Alien illustrated story artist edition

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Alien: The Illustrated Story or simply Alien , stylized as ALIEN is a sixty-four page critically acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of the science-fiction horror film Alien published by Heavy Metal magazine in It was scripted by Archie Goodwin and drawn by Walt Simonson.

It is the first comic from the Alien franchise and one of few of the franchises comic publications which is not associated with the long-lasting Aliens line from Dark Horse Comics. It allows you to take time with the designs and story. Despite seeing the film countless times, I still garnered new appreciation for elements of the story in written form.

The comic also provides a good bridge between Prometheus and the Alien films, with the illustrations adding extra detail to the story. The cameraderie between the crew members establishes the tension and sense of loss in the second half of the story. Many horror storytellers forget the importance of establishing the characters before killing them. Growing up, Ripley was my hero, a strong and intelligent woman who could take on anything.

There were few films at the time that had a strong female lead; part of the revolutionary aspect of Alien was casting a woman instead of a man in the lead role. The comic book retains this camaraderie and characterisation in a condensed format. Smoke and wind effects are all interpreted through brush strokes; there are very few frames of static imagery. Which beats the underwhelming film alien squirming across the floor!

Dec 26, Steph rated it liked it Shelves: creatures-are-featured , first-read-in , graphic-comic-manga , ebook-kindle , i-want-to-believe. As far as movie adaptations go, this comic is probably pretty great. The art is nice, and it includes some scenes that were deleted from the final version of the film, which is interesting. But I really love the film for its ambiance - the blue light and beepy-boopy sounds of the computers are very appealing, and the slowly-building suspense is crucial to the film.

The comic version has none of this - it's fast and it's full of action and shouted dialogue. And that's okay. It's a comic, it's supp As far as movie adaptations go, this comic is probably pretty great.

It's a comic, it's supposed to be action-packed. It's just very different from the quiet, suspenseful horror that I love the film for. Apr 14, Mark rated it really liked it Shelves: comics-and-graphic-novels. This short books reads as if the artist, Walt Simonson, just sat down at his coffee table and banged it out one afternoon--by which I mean that it's disarmingly loose and easy, but at the same time a virtual one-volume master-class in narrative storytelling and comics layout.

Good comic book, but I enjoyed the movie so much more May 29, Shaun rated it really liked it. Visually gorgeous recreation of the film. Some real show-stopping panels from Walt Simonson. The art can be somewhat rough, and may even at times feel rushed, but it does seem to fit well with the "spirit" of the story. The story is pretty rushed as well, skipping key scenes from the movie, or zipping thru them at too quick a pace.

This is a case of too much information trying to be crammed into too little of a space. Both story and art could have used a few more pages. Not to say that I didn't like, I actually liked it a lot. If it weren't for the movie, this would make a great graphic n The art can be somewhat rough, and may even at times feel rushed, but it does seem to fit well with the "spirit" of the story.

If it weren't for the movie, this would make a great graphic novel. But alas, comparisson to the movie are innevitable at this point, and I guess you can't really relay the feel, the noise, the music, the anticipation from film to graphic novel. I didn't buy this when it first came out at the same time as the movie I was a lowly College student and couldn't really affors the fancy graphic novel.

And later But I am glad it got re-published and has given me a chance to "get it", so yeah, I am grateful and happy I finally got to get this after oh-so-many years.

The Good: Great artwork. Very recognizable characters. The entire movie boiled down to less than 65 pages without missing anything even vaguely noticeable. An impressive accomplishment. The Bad: I liked the movie enough. I'm not fanatical about it, but I think it was a good film. Good really isn't enough to fully enjoy the comic version. This really is solely for those who have an obsessive love of the film.

Mar 14, Travis rated it liked it Shelves: comics , science-fiction , horror. Historically important but dated comics adaptation of the Ridley Scott film.

Decent enough work from Goodwin and Simonson hampered by the comics writing and art conventions of the day. Worth a read but it suffers simply because, as a conceit and as stylised by Scott, Alien is so optimised for film that it feels like it's not living up to its potential in any other medium.

I wish I could wipe my mind so I could read and watch alien all over again fresh. This book is perfectly written and flows excellently with the art. It emphasises the biggest moments of the film with shocking big pictures and intense alien kills. I love this and it's one of the few times I've seen art show how much the alien can camouflage into the environment.

