Independents A Guide For The Creative Spirit DVD

Description

The question most regularly asked of any creative professional is "Where do you get your ideas?" People are eager to participate in the process of artistic invention and imaginative expression, yet many seem to believe there is some magic involved. In the new documentary "Independents" it is revealed that all one needs is patience, persistence, a pencil, and a piece of paper. The director, Chris Brandt, examines the creative drive, through interviews with dozens of artists who have paved their own roads to success as self-published graphic novelists.

The graphic novel (or "comic book") has more critically recognized merit than ever before, but the only documentaries on the subject deal in detailed history and technical minutiae that are of interest solely to academics and aficionados. "Independents" instead focuses upon the motivation and passion of the individuals behind the work, and examines how their lives have been influenced and shaped by the lowest of the low brow arts.