As an illustrator, Stripped is, to me, sometimes inspirational, sometimes scary, and sometimes a groan-worthy doc.
Stripped does its best to cover a huge amount of history in its hour and a half run time (fifteen of which is the credits). Although there is usually a preference for documentaries that feature more than just talking heads, the "fun" sequences where Stripped tried to mimic "old timey" movies and retro games came off more as belittling, rather than endearing, to time periods it was trying to convey. Other than that, one can easily see that this was made with love and care for the comics. While seeing everyone's favorite cartoonists, young and old, gush about how wonderful the medium is, the blind love of comics prevents the film from taking a really critical look at the rise and possible fall of the industry (unlike what Dear Mr. Watterson, surprisingly, did).
Still, it's hard to hide the glee I had seeing the work of Nedroid, Kate Beaton, and KC Green in a legitimate documentary and hearing the voice of one of the most important people of my childhood, Bill Watterson.
As an illustrator, Stripped is, to me, sometimes inspirational, sometimes scary, and sometimes a groan-worthy doc.
Stripped does its best to cover a huge amount of history in its hour and a half run time (fifteen of which is the credits). Although there is usually a preference for documentaries that feature more than just talking heads, the "fun" sequences where Stripped tried to mimic "old timey" movies and retro games came off more as belittling, rather than endearing, to time periods it was trying to convey. Other than that, one can easily see that this was made with love and care for the comics. While seeing everyone's favorite cartoonists, young and old, gush about how wonderful the medium is, the blind love of comics prevents the film from taking a really critical look at the rise and possible fall of the industry (unlike what Dear Mr. Watterson, surprisingly, did).
Still, it's hard to hide the glee I had seeing the work of Nedroid, Kate Beaton, and KC Green in a legitimate documentary and hearing the voice of one of the most important people of my childhood, Bill Watterson.
