Now Streaming: Married to Comics by John Kinhart
Something I neglected to mention in my 'Signs of the Summer' post was the screening of Married to Comics that I attended/organised at the Rio Cinema in Dalston, London. The good news for those that have been unable to catch it on the big screen is that it's now streaming.
The film is a feature-length documentary about the life and work of two pioneers in the genre of autobiographic comics: Justin Green (RIP) and Carol Tyler. (You may recall Justin from his Sign Game strips and/or the Sign Painters film.) As the title suggests, they were married to each other, with their relationship and individual perspectives on it creating much of the film's intrigue.
Married to Comics trailer on Vimeo.
Contributors to the film include luminaries such as Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman, who discuss the profound influence that Green and Tyler's comics had on them. And, for sign painting folk, there's a lovely segment with Green discussing his Sign Game series for Signs of the Times magazine, which he describes as some of his favourite work.
I recommend setting aside a couple of hours this weekend to take a trip into Green and Tyler's minds, and to learn about the remarkable lives and work that emerged from them.