New Aliens series by John Layman/Sam Keith

[Xenomrph]

I'm willing to give Sam Keith the benefit of the doubt, maybe his ability to draw Aliens has improved in the 20 years or whatever since Book 3 came out, I dunno. I haven't seen any of his recent work.

Then again maybe we'll have a repeat of AvP Three World War where the covers were pretty great, but then the interior art done by literally the same artist was total shit.

[dragonthingy]

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.

[Xenomrph]

Wait, Dark Horse Presents is in color now? Its whole gimmick back in  the day was that it was always black and white.

[Mr. Domino]

I know this was a while back now, but I just gotta address this:

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.

[SM]

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

More of the same.

[redpred]

seems interesting, the writer writes the comic book Chew so the comic does have hope.

[dragonthingy]

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.

[Xenomrph]

Don'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.

[OmegaZilla]

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

Probably space dogs in biological suits.

[shadowedge]

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.

[dragonthingy]

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...

[SM]

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...

[Kimarhi]

I'll get it for nostalgia's sake.

[vikingspawn]

In comic shops tomorrow:

http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/18-000/Dark-Horse-Presents-12-Sam-Kieth-cover

http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/952

Finally...

[predxeno]

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.