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Previously on X-Men: The Making of an Animated Series Hardcover – November 1, 2017

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In late 1992, on small budgets and under tight schedules, the cast and crew of X-MEN: The Animated Series crafted a television show that, despite an industry full of naysayers, immediately shot to #1. This “kids' show” often landed more than half the TV viewers across America, and a twenty-year gold rush of Marvel motion pictures and TV series followed. Previously on X-Men is Eric Lewald’s personal, inside account of how the series got on the air, the many challenges that were overcome, and how the show prevailed. The head writer interviewed 36 of the artists, writers, voice cast, and executives who helped make this game-changing series a worldwide success. This book is an authoritative look into the creation of the animated series that nobody expected to succeed. Lewald offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at the Saturday-morning cartoon series that changed Hollywood.
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ERIC LEWALD is one of the premier writer-producers in youth-oriented and animated television, with over 500 produced credits. He has been showrunner on 13 series, including ExoSquad, RoboCop: Alpha Commando, Beetlejuice, Mummies Alive, Street Fighter:TAS, and Young Hercules, starring Oscar-nominee Ryan Gosling. Eric has been a studio executive, has helped run a world-renowned Italian motorcycle shop, and has been nominated for an Emmy award. He considers X-MEN: TAS [the animated series] his favorite job ever.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jacobs Brown Media Group (November 1, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 465 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0998866326
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0998866321
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.24 x 10 inches
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Tennessee native ERIC LEWALD is one of the premier writer-producers in youth-oriented and animated television, with over 500 produced credits. He has been showrunner on 13 series, including ExoSquad, RoboCop: Alpha Commando, Beetlejuice, Mummies Alive, Street Fighter:TAS, and Young Hercules, starring Oscar-nominee Ryan Gosling. Eric has been a Hollywood studio executive, co-owned a world-renowned Italian-motorcycle shop, and has been nominated for an Emmy award. His book Previously on X-Men (2017) is a behind-the-scenes history of the creation of one of the most successful and beloved series in television history. His newest book, co-authored with his wife Julia Lewald, is X-Men: The Art and Making of the Animated Series (October 13, Abrams Press), an art-heavy companion piece to the first book’s detailed stories and interviews.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What a great read! If you love the X-Men in any ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2017
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What a great read! If you love the X-Men in any of their incarnations, you have to get this book! If you're just curious about how a TV show makes it on the air, gets put together, and survives to touch millions of fans, then grab "Previously on X-Men." The author was the series showrunner, so he was in the middle of all the crises and triumphs that go along with a five-year-long creative project. He interviews 36 of the major players (cast, crew, artists, writers, executives) who together made this animated series a huge hit and impacted audiences around the world. There's trivia for the fans that you won't have heard anywhere else along with serious considerations about popular culture and the place of X-Men: The Animated Series within it. I love behind the scenes books about TV and movies and this is the best one I've ever read. Definitely five stars!
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Larry King
5.0 out of 5 stars From Genosha With Love
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2018
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I grew up watching the cartoon so hearing the announcement of this book I knew I had to get it. Eric and Julia Lewald did an amazing job delving into the genesis of such a influential show of mine. The struggles to get it on the air, the issues with the first cast of voice actors, how "The Man" tried his best to wrestle control away to turn the show into something that'd have been lucky to complete a first season, this book's a great read. The one on one interviews with the creative staff as well as the voice actors was great. Getting to know these people who not only crafted the words, the images, but who when I read X-Men characters, I hear their voices.

If you love the X-Men: TAS you will love this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent history of a ground-breaking television series
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2019
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X-Men: The Animated Series broke new ground for children's cartoons by taking its audience seriously and delivering intelligent, mature stories. The production team pushed the show's small budget to the limit and created a show that still stands tall today. "Previously on X-Men" provides the kind of insider's look that fans of the show, or of pop-culture in general, will love. It's exhaustive in its coverage, featuring engaging stories, in-depth interviews, and a wonderful attention to detail. And just like the show it documents, it's a heck of a lot of fun.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Comprehensive Look at X-Men (TAS)
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2019
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Okay, I’ll be upfront. I’m a 90’s kid, and I grew up watching X-Men (TAS) as every episode originally aired on Fox Kids every Saturday morning, and I consider it to be the best show ever made. With that said, this is an astoundingly comprehensive book that could have been a bit more entertaining at certain points. But to his credit, author Eric Lewald takes the time to interview every possible cast and crew member available and truly leaves no stone unturned. You’re not going to find a better source of information on the series. There’s times that the subject matter strays a little too far away from X-Men (TAS) in the interviews, but Lewald usually asks the right questions. There’s a few fan-favorites and well-know episodes that tend to be discussed over and over, like The Phoenix Saga and Nightcrawler. Granted, they’re great episodes and Nightcrawler in particular was extremely edgy for a Saturday morning cartoon. I don’t want to spoil anything, but it’s amazing the show aired with a serious tone, and a testimony to seeing a vision through. If you’re interested in what it takes to get a show on the air from a behind-the-scenes perspective, you’ll be very pleased. There’s much discussion about this. And if you have any, and I mean ANY interest in X-Men (TAS) you must buy this book. Oh and Lewald is too humble to say it, so I will, X-Men (TAS) blows the live-action movies out of the water and puts every other X-Men cartoon to shame. This is a must buy for fans of television or the X-Men.
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J. Ly
4.0 out of 5 stars repetitive, but with respect.
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2022
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I was real eager to read this having just finished a series watch that i had not done since the original airings. Even so, my memories of the show during my childhood didnt match watching it now. However, this review is for the book and not the show.

I really wanted to echo another reviewer that said that the interviews repeat a lot of the material and quotes mentioned in the early chapters. In a way, that helps reenforce the importance of certain topics, but it happens so often, it does feel repetitive.

Overall the book is satisfying to the xmen fan, and i do recommend it for that sense. I think if the book just removed the line by line dictation of real world interviews, and attributed to paraphrasing or summation, which would also reduce the amount of pages, the flow would be more concise.

Xmen Xmen, coming your way!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2021
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If you were a fan of the cartoon back in the day and you like to read about behind the scenes type book or oral histories, this is the perfect book for you.
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D. McDermott
5.0 out of 5 stars Get the REAL story of the seminal series!
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2021
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So much incredible inside information that you won't find anywhere else (unless they cribbed it from this book)! And you know it's the straight scoop, because the author and all the interviewees were actually there from the beginning. No third-hand info or speculation here!
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Carlo A. Bravo
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2020
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This book is really awesome,
I Definitely enjoyed it, I also love the artwork in here as well.
And it’s definitely worth buying on this website,
I also Love this cartoon, because it’s my favorite of all time!
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Josh Kennedy
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it
Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2022
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I was a huge fan of the x-men cartoon as a kid and this book gives out some great information on how it was made.
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Yauhen
5.0 out of 5 stars I am happy as a child!
Reviewed in Germany on September 22, 2023
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Great book for all fans of X-Men!
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Manuel Teixeira De Andrade
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Spain on December 15, 2019
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Excellent service as always. Great book for fans.
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iROBOT
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent must read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2019
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A fascinating, thorough history of the one of the best Superhero shows in 90s. For anyone who wants to write TV animation, or is just interest in the creation of TV shows, this is the best book to buy.
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Asif H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect experiment for an X-men fan
Reviewed in Canada on May 17, 2020
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Fantastic look at one of the best animated series of all time. Engaging, well written and even a little heartfelt too.
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