We recently had chance to interview Chris Warner, the man behind the recent omnibus releases and the latest comic series from Dark Horse:
“The most important thing was figuring out how we wanted to go about the re-launches, story-wise. Over the years, and through a variety of editorial pilots, the franchises had sort of roamed all over the landscape, and we needed to think hard about how we wanted these new series to play out. Through conversations with Mike Richardson and Randy Stradley, we determined the directions we wanted to pursue”
We speak about the relaunchs, the omnibus and he even divulges some new info on Three World War. Be sure to check it out.
In related news, Dark Horse recently unvieled the cover for Aliens #4 and released the preview for Predator #2.
Tell me about countdown. Any other uncollected stories I should know about?
Maybe they could finally reprint the 12-part Aliens: Countdown by Denis Beauvais one day in a #0 issue comic or something. 12 pages in original b&w and maybe another 12 in full color. They did a similar thing recently for Star Wars: Dark Times #0.
Nobody wants to say anything before their product comes out, because they know if we're aware of how much they're screwing it up, then we won't buy it. SEGA's definitely been that way, as has Dark Horse.
Also, I'm wondering how they'd even have an inter-title crossover, since the Predator one seems to be set in the present day, and the Aliens one is closer to 2197 or so.
I guess we'll see as the stories play out.