Comic Book: The Movie


Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Released: January 27, 2004
Rated: PG-13 (USA)
Director: Mark Hamill
Mark's Role: Donald Swan
Also starring: Billy West, Roger Rose, Jess Harnell, Tom Kenny, Lori Alan

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High School teacher Donald Swan is a comic book fan and historian. Owner of his own comic book shop, his favorite comic book hero is Commander Courage. As a big movie studio endeavours to bring the story to the silver screen, Donald jumps at the offer to be in on the extra features of the DVD, documenting the history of the Commander's creator Jackson Whitney.

He is, however, disappointed as he realizes that the studio has completely revamped his beloved character. Commander Courage has become Codename: Courage; anonymous, brutal, bereft of the symbolism and warmth with which the original Commander was created and portrayed.

Determined to make the studio people see their error, Donald puts into motion a devious (and hilarious) little scheme to win the fans' favor on Comic-Con in San Diego, where he's supposed to shoot his documentary under the supervision of studio executive Taylor Donahue, who's quite confident to have the situation under control. Little does he know.

Control is slipping through his fingers as Donald presents an up until then unknown heir to the deceased Jackson Whitney and tries to get him on his side. In the final showdown, it's entirely up to the fans who wins and who falls.