The Art of Invader Zim

Great book. It goes into a lot of detail. I got this as I really enjoyed the film. It's great being able to look into the series and the films creation in more detail. Beautifully put together and filled with full color images along with various development and rough sketches. Well worth it.

As a huge Invader Zim fan I absolutely love this book. It is the perfect item for any Zim fan. It contains a lot of great drawings, information about the show, comics and the movie. 100% recommended 😊

Awesome book, very in depth and gives a nice history of the series creation and inspiration behind it, plus plenty of concept art and art from the show.

Bought this for my partner as she's a massive Invader Zim fan- she LOVED it! It's a great book and well made and she tells me that the quality is perfect as is all the art inside. "If anyone is a fan of Invader Zim they should have this book" - direct quote!

It came as the picture showed and had all of it's content

Ótima qualidade gráfica, assim como outros livros de luxo similares. Os textos são em inglês e possuí diversas artes e rascunhos tanto da série original, quanto do filme mais recente. Para quem curtia o desenho antigo com uma qualidade ruim da televisão, poderá ver agora com traços bem mais nítidos uma série de personagens, cenários e aparatos assim como foram desenhados originalmente.

I've been a fan of Zim forever, and I was really disappointed there wasn't an art book until I learned about about a year ago. Of course it only released a few months ago I think, but I couldn't wait to get it. And it did not disappoint! The overall structure of the book follows a timeline of Jhonen Vasquez's career through comics, beginning in high school with Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, it also talks about his other comics like Squee! and briefly touches on his others. It's followed by how he came to work for Nickelodeon, and what it was like working on the show, with quotes from Jhonon, people who worked for the network, and the people who worked on the show. They talk a lot about the visual identity of Invader Zim, the sound design, how cinematic it was, and it targets in on the philosophy of the humor, which is really nice. It really just talks about all the elements and puts into words of why Invader Zim became a cult classic sort of show. That's the bulk of the book, but there's also later portions which talk about the backgrounds of the show. Finally, it talks about the Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus movie, and why it was different than the original series, how it was influenced by the comic, and how they adapted eleven minute cartoon formula to a full length movie. This also touches on how the movie changed the way they approached color, shots, and how they were able to do some more things they wanted to do with the original. It also touches on how writing for a Zim movie was way different than the show, like making the characters have more depth. I really enjoyed the book and I read it in about three days. I know the above paragraph sounds like it's more text than art, but there's a lot of art in the book. Sketches, backgrounds, screencaps, concept art. These pages, which are pretty long and generally follow a theme of either storyboards, concept art, character art, some portions of the comics, initial sketches, backgrounds, they break up the text which allows your eyes to just wander. There's so much art which is just pleasing to look at. I also think that the art follows a timeline alongside the text, which is also cool.

Temía que el libro me llegara con las esquinas dañadas o algún otro detalle por el estilo, pero me llego en perfectas condiciones y buen tiempo. Respecto a su contenido es bastante completo ya que contiene información sobre el piloto, la serie, los comics y la película o especial de Netflix. Tiene un buen balance entre la información y el arte conceptual, incluso el precio es bastante accesible comparado con otros libros de arte. Si eres un amante de Invarsor Zim o de la animación en general, este libro es para ti.

When the movie was released it captured me immediately with its pop colors and fun play of animation and story. I needed to collect the art book as soon as I finished the movie. This book does not disappoint, from the love of invader Zim artists that worked on the movie loved and were dedicated to the source material. The book is great for touching on each process of creating the film equally, storyboards, colour scripts, detailed interviews, turnarounds, design process and so much more. A solid 10/10 for this art of book.

Literally the best behind the scenes, concept art in a book I've ever read. Extremely well put together, content-rich. Super intriguing view points & thought processes. The art itself is a whole nother' ball park with amazing attention to detail. Highly recommend buying, fantastic addition to any book collection or inspiring artist!