Agreed. It’s really great artwork but, unfortunately, it’s hard to say the same about the story. It would’ve needed more pages to allow us to connect with the characters too.
It’s always disappointing when comics with such strong visuals don’t have as strong a story to support them. I will sometimes still purchase something just for the artwork, but it’s so much more enjoyable when I can get lost in the narrative, as well.
Absolutely. I have a lot of respect for comics/manga in general and will always love a good edition that highlights the artwork (oversized editions, for example) too. But when honesty is the best policy, I can’t lie to myself when the story isn’t that impressive in the end though hahah
There are quite a few Dark Horse Alien/Predator releases of recent years that I haven’t checked out…partly because I’m hesitant to check them out (that Alien 3 original screenplay adaptation was pretty poor). Man, it pains me to hear with each of these reviews that they seem to come out either okay/average or not very good at all and I makes me want to return to those original 90s stories instead.
Great review as ever Lashaan, I hear Dark Horse are doing an adaptation of Dan O’Bannon’s original story for Alien – it’ll be interesting to see how that turns out knowing the history of the film before Ridley Scott got to it and helped elevate it above the more schlocky and cheap B-movie early concept.
I agree. It’s a bit unfortunate that there aren’t creative teams on these Alien/Predator titles that TRY to capture the horror properly through words and art. I can definitely imagine one that has all right ingredients. I don’t know why no one has done it yet…
For some reason, I still get drawn to them and want to see if someone can do it right, or learn from their errors. It also fills a void, where no movies are being teased at the moment…
Thanks, Chris! I’ll definitely keep an eye out for that one. Even if isn’t mind-boggling, it’ll be interesting to learn more about it.
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I quite like the details in the drawings of the comic. Too bad the story wasn’t as well done.
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Agreed. It’s really great artwork but, unfortunately, it’s hard to say the same about the story. It would’ve needed more pages to allow us to connect with the characters too.
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It’s always disappointing when comics with such strong visuals don’t have as strong a story to support them. I will sometimes still purchase something just for the artwork, but it’s so much more enjoyable when I can get lost in the narrative, as well.
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Absolutely. I have a lot of respect for comics/manga in general and will always love a good edition that highlights the artwork (oversized editions, for example) too. But when honesty is the best policy, I can’t lie to myself when the story isn’t that impressive in the end though hahah
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Sorry this one was no good for you 😦 the illustration does look great though.
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Yep! Even if the story doesn’t live up to my expectations, the artwork was pretty neat! 😀 Thank you so much for reading. 😉
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Mmmm I kind of get what you mean by being unimpressive Lashaan! Sorry it was a miss here!
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Yep, a bit unfortunate but at least it wasn’t all bad. Thanks for reading, Sophie! 🙂
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There are quite a few Dark Horse Alien/Predator releases of recent years that I haven’t checked out…partly because I’m hesitant to check them out (that Alien 3 original screenplay adaptation was pretty poor). Man, it pains me to hear with each of these reviews that they seem to come out either okay/average or not very good at all and I makes me want to return to those original 90s stories instead.
Great review as ever Lashaan, I hear Dark Horse are doing an adaptation of Dan O’Bannon’s original story for Alien – it’ll be interesting to see how that turns out knowing the history of the film before Ridley Scott got to it and helped elevate it above the more schlocky and cheap B-movie early concept.
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I agree. It’s a bit unfortunate that there aren’t creative teams on these Alien/Predator titles that TRY to capture the horror properly through words and art. I can definitely imagine one that has all right ingredients. I don’t know why no one has done it yet…
For some reason, I still get drawn to them and want to see if someone can do it right, or learn from their errors. It also fills a void, where no movies are being teased at the moment…
Thanks, Chris! I’ll definitely keep an eye out for that one. Even if isn’t mind-boggling, it’ll be interesting to learn more about it.
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Amazing review Lashaan! I love how you recreate the atmosphere of the book in your writing! 😍 Not sure if that makes sense haha 😂
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Awwwn yay! Thank you so much, Caroline! I really appreciate the kind words. It definitely means that I succeeded in what I wanted to do then. 😉
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