Married to Comics | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer
A rare glimpse into the art and married life of two giants of autobiographical comics, Justin Green and Carol Tyler, who | dG1fYWc2allaNE00Q00
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00:00 I'm not very proud of it. It was right for the times, but I had no idea it would be a shadow that would dog me through my career.
00:12 I love reading autobiographical comics. But where did it start?
00:18 Most people, even in the comic scene today, still don't really know much about Justin.
00:24 I owe Justin very specifically, in some ways, more than Crumb, who had changed me toward wanting to be an underground cartoonist.
00:31 Justin Green's "Thinky Brown" meets "The Holy Virgin Mary." It's the genesis of the modern autobiographical comic.
00:37 Justin Green was a great, great artist. It pains me that he is not more widely recognized.
00:44 I also discovered that Justin was living in Cincinnati and is married to cartoonist Carol Tyler.
00:51 Carol is also an accomplished autobiographical cartoonist.
00:54 I was astounded by her talent. At first, I would consider myself to be kind of a mentor, but then sometimes she would completely disregard my advice.
01:05 We're distinct entities, and I work up here, and I don't include him in that. And in the same token, he doesn't do that with me.
01:14 I drove up to San Francisco in early 1972, asked Clay Wilson, said, "Let's go meet this crazy guy, this crazy cartoonist, Justin Green."
01:23 He told me later that he was diagnosed with OCD, but he didn't know at the time what was wrong with him.
01:30 And I first saw it draped across his living room on clotheslines.
01:36 Man, something new's landed on the planet, and it's important. It's something genuinely important.
01:42 I was shown Vicky Brown. That was like, bingo. That's what I'm trying to do.
01:47 Justin was right away ready for romance.
01:54 Let's take a look at my counterpart. This is my cosmic double.
01:58 People really started noticing Carol when she did her graphic novel.
02:03 I pick up the phone, and I hear passionate, heavy breathing.
02:11 She's blown to shreds.
02:13 I can't imagine the way that I hurt her.
02:16 When you have something that's that exploded, it doesn't just neatly fit back together.
02:21 It's almost weird that they were married and that they basically almost invented this.
02:26 And then I thought to myself, "I'm married to comics."
02:30 Sounds to me like you want that on video. You like that image.
02:40 I think everyone would like it.
02:42 (upbeat music)
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