His First Million - a film by Perry Mark Stratychuk

His First Million: The Tale of a Comic Czar is a short film on the man behind the first retail comic book store in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Doug Sulipa, and his shop Comic World.

The centrally located Canadian city developed a counter-culture of comics and collecting from the 1960s through the decades. Some of the biggest mail-order dealers in Canada were once in Winnipeg.

"Per capita, it was probably the number one comic city in Canada for 30 to 40 years,"  says Sulipa.

This award-winning short 16mm movie includes interviews with Sulipa and animated clips by CBC/Sesame Street contributor Andrew Schulz and was originally broadcast on TV in New Zealand.

Awards

Central Florida Film Festival 1981

Produced, directed, photographed, and edited by Perry Mark Stratychuk

Music by Michael Stuart

Copyright 1981 All Rights Reserved