Prisoners of Gravity

Autobiography (4x26)

Air date: Apr 15, 1993

Commander Rick examines how and why creators put themselves into their stories. Featuring comic book creators Will Eisner (writer/artist, To the Heart of The Storm), Barry Windsor-Smith (artist, Conan the Barbarian), Neil Gaiman (writer, The Sandman), plus independent comic book creators Aline Kominsky-Crumb (Love That Bunch), Seth (Palooka-ville), Joe Matt (Peep Show), Chester Brown (Yummy Fur), Daniel Clowes (Eightball), plus science fiction author Samuel R. Delany (The Einstein Intersection), fantasy writers Michael Moorcock (Elric of Melnibone) and Michael Coney (Pallahaxi Tide), and horror author Anne Rice (discussing her latest novel in her best-selling vampire series, The Tale of the Body Thief).