Moviemaking illustrated;: The comicbook filmbook

by James K. Morrow

Book by Morrow, James

Genres: Nonfiction

150 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1973

About the author

Born in 1947, James Kenneth Morrow has been writing fiction ever since he, as a seven-year-old living in the Philadelphia suburbs, dictated “The Story of the Dog Family” to his mother, who dutifully typed it up and bound the pages with yarn. This three-page, six-chapter fantasy is still in the author’s private archives. Upon reaching adulthood, Jim produced nine novels of speculative fiction, including the critically acclaimed Godhead Trilogy. He has won the World Fantasy Award (for Only Begotten Daughter and Towing Jehovah), the Nebula Award (for “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” and the novella City of Truth), and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for the novella Shambling Towards Hiroshima). A fulltime fiction writer, Jim makes his home in State College, Pennsylvania, with his wife, his son, an enigmatic sheepdog, and a loopy beagle. He is hard at work on a novel about Darwinism and its discontents.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

I saw this book in Ann Arbor in the 1970s. It is a great illustrated guide to movie-making by analogy with Marvel comic book frames. I eventually bought it (I was broke), but it has been missing for years. I recently was reminded of it and found a used copy of the 9th printing. It is dated, but still a neat idea and useful.

[Serge Pierro · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took me twenty years before I was able to finally find a copy of this book (at a comic book convention). Although it would have been more useful to me when I was a young aspiring artist, it was still an interesting read. The concept of the book was to lay out cinematography techniques using the storytelling/artwork techniques of various Marvel comic book artist - including the likes of Barry Windsor Smith. Great use of black and white artwork. Useful for the aspiring film maker or comic book storyteller!