Comparing the ‘Breaking Dawn’ Calendar Character Images with the ‘Official Illustrated Guide’

A contributor over at Twifans assembled a side by side comparison of our beloved cast with the illustrated images found in Stephenie Meyer’s Official Illustrated Guide. All this was interpreted by Young Kim with Stephenie's ideas, and then finally Young passed those ideas of the book, by creating beautiful drawings of the Cullens and others characters in The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, but if you look better and compare that drawings and BD promo shots, they're similar, see for yourself:

'Twilight' news wrap: pre-order 'Breaking Dawn' collector's edition

Pre-ordering for the Breaking Dawn collector's edition version has now been opened at Amazon.com and others, and the release date for the book is October 3rd of this year, just in time for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1.
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The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion


Similarly, information about the The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion has also come down, with pre-ordering available for that as well at Amazon.com and other sources. The release date for that will be December 6th of this year, just after the film's release to theaters, and it'll run at 144 color pages (formatted similarly, no doubt, to the previous three films' movie companions).


Don’t forget to pre-order your copy of Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 which will be available on October 11th!


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Release date for Twilight Graphic Novel, Volume 2

If you are a fan of the Twilight Graphic Novel, Volume 1, then listen up! Volume 2 has been given a release date and we also now have an image of the cover. Thanks to Twilight Lexicon who placed the two covers side-by-side for this gorgeous meadow scene!

The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide Hits Number 1 on Wall Street Journal List

Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide Debuts in Number 1 Postion on the New York Times Best Seller List

The Official Illustrated Guide Debuts At Number 4 on USA Today List

USA Today is out with their edition of the top 150 books in the USA this week and here is what they had to say about the Official Illustrated Guide:

“Twilight fever: Proving that Twilight fans never say die, Stephenie Meyer returns to the top 10 this week with a new book. The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, a companion to the series and blockbuster movies, enters USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list at No. 4.

The Twilight Saga Official Illustrated Guide and Hits Top Indie Book List

According to the publishing industry website Galleycat, The Twilight Saga Official Illustrated Guide made its debut in the Indiebound list’s number 4 spot.

“We’ve collected the hardcover books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending April 17, 2011–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.

(Debuted at #4) The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guideby Stephenie Meyer: “This comprehensive handbook-essential for every Twilight Saga fan-is full-color throughout with nearly 100 gorgeous illustrations and photographs and with exclusive new material, character profiles, genealogical charts, maps, extensive cross-references, and much more.” (April 2011)”

What We Learned From Stephenie Meyer’s ‘The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide’

The official 543-page encyclopedia to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series hit bookstores Tuesday, offering in-depth profiles of even the most peripheral characters, outtakes from the novels, genealogical charts, and original illustrations (including the sketch of Bella’s wedding dress seen exclusively on EW.com last week). Meyer clearly wanted

The Illustrated Guide to supplement her series, to put on paper the world she carried for so long in her head. Some of the book’s notable tidbits:

—It includes a 2008 Q&A between Meyer and her friend Shannon Hale (Princess Academy) in which Meyer says Jacob was originally an afterthought. “Jacob was born — as a device really — to tell Bella what she needed to know [about Edward being a vampire].”

—Edward’s first human victim was actually Esme’s abusive ex-husband from her pre-vampire days. (Edward tracked him down and sought vengeance for his adopted mother.)

—When Quileute Leah Clearwater first turned into a werewolf, the shock of seeing her transformation caused her father (and Charlie Swan’s best friend) Harry Clearwater to have a heart attack.

Sneak Peek at The Official Illustrated Guide: James’ Bio

Twilight Lexicon just received an image of James’ bio and accompanying illustration from the Official Illustrated Guide due in stores next week. It is so exciting to see how much extra information we can get on a character who plays a supporting role in one book, think of how much information we will end up having about the other characters!


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'The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide': See Bella in her wedding dress

EW has not one but two exclusive images from Stephenie Meyer’s new book, The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, which goes on sale April 12: Bella as a vampire and Bella in her wedding dress. A nice walk-up to the first Breaking Dawn film, no? I didn’t expect to like the first Twilight graphic novel as much as I did, and these illustrations are by that book’s illustrator, Young Kim, who did such a great job bringing Meyer’s characters to life.

What do you think? Is this how you visualize Bella in the upcoming film?