Pinterest beat out traditional email as 2013’s fastest growing sharing channel, and in 2014 it ranked as the second-highest social referral site. Although all social channels encourage sharing among friends and followers, Pinterest seems to do so exceptionally well. Want to know why Pinterest could be a good fit for you, and some basic tips on how to use it? Read on. Depending on the characteristics of your target audience, Pinterest might be a perfect platform for your brand. Bonus material: interspersed throughout are the three comic books that are featured in the story-all created by Hanks himself-including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel’s 'major motion picture masterpiece.More than 70 million people are on Pinterest, looking to share and discover – and with the average user spending more than 14 minutes on Pinterest per visit, it’s clear that this audience is an engaged one, too. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression and then disappears for twenty-three years.Ĭut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and, remembering the comic book he saw when he was five, draws a new version with his uncle as a World War II fighting hero.Ĭut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie.Ĭue the cast: We meet the film’s extremely difficult male star, his wonderful leading lady, the eccentric writer/director, the producer, the gofer production assistant and everyone else on both sides of the camera.įunny, touching and wonderfully thought-provoking, this is a novel not only about the making of a movie, but also about the changes in America and American culture since World War II. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. and the humble comic book that inspired it. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film.

From the Academy Award-winning actor and bestselling author: his debut novel.

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