In the 90s, comic books lost millions of readers. Can the Internet win them back?
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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The film's tagline is: "In the 90s, comic books lost millions of readers. Can the Internet win them back?"
The runtime is 96 minutes (1h 36m).
The film was directed by Sébastien Dumesnil.
The screenplay was written by Sébastien Dumesnil.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0377332.
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Adventures Into Digital Comics
Released
English
United States of America
