X-Men '97: The Art and Making of the Animated Series

The official behind-the-scenes art book for Marvel''s Disney+ animated series X-Men ’97 The Art X-Men ’97 takes fans behind the scenes of Marvel Animations’ Emmy-nominated revival to X-Men: The Animated Series . Picking up where the original series left off when it aired its final episode in September 1997, this new series features returning cast members and a revamped but familiar art style. Storyboards, character sketches, vehicle designs, new costumes, stills, animatic frames, cels, and so much more will show every step of the process that the talented team of animators, designers, and storytellers undertook to bring viewers the further adventures of Wolverine, Storm, Bishop, Beast, Jubilee, Cyclops, and the rest of Marvel’s most famous mutants.

About the author

James Field is an author, scriptwriter, and film marketing consultant, with seventeen years’ experience in the film and entertainment industry, and a winner of the Nickelodeon Writing Program. Previously he was Production Liaison at Warner Bros. Discovery, on DC Films including The Flash and The Batman, where he authored The Art of The Batman for Abrams Books.

Product details

• Authors: James Field
• Assisted by: MARVEL STUDIOS (Illustration), Eric Lewald (Foreword), Julia Lewald (Foreword), Brad Winderbaum (Foreword), Jake Castorena (Afterword)
• Publisher: Abrams
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.07.2025
• EAN: 9781419775628
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-7562-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, Graphic Novels, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Animated, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Adaptations, Film, TV & radio, Comic book & cartoon art, Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage), Comic book and cartoon artwork, Classic American style / tradition comic books