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Posted by redpred
 - Jun 14, 2012, 12:55:40 AM
ok, So aftering reading this comic i was reallly disappointed by the overall art and writing :-\. Layman just gives us a taste of the story of the 8 page spread and it didn't hold me maybe it was the lack of pages but the art is what threw me off. The Aliens just don't look right. Good thing i picked up The untold stories Punisher max that day. ;D
Posted by Mr. Domino
 - May 23, 2012, 09:06:37 PM
Overall, I've really hated the model for the new DHP since it's inception a year ago. $7.99 is too much to ask people to pay when you're only giving them 8-9 pages of any given story, and as such, I've not yet started getting the book.

That being said, having preordered all the Aliens issues, and having flipped through today's issue without actually reading it yet, I'm much more excited to read a few of the other things in it than the Aliens tale, which looks to be shit (not judging on the story yet, but Layman and Keith make for a bad combo in this particular fictional universe). But, in the back of the book, there's the first chapters of a new Dean Motter Mister X story and a new Baron & Rude Nexus tale, along with a pit of prose from Harlan Ellison, all of which sound awesome. So, my advice - come for the Aliens, stay for the stuff that's actually worth reading.
Posted by predxeno
 - May 23, 2012, 02:44:45 PM
Awesome find.  I'm buying the digital copy of it; I'll wait for some kinda TPB before I buy it in print, especially if the only reason I'm getting it is because of just 1 story in the entire book.

EDIT: Holy Shit, the digital version of the book is $6.99.  I love the book, but I don't want to spend that amount of money only for one story.  Has anyone else bought/read this Aliens story yet?  How long is it and is it any good?  If it's only a short story, I may wait for a TPB, but if it's a long one that actually has a good plot, I may consider buying it.
Posted by Kimarhi
 - May 17, 2012, 01:44:09 AM
I'll get it for nostalgia's sake.

Posted by SM
 - May 16, 2012, 11:34:36 PM
Quote from: dragonthingy on May 12, 2012, 02:44:50 PM
http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/18-000?page=0

The first two pages are on preview. The art's wierd and different, but still good IMO.

ugh... More of the same...
Posted by dragonthingy
 - May 16, 2012, 10:57:18 AM
Dark Horse Presents #15 also has part of the Aliens story, meaning that it will run from #12 to at least #15. But it doesn't mention that its the final installment of the story...
Posted by shadowedge
 - May 13, 2012, 10:01:28 PM
Quote from: dragonthingy on May 13, 2012, 01:30:25 AM
Quote from: Xenomrph on May 12, 2012, 06:01:23 PM
Wait, Dark Horse Presents is in color now? Its whole gimmick back in  the day was that it was always black and white.

Dark Horse Presents Volume One was in Black and white, since all of their comics were at the time. When they started doing things in colour, they kept DHP in black and white and created Dark Horse Comics, which was the same except in colour. Eventually, both were cancelled in the late 90s/early 2000s. They then made Dark Horse Presents Volume Two in colour as an online comic, before cancelling it 2010 I think. They then created Dark Horse Presents Volume Three, which is in colour.

Wasn't the first Predator comic one of Dark Horse's first ever all color comics? I seem to recall the letters page at the end of one of the issues praising the fact.

As for Aliens Book 2's art...it is probably some of the hands down best art I have ever seen in a comic. That guy is amazingly talented with an airbrush.
Posted by OmegaZilla
 - May 13, 2012, 10:11:16 AM
Quote from: Mr. Domino on May 12, 2012, 10:02:20 PM
Don't tell me you never wondered what eldritch horrors lay around that corner.
Probably space dogs in biological suits.
Posted by Xenomrph
 - May 13, 2012, 04:34:32 AM
Quote from: SM on May 12, 2012, 11:38:08 PM
QuoteDon't tell me you never wondered what eldritch horrors lay around that corner.


More of the same.
What makes you think that? How do you know?

That's Mr. Domino's point and that's what makes it scary. :)
Posted by dragonthingy
 - May 13, 2012, 01:30:25 AM
Quote from: Xenomrph on May 12, 2012, 06:01:23 PM
Wait, Dark Horse Presents is in color now? Its whole gimmick back in  the day was that it was always black and white.

Dark Horse Presents Volume One was in Black and white, since all of their comics were at the time. When they started doing things in colour, they kept DHP in black and white and created Dark Horse Comics, which was the same except in colour. Eventually, both were cancelled in the late 90s/early 2000s. They then made Dark Horse Presents Volume Two in colour as an online comic, before cancelling it 2010 I think. They then created Dark Horse Presents Volume Three, which is in colour.
Posted by redpred
 - May 13, 2012, 01:17:27 AM
seems interesting, the writer writes the comic book Chew so the comic does have hope.
Posted by SM
 - May 12, 2012, 11:38:08 PM
QuoteDon't tell me you never wondered what eldritch horrors lay around that corner.


More of the same.
Posted by Mr. Domino
 - May 12, 2012, 10:02:20 PM
I know this was a while back now, but I just gotta address this:

Quote from: RagingDragon on Feb 16, 2012, 09:02:51 PM
The thing about the eggs in the derelict all being from the crew I have several issues with.  Where was the drone to incapacitate and turn all of them into the eggs?  Why did a ship that size have so many crew members?  How did they all get so neatly placed in the holding areas that looked like they were specifically designed to transport large numbers of eggs?  From the audiences point of view, it appears that the eggs were very much there on purpose, hence the protective fields, and that the Derelict might have actually been piloted by only a single crew member thanks to the one funky seat.  I always thought that, or that the rest of the crew was killed by the jockey chestburster that also was missing.



Don't tell me you never wondered what eldritch horrors lay around that corner.

That corner probably haunted me more in my youth than any other part of the film.
Posted by Xenomrph
 - May 12, 2012, 06:01:23 PM
Wait, Dark Horse Presents is in color now? Its whole gimmick back in  the day was that it was always black and white.
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