by Howard Zimmerman | Jun 23, 2023 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Health Care Reform
I have worked on, edited, and produced hundreds of books over the course of my career as an editor and packager. Occasionally, one will spike on Amazon.com, or even be mentioned in The New York Times’ Book Review section. But I don’t think I’ve ever had a tiger...
by Howard Zimmerman | Nov 14, 2014 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction
Humor in science fiction is a tricky business. Few people have ever done it well. Terry Pratchett, of course; Ron Goulart; Harry Harrison; and the brilliant Douglas Adams. Sometime in the mid-1990s, Byron Preiss signed a deal with Douglas Adams to adapt his original...
by Howard Zimmerman | Oct 23, 2014 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Publishing
The most fun I ever had adapting books to graphic format came from the fact that in every case the original work was one I had read and liked. That was true with Ray Bradbury, whose work I adapted most extensively, from his classic short stories to his classic longer...
by Howard Zimmerman | Aug 1, 2014 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Pop Culture, Ray Bradbury
Over the decades, it has been my challenge and my pleasure to create graphic adaptations of some of my own favorite books by some of my favorite authors. I got to adapt many of Ray Bradbury’s short stories, initially in the form of The Ray Bradbury Chronicles, a...
by Howard Zimmerman | Oct 8, 2013 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Upcoming Books
It’s an exciting time for Z File, as we’ve just signed contracts with two new clients, North River Press and Zenith Press, and will be producing new nonfiction graphic novels for them. The success of graphic nonfiction has been an eye-opener to traditional book...
by Howard Zimmerman | Sep 13, 2012 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction
We just can’t get enough of Mars! NASA saw its largest, most sophisticated robotic explorer yet, the Curiosity Rover, successfully land in a highly complex maneuver in mid-August. The damned thing is so large and so heavy that they needed to remotely lower it...
