UNITED STATES: COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY PUBLISH TRIBUTE BOOK TO THE HEROES OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE ATTACKS

Record ID: 338362

  • Title: UNITED STATES: COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY PUBLISH TRIBUTE BOOK TO THE HEROES OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE ATTACKS
  • Date: 17th October 2001
  • Summary: (W8) SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 17, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS MARVEL COMICS CARTOONIST, JOHN ROMITA JR, COMPLETING ARTWORK AT HIS HOME NEAR SAN DIEGO 0.12 2. SCU/CU: ROMITA FINISHING DRAWINGS FOR AMAZING SPIDER-MAN NO. 36 (2 SHOTS) 0.27 3. VARIOUS CLOSE UPS OF DRAWINGS (2 SHOTS) 0.46 4. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARVEL CARTOONIST, JOHN ROMITA JR SAYING: "I felt uncomfortable, doing anything along those lines, couldn't do justice and people would react adversely, once I started working on it, it's not like I felt it was an obligation, but I was very proud of the job." 1.04 5. VARIOUS ROMITA JR WORKING ON SPIDERMAN COMIC BOOK SURROUNDED BY IMAGES FROM SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 (3 SHOTS) 1.33 6. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROMITA JR SAYING: "The emotions are dread, there are nightmares nightly and cold sweats because it's around us and now we have to deal with this the rest of our lives and I shouldn't have done that to myself, but I didn't have much of a choice and once I started I felt I had to do it right." 1.57 (W8) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 17, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 7. MV: EXTERIORS GOLDEN APPLE COMICS STORE IN HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES 2.07 8. VARIOUS INTERIOR OF COMICS STORE; PEOPLE LOOKING AT COMICS (2 SHOTS) 2.26 9. CLOSE-UPS ' HEROES' TRIBUTE COMIC BOOK 2.36 10. SCU: ARTWORK INSIDE COMIC BOOK FROM CARTOONISTS ALL OVER THE WORLD 2.49 11. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) BILL LEIBOWITZ, OWNER GOLDEN APPLE COMICS, SAYING: "We were a little concerned about it but product is really exceptional and its got beautiful rendering, really touching and poignant thoughts its a very non exploitative but thought provoking kind of a book." 3.09 12. VARIOUS OF PAGES OF TRIBUTE BOOK, 'HEROES' (2 SHOTS) 3.25 (W8) NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 18, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 13. VARIOUS JOE QUESADA, EDITOR IN CHIEF, MARVEL COMICS SEATED AT DESK; CU SPIDERMAN MODEL ;ZOOM OUT TO QUESADA WORKING (3 SHOTS) 3.49 14. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOE QUESADA, EDITOR IN CHIEF, MARVEL COMICS, SAYING: "It would be callous of us to not to be thinking about it, will we address it in very comic, no, because we want to provide escapism but again I think its our responsibility that if there is an idea which I think we need to communicate, that we feel needs to be communicate, then we are going to be there and we are going to do it." 4.09 15. PULL OUT FROM FIREFIGHTERS UNIFORM AT HELMET ON HANGAR TO QUESADA WORKING AT DESK 4.20 16. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) "For me its thank-you we know your there, we'll do what we can to help. We can't go down to ground zero and lift up brick and mortar. All we can do is draw pictures and write words, That's the best that we can do right now." 4.41 (W8) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 17, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 17. VARIOUS OF COMIC BOOK STORE; PEOPLE LOOKING THROUGH COMICS (3 SHOTS) 5.12 (W8) NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 11, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 18. VARIOUS OF NEW YORK CITY FIREMEN WORKING AT WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER SITE (5 SHOTS) 5.51 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 1st November 2001 12:00
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  • Location: SAN DIEGO AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA14TTDE99IP4UCS8SH7PPUDGFY
  • Story Text: Members of the comic book industry have joined together
    to help the victims of the World Trade Center attacks,
    publishing a tribute book to the heroes, many of whom died
    trying to save them.


    As the entertainment industry struggles to find ways to
    acknowledge the September 11 attacks, members of the comic
    book industry have decided to confront the issues head on.

    Marvel Comics, publishers of cult classic comic,
    Spider-Man, will depict a 'terrorist attack' in New York City
    in its upcoming Amazing Spider-Man No.36. It tells the story
    of the attacks from the viewpoint of this comic universe with
    cartoon characters and poignant dialogue. In it, victims ask
    Spider-Man why he could not stop the terrorists.

    The release of this Spider-Man issue follows the
    publication of a tribute book called "Heroes." Released on
    October 17th, the book is filled with drawings of firefighters
    and police officers. Priced at 3.50 US dollars a copy, 3 US
    dollars from each sale will go to the victims of the September
    11 attacks. One hundred thousand copies sold in the first day,
    effectively raising more than 300 000 US dollars.

    One of the cartoonists responsible for the artwork in both
    these publications is John Romita Jr. The San Diego based
    cartoonist has been drawing Spider-Man and other cartoon
    characters for twenty five years, but this was the hardest
    task he'd had to face. Surrounded by pictures of the World
    Trade Center attacks, he tried to convey this very real
    disaster in the world of cartoons. He said the project is
    something he struggles with every day, concerned he will not
    be able to do justice to those who lost their lives. Romita is
    also suffering from nightmares and cold sweats as he draws and
    depicts the images of the attacks on a daily basis.

    Owner of the Golden Apple Comics store in Hollywood,
    Bill Leibowitz, said at first they were concerned about the
    introduction of the 'Heroes' comic.

    "But (the) product is really exceptional and its got
    beautiful rendering, really touching and poignant thoughts
    its a very non exploitative but thought provoking kind of a
    book," he added.

    The editor in chief of Marvel Comics, Joe Quesada said
    they wrestled with whether or not to depict the events in a
    cartoon format, but he believes it would have been "callous"
    not to acknowledge the issues.

    Amazing Spider-Man No.36 will be published in November,
    the 'Heroes' tribute book is already being reprinted following
    huge public demand.


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