Cinefex (1980-2021) comic books

In this issue: Cinefex covers Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Constantine, Sin City and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! From special effects masters at Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic working on the final installment of the Star Wars saga to the make-up artists at KNB EFX working on Frank Miller's Sin City, all of the top special effects films of this year check in. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $9.50.

This issue takes a look at 300, Frank Miller's graphic novel, about the Battle of Thermopylae, in which 300 Spartans battled to the death against a massive Persian army, and comes to the screen in a film directed by Zack Snyder. As with Sin City, the previous Frank Miller movie adaptation, 300 features live actors filmed against bluescreen and composited into computer-generated sets and environments. Plus: Ghost Rider, Zodiac, Pan's Labyrinth, Mel Gibson's Mayan epic Apocalypto, and makeup master Rick Baker's disguising of Eddie Murphy in Norbit. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

The premier magazine of special effects in today's films returns with features on Watchmen, Coraline, The Spirit and more. Widely acclaimed as the greatest graphic novel of all time, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen comes to theaters in March in Zack Snyder's highly-anticipated adaptation. Visual effects supervisor John DesJardin explains how he and the visual effects team at Sony Pictures Imageworks brought the alternate 1985 to the screen. Director Henry Selick returns to stop-motion animation with Coraline, based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling fantasy novel, the story of a young girl who steps through a door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. Frank Miller brings Will Eisner's The Spirit to film, and The Orphanage, Digital Dimension and Rising Sun Pictures are among the nine visual effects studios that designed the city. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.