Another contribution by Ellison relevant to comics fans like ourselves is a 60-minute documentary that came out in 1987 titled THE MASTERS OF COMIC BOOK ART.
Ellison was the host, and he did 1-minute introductions to the 10 artists interviewed in the program. In order: 1) Will Eisner 2) Harvey Kurtzman 3) Jack Kirby 4) Steve Ditko 5) Neal Adams 6) Berni Wrightson 7) Moebius 8) Frank Miller 9) Dave Sim 10) Art Spiegelman
You can judge for yourself, but don't get turned off by the early interviews of Eisner, Kurtzman and Kirby (and reclusive Ditko didn't appear on camera, and instead did a rather intense editorial with voice-over images) who virtually all died just a few years later. The other 6 interviews afterward are all intelligent and very much worth seeing. And even in the first 4 weaker efforts, it's still great to see the artist, and listen to them in their own words. And most of all, I list it as a place to see Ellison in person, as no obituary or biography could capture him.