Quality reissue of the comic adaptation. The entire film story is basically intact and the illustrations have a vintage cartoon vibe that captures plenty of both the SF appeal and the more terrifying elements. Read this for like the 8th time today, it's probably my favorite comic ever Read this for like the 8th time today, it's probably my favorite comic ever Originally issued forty years ago and timed for the release of the film, Alien: the Illustrated Story has a different narrative vibe from the movie while essentially giving us the same tale.

Where the screen version used muted colours and shadows and built up the tension with long stretches of inaction and a strong sense of claustrophobia -- as I remember it: in fact it's been decades since I saw it -- this graphic novel instead gives us bilious hues in which flashes of yellow for lights , blue Originally issued forty years ago and timed for the release of the film, Alien: the Illustrated Story has a different narrative vibe from the movie while essentially giving us the same tale.

Where the screen version used muted colours and shadows and built up the tension with long stretches of inaction and a strong sense of claustrophobia -- as I remember it: in fact it's been decades since I saw it -- this graphic novel instead gives us bilious hues in which flashes of yellow for lights , blues for Ripley's overalls and especially red for the inevitable blood punctuate the action.

Unlike the celluloid alien, which we only caught intermittent glimpses of, in these pages our eyes can linger on the dread details of Giger's design for the malevolent predator in its disturbing exoskeleton. Do I need to spell out the plot in detail?

In Alien the crew of the space transporter Nostromo are diverted from their homebound journey to investigate a CETI-like signal from a planetoid body. Inadvertently one member gets infected by an alien life form, which quickly matures and then proceeds to prey on the crew in the close confines of the spacecraft. The stuff of nightmares, you can imagine why this story was initially -- and so aptly -- pitched as " Jaws in space". While the Christie whodunit may have provided the initial inspiration, I sense debts may be due to other sources.

Aspects of Joseph Conrad's Nostromo are evident, of course -- especially the transporter craft shipping and refining ore, referencing the role of silver ingots in the Conrad novel, and also the tension between idealistic beliefs and reality -- but another trope, unintentional I'm sure, intrudes into the mix: Snow White. The conciseness of the graphic novel helped make this idea more obvious, to my way of thinking.

In Alien we have seven crew members awoken from stasis, two women and five men the counterparts perhaps of the seven dwarfs of the Disney animation, whom it could be fun to try to pair with Ash, Brett, Dallas, Kane, Lambert, Parker and Ripley. The Nostromo's duplicitous onboard computer is called Mother, a possible parallel with Snow White's wicked stepmother; and in the fairy tale, you will remember, the escaping heroine stumbles across and into the dwarfs' dwelling while they are off mining in the hills, and proceeds to make herself at home -- and even a bit indispensable.

It's possible to see Alien as a dark version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , and even though the creature is no Snow White this visitor is likewise a kind of parasite on its hosts.

Unlike a fairytale ending, however, there is no Prince to rescue the creature, not even a facehugger to kiss it back to life. A team of colorists, letterer, designer and editor was responsible for the finished product, digitally remastered in , and a handsome book it is too, its humans individually characterised and remarkably close to the movie's original cast. Then silence. And when the silence is broken The graphic novel generally follows the plot and visuals of the feature film, although in a condensed form owing to the nature of the format.

It also includes several deleted scenes that were cut from the movie, as well as others that were later reinstated in the Director's Cut. Notable differences include:.

The comic adaptation of Alien was reprinted and re-released by Titan Comics in September This edition featured a different cover, using art of the Alien taken from the scene where it attacks Brett by Walt Simonson. Even signs of corrections and stains on the original art that were cleaned up for previous printings of the comic were retained in this release. As well as the comic, the hardback also included the comic's script by Goodwin , coloring examples and an interview with the creators revealing how the comic came to be, the writing process and Simonson's trip to England to see the film being made at Shepperton Studios.

The Original Art Edition reused Simonson's cover from the original graphic novel, rendered in black and white. In October , a miniature version of the comic was released exclusively with the Alien: 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray. The adaptation of Alien was released almost a decade prior to Dark Horse Comics acquiring the license to produce Aliens comic books following the release of the film of the same name in ; indeed, Alien: The Illustrated Story pre-dates the existence of Dark Horse Comics itself.

Of the creative team that worked on the comic, only two have gone on to work on the later Dark Horse comic books — artist Walt Simonson and letterer John Workman. Of their later work for Dark Horse, perhaps most noteworthy is Simonson's contribution of alternate cover art for Alien: The Original Screenplay , another adaptation of Alien this time based on Dan O'Bannon 's original screenplay released some 40 years after The Illustrated Story.