BACK TO THE FUTURE: DeLOREAN TIME MACHINE: DOC BROWN’S OWNER’S WORKSHOP MANUAL (Insight Editions; 3/30/21). From legendary Back to the Future co-creator, co-writer,and co-producer Bob Gale and illustrator/film artist Joe Walser, this is the backstory and detail rich technical manual to one of cinema’s most iconic cars– Doc Brown’s time traveling DeLorean.
The book was announced this week, with Gizmodo saying, “The book at first appears to be just some beautiful, technical pictures of all the nooks and crannies of everyone’s favorite time machine, but it’s more than that. Much more. It’s filled with entries from Doc Brown’s personal journals that fill in gaps and tell stories Back to the Future fans have always dreamed of.”
One of the most iconic movie sagas of all time, the Back to the Future trilogy has left an indelible impact on popular culture. Back to the Future: DeLorean Time Machine: Doc Brown’s Owners’ Workshop Manual [Insight Editions; March 30, 2021] delves into the secrets of the unique vehicle that transported Marty McFly and Doc Brown through time, including both the original version of the car and the updated flying model. Together, Gale and Walser have given us an unprecedented insight into the DeLorean’s inner workings, from its unmistakable gull-wing doors to Doc’s cutting-edge modifications, including the Flux Capacitor and Mr. Fusion. The book also includes unique handwritten excerpts from Doc Brown’s journals, which recount his life after World War II, how he came to build the Time Machine, his first trip to 2015, how he survived his accidental trip to 1885 and much, much more. Filled with exclusive illustrations and never-before-disclosed information, Back to the Future: Doc Brown’s DeLorean: Owners’ Workshop Manual is the perfect gift for the franchise’s legion of fans.
“It seemed natural that we would want to fill in the backstory of Doc’s early time travel experiments and how he arrived at the point of putting it into a car and then expanding it even further to fill in all the great little missing stories that you just kind of assume from the movies,” Gale said. “But here we are saying, ‘Okay, this is how Doc met Marty. This is what happened to Doc when he first arrived in 2015. This is how he survived in the Old West until Marty came back for him.’ These are questions people always ask me.”
This book’s creative team sets it apart. Bob Gale is best known as co-creator, co-writer, and co-producer of Back to the Future and its sequels. Gale has teamed up with illustrator Joe Walser, who has combined decades of motion picture art department experience with his passion for Back to the Future to become the world’s leading authority on the DeLorean time machine—in 2013, he led Universal Studios’ restoration of the vehicle used in all three Back to the Future movies, which is now on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
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