Disney Peter Pan Cinestory Comic

by Walt Disney Company

Fantastic adventures await Wendy and her brothers when Peter Pan, the hero of their stories, whisks them away to the magical world of Never Land. With faith, trust, and Tinker Bell's pixie dust, Peter teaches the children how to fly and shows them his secret hideout, where he lives with the rambunctious Lost Boys. Leap into high-flying battles with swashbuckling pirates and the infamous Captain Hook in this cinestory comic celebrating the 65th anniversary of the tale that will never grow old.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Childrens

352 pages, Paperback

Published January 30, 2018

About the author

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Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

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Reviews

[Alexandria K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read one other cinestory comic, and the problem that I normally find with these, is that the characters never say what they said in the movie, but this one was nearly perfect. Minus 5 pages involving the Indian chief, but out of 346 pages I'd say that it was pretty perfect.

[Jaimie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can we resist another Peter Pan book, even if it’s a (kind of crappy) film stills-filled “graphic novel”? The answer is the same as to whether we plan on ever growing up: NEVER! Peter Pan will always have a special place in my heart, even if it has its problematic moments, and the Disney version specifically is particularly nostalgic. As soon as I turned the first page and spotted that aerial swoop into London over Big Ben we were right back flying alongside Peter and ready to play the adventure to Neverland again. The story is so familiar and I’ve seen the film so many times that my mind fills in the timing gaps between frames and the largely removed musical numbers, so even without these crucial story aspects the occasionally awkward moments in the book were quickly glossed over. Too caught up were we with pirates ships, Skull Rock, and mermaid-filled lagoons to care much that the paper quality of the book was a touch subpar, the film stills chosen occasionally caught the most awkward of moments, and that the silence without Pan’s laughter was palpable. As the journey inevitably came to an end with our safe return to the Darling nursery we are once again reminded that while all children grow up, the quiet magic of Peter Pan lives on in our memories, and it never fails to bring a tear to our eye as even the most hard hearted curmudgeons (we’re looking at you, Mr. Darling) is reminded that yes, maybe we have seen that ship before… a long time ago, when we were very young.

[Desa Rae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got this for my 4-year-old who has been enjoying reading Peter Pan. He loves this book! I only wish they had cut out the scene with Hook and Smee where he threatens to slit his throat with a knife.

[Erin Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yep, it's the whole movie as a comic book. Screen shots taken at just the right time and set up to be easily read; I can practically hear the voices from the movie just while reading this. And it's been so long since I've seen the movie that I had forgotten most of it so this was a great trip down memory lane.