X-Men: The Art and Making of The Animated Series

(Hardback)

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XMen: The Art and Making of the Animated Series takes fans behind the scenes of the Emmy Awardwinning cartoon that laid the groundwork for the dozens of Marvel Comics adaptations that followed. Interviews with series writers, producers, and executives reveal the razors edge that Marvel and Fox navigated in order to bring the XMen to television and detail the tough decisions, compromises, and brilliant solutions that resulted in a series that has been lauded by critics and fans for nearly three decades. Along the way, readers will encounter such comics and entertainment luminaries as Stan Lee, Avi Arad, and Haim Saban.
This book gives a firsthand account of what its like to develop, pitch, design, write, and direct an animated series, accompanied by rare original art, animated cels and still frames, and production and merchandising ephemera.

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many a comic fan considers the 1990s X-Men animated series to be the definitive screen version of Marvels iconic mutant team and this encyclopedic new volume is the definitive guide. * Yahoo! Entertainment *
Plain and simple, this is a must-buy for all X-Men fans. * Geeks Worldwide *
Its a must read for all fans of the 90s cartoon classic * The Beat *
youre truly getting a look behind the curtain to how [the show] came together. * Cinelinx *
Abrams Books has published something that satisfies those looking for animation knowledge, art aficionados, and the most die-hard critical X-Men collectors. * Red Carpet Report *
a behind-the-scenes look packed with commentary and never-before-seen concept art, storyboards and more. * The Los Angeles Times *
this massive hardcover is a must-have for any fan of Marvel's mutants. * Comic Book Resources *

Author Bio

Eric Lewald is one of the premier writer-producers in animated television and has been the showrunner on 13 series. He is married to Julia Lewald.

Julia Lewald is an award-winning writer and showrunner who crafted scripts for X-Men: The Animated Series as well as for such hits as Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, and Transformers: Robots in Disguise. She is married to Eric Lewald.