Alien movie comic book adaptations.... anyone remember them?

[Everlasting Undead]

Aside from The Illustrated Story I've yet to see a film adaptation that actually looks good. They all seem to have a very lazy visual style.

Well, the studios/ licence owners aren't going to sink a load of cash to make a tie-in that looks better than the movie - otherwise people would shell out money for the comics instead of going to the cinema.

Still, it's always nice to find a nice, high-quality adaption. I've got a few in my collection; Batman Returns, ID4, a couple of others... Alien is by far the best.

I've got the photo novelisation, too... always good to have a flick through that every now and then to get a few inspirational shots or reference pieces.

[HuDaFuK]

Aside from The Illustrated Story I've yet to see a film adaptation that actually looks good. They all seem to have a very lazy visual style.

I thought Predators was pretty nice. Otherwise I'd agree.

[Scorpio]

I did own the Alien Resurrection comic at one point.  I still remember the cover:



I actually like the artwork too:



Anyone have a link to the full comic?

[The Comic Collector J]

I remember reading Newts Tale issue one and enjoying it as it kind of played out like a prequel to Aliens, the second issue was basically the movie Aliens from Newts view which we already saw most of on screen anyway, so I wasn't a fan of that. Alien 3 changed the intro up from the movie, so that was neat at least. The Resurrection comic adaption felt like a goofy 90's comic book, but then again the movie basically was a comic book.

[SM]

Resurrection was decent in that it's style suited the film.  Newt's Tale didn't know what it wanted to be.  Alien3 was mediocre at best.

[SiL]

Alien was great.

[Perfect-Organism]

Alien 3 was awesome.  To each his own...

[SM]

The art was very average.  Full of silly extreme poses and they took the whole thing about identical faceless prisoners very literally.

[Elmazalman]

ALIEN turned out great as a comic book.Hardly surprising since the film has such strong visuals-perfect for translating into a comic book.

[Corporal Hicks]

I don't think I've seen an adaptation I enjoyed as much as I did Alien. Really great book. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in Alien.

[Whiskeybrewer]

For Newts Tale, i actually thought the artwork worked really well, especially as it plays out as Newts Dream, so its gonna have the style i think.
and I enjoyed the Alien 3 one, especially as it follows the Assembly Cut with some extra differences and the covers i thought were brilliant.

[HuDaFuK]

Newt's Tale was actually the only film adaptation I didn't like. I hated that it couldn't seem to decide whether it was for kids or adults - despite the frequent graphic violence, it still somehow felt really childish.

As no one's mentioned it yet, I'm gonna throw some love at the Predators comic. I liked the art and the fact it was told from Isabelle's perspective gave it a neat twist.

[Perfect-Organism]

What I mostly dislike, is that all these volumes are largely excluded from any compilations.  That is a huge plus for Alien, in that it is a beautifully self-contained piece of art, whereas all the other stories can only be enjoyed through separate issues.  It's frustrating...

[SM]

I hated that it couldn't seem to decide whether it was for kids or adults - despite the frequent graphic violence, it still somehow felt really childish.

In what way could it be for kids?

[Kurai]

Does anyone know why there was never a straight up comic adaption of Prometheus? I think a lot of the seemingly silly aspects of the film would actually work a lot better in the format.