Monday, July 2, 2018

Cisco, Thieves and Okja


Fans of the Flash TV series are sure to recognize the name Cisco Ramon, aka Vibe.
 
In Cisco Ramon’s Journal, from S.T.A.R. Laboratories and Titan Books, Cisco (the resident science geek) shares his extensive journal on all things DC Universe.

Cisco goes into full detail about the Flash team of heroes, fellow heroes and their villains across the whole DC TV Universe with shows such as Legends Of Tomorrow and Supergirl along with alternate universe heroes and bad guys from Earth-2.

Full bios and powers of each hero and villain, locations, equipment, technology, alternate universe encounters, time travel and the works are examined accompanied by full-color photos, charts, graphs, specs and personal stick-em notes.

The book allows readers to get complete scans for access. 

Tales of The Seas Of Thieves chronicles the adventures, dangers and supernatural happenings a hearty and reckless band of Pirates encounter during their voyages on and about the Sea Of Thieves.

This beautiful embossed and gold-trimmed journal captures the look and feel of a real Pirate log.

Inside, the journal contains the compiled records of the legendary Captain Flameheart and Diving Beal along with Half-a-Stew Jean and Nine Cat Nura.

The Captain’s own words describe he and his crew’s adventure, accompanied by illustrations, maps, and full-color paintings of mysterious lands, flora and fauna, monsters, treasures, ships, adversaries and the like that ply the waters and inhabit the lands of the Sea Of Thieves.

The book’s pages look like aged parchment, stained by the sea and surroundings and the cover duplicates a leathery appearance complete with gold trim and tooled corners.
 
It’s a real Pirate treasure sure to guide readers to Pirate booty and legends.

Anime fans are familiar with movies featuring strange, exotic and mystical beings and creatures.  

In the new Netflix movie Okja, Anime comes alive in this wonderful live action film.

Okja The Art And Making Of The Film, by Simon Ward, offers a visually stunning visit to a gallery of photos, production art, costume designs, set pieces, creature creations and more that went into making this magical and mystifying new movie.

Readers are invited to journey through the making of the film starting with the gem of an idea, pre-production, filming and post-production.

Full-color photos, art, computer graphics and drawings guide readers through special effects, costume design, location scouting, direction and the selection of cast and crew.

It’s an engrossing book that acquaints readers with the many facets of film-making.