Cinefex (1980-2021) comic books 2009-2011

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.

Take a look at the secrets behind the special effects of today's films with Cinefex. J.J. Abrams' reboot of Star Trek this summer takes center stage with an article that looks at how Industrial Light & Magic recreated the 23rd century. ILM also provided the effects work for Terminator Salvation, and that is profiled here. Plus, learn how the effects of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Angels & Demons were created. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

The premiere magazine of special effects in today's blockbuster films returns with profiles of four of this summer and fall's biggest effects extravaganzas. The effects work for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, District 9 (the new film from producer Peter Jackson), and G-Force are profiled. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: After a 10-year absence from feature filmmaking, James Cameron returns with Avatar, an epic science-fiction adventure in 3D, about an ex-Marine who, as an avatar, inhabits the mind of an alien lifeform indigenous to a distant planet whose natural resources are being pillaged by man. Weta Digital is creating a host of creatures and an entire alien world, abetted by artists at Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Hydraulx, Weta Workshop and Legacy Effects. Roland Emmerich sets his destructive sights on 2012, about a global cataclysm that brings about the end of the world. And Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road, is brought to the screen in an uncompromising film by director John Hillcoat. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

The premiere magazine of special effects in today's blockbuster films returns with profiles of two of this winter's biggest effects extravaganzas. Universal relaunches The Wolfman with director Joe Johnston and actor Benicio del Toro, and Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) unleashes his latest vision, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, on an unsuspecting world. And in recognition of Tippett Studio's 25th anniversary, Cinefex presents a career retrospective of its renowned founder, Phil Tippett. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of 2010. The effects work on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland comes under scrutiny, as does the remake of Clash of the Titans. Industrial Light & Magic's work on Iron Man 2 is explored, and the creature effects for Splice are revealed. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of 2010. The effects of Prince of Persia are put under the microscope, the mind-bending realities of Christopher Nolan's Inception are explored, M. Night Shyamalan brings the world of The Last Airbender to life thanks to effects wizardry, and Joe Carnahan resurrects the classic 1980's series The A-Team. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores three of the most anticipated films of the Christmas 2010 season. TRON: Legacy takes audiences back into the cyberspace world of the original Disney classic; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 sets the stage for the climactic battle between Harry Potter and his nemesis, Lord Voldemort; and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader returns audiences to the magical worlds of C.S. Lewis. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of the coming months. Zack Synder presents a hallucinogenic journey in Sucker Punch; Darren Aronofsky charts a descent into madness by a young ballerina (Natalie Portman) in Black Swan; ILM makes its computer animated debut in Rango; and Battle: Los Angeles rounds out the issue. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of the coming months. Stardust director Matthew Vaughn "reboots" Fox's X-Men franchise with X-Men: First Class, which explores the origins of the war between the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants. Set in an alternate world in which man and vampires have been warring for centuries, Priest stars Paul Bettany as a man of the cloth who tracks down and kills the vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Filmmaker Duncan Jones returns with the techno-thriller Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a covert operative who uses immersive virtual reality to investigate a repeating time loop of events. And rounding out the issue is Thor. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of the coming months. Director Jon Favreau brings Cowboys & Aliens to the big screen in a production starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig. Director Roland Emmerich shuns cinematic pyrotechnics in favor of Elizabethan-era political intrigue and literary mystery in Anonymous. For the eighth and last film in the series, boy wizard Harry Potter makes a final stand against his lifelong nemesis, Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. And Marvel Entertainment presents the action-packed origin story of Marvel Comics' 1941 superhero in Captain America: The First Avenger! Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 126 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.