Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas: A Novel [Paperback]

Daphne Skinner (Author), Caroline Thompson (Author), Tim Burton (Author), Touchstone Pictures (Corporate Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1993

Jack Skellington’s got the blues. He’s sick and tired of his hometown holiday, Halloween, and is longing for something new. But when his soul searching leads to his good-intentioned kidnapping of Santa, things start getting pretty hairy! Now, for the first time, fans can read the story of how Jack almost ruined Christmas in manga form. This Japanese comic retelling of one of Disney’s most enduring films is the coolest thing to hit the shelves this season.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 76 pages
• Publisher: Disney Pr (Juv Pap) (October 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562825925
• ISBN-13: 978-1562825928
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,496,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars E.A.'s Review, January 28, 2007

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E.A. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas (Manga) (Paperback)

The drawings alone are worth buying this manga. It is also in the traditional Japanese format which makes it 10 X more fun to read. The story is nearly identical to the movie which may or may not be a good thing.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars another thing to add to your collection, February 24, 2006

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Animation Admirer (Lexington, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas (Manga) (Paperback)

If you're a fan of NBC, you already know the story forward and backward. This is just another interesting way to look at the story. The drawings are very nice. I'm not sure if the dialogs match those in the original movie though. Anyway, I'd recommemd adding this to your NBC collection (and play the soundtrack while reading it if you have one).

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just a Nice Little Touch to a Collection, December 30, 2008

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VNightmare - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas (Manga) (Paperback)

If you know the movie, you know the manga already. I think the only real difference between the two is you see more of the story from Sally's point of view than in the movie.

Honestly, I am not a fan of manga art, and I do not think was a suitable form for this film. The twisted look was not really captured, and a lot of the characters looked soft, cuddly, and cute. What REALLY annoyed me was there were a few panels that looked sketched in at the last minute. The one that sticks out the most is a small pen drawing of Lock, Shock, and Barrel that looks shaky and unprofessional, and if I was able to scan it, I would post a link to it here.

Overall, the movie was a lot better. I really disliked how the scenes with songs were handled. They were cut very short (the "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" scene was only about two pages long to give you an idea of just how much they cut), and made the novel breeze by to quickly get back to Jack and Sally.

I have it as something nice on my bookshelf, but nothing more than that.