化学工业展馆制作的影片。本片在世博会上是在三面银幕上放映的，而这里收录的作品则是对其进行重组后完成的。

荣誉：克拉科夫国际电影节铜龙奖 　　导演点评：这原本是大阪世博会时（译注：1970年），为住友化学工业展馆制作的影片。本片在世博会上是在三面银幕上放映的，而这里收录的作品则是对其进行重组后完成的。

欧足联欧洲联赛（UEFA Europa League；简称欧洲联赛，或音译作欧罗巴联赛，在台湾和香港又称为欧霸杯）是由欧足联每年举行的由欧洲俱乐部角逐的淘汰制赛事，在欧洲洲际级别比赛中重要性仅次于欧洲冠军联赛。 　　前身为欧洲联盟杯，从2009/10赛季开始改变赛制，并将赛事更为现名。改制后仍继承自1971年欧洲联盟杯成立以来的各种纪录，不可分开计算。此次重组也将举办了15年的欧洲足联国际托托杯并入欧足联欧洲联赛。

欧足联欧洲联赛（UEFA Europa League；简称欧洲联赛，或音译作欧罗巴联赛，在台湾和香港又称为欧霸杯）是由欧足联每年举行的由欧洲俱乐部角逐的淘汰制赛事，在欧洲洲际级别比赛中重要性仅次于欧洲冠军联赛。 　　前身为欧洲联盟杯，从2009/10赛季开始改变赛制，并将赛事更为现名。改制后仍继承自1971年欧洲联盟杯成立以来的各种纪录，不可分开计算。此次重组也将举办了15年的欧洲足联国际托托杯并入欧足联欧洲联赛。

《冠军欧洲》是中央电视台体育频道专为欧洲冠军联赛推出的一档特别节目，每期节目在北京时间每个欧冠比赛日的晚上播出。栏目内容包括欧冠比赛日比赛集锦及回顾、焦点赛事专家点评等精彩内容。充分全面的展示欧冠联赛每个比赛日的精彩内容，令球迷全方面享受世界上最成功的足球俱乐部赛事。

《冠军欧洲》是中央电视台体育频道专为欧洲冠军联赛推出的一档特别节目，每期节目在北京时间每个欧冠比赛日的晚上播出。栏目内容包括欧冠比赛日比赛集锦及回顾、焦点赛事专家点评等精彩内容。充分全面的展示欧冠联赛每个比赛日的精彩内容，令球迷全方面享受世界上最成功的足球俱乐部赛事。