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Aliens/Predator: Panel To Panel
Two extraterrestrial species have haunted - and hunted - mankind throughout one a parasitic killing machine that uses humans as unwilling hosts for its lethal offspring, the other a relentless stalker that uses otherworldly stealth technology and weaponry to take men as grisly trophy kills. For over two decades, Dark Horse Comics has catalogued these terrifying contacts, harnessing the talents of a virtual who's who list of comics, science-fiction and fantasy illustrators to bring these tales to life. And now, one deluxe volume gathers all the best of these visual horrors into one arena. Aliens/ Panel to Panel showcases page after page of some of the most compelling artwork ever seen in graphic fiction, stunning visions by John Bolton, Dave Dorman, Mark Schultz, Richard Corben, Mike Mignola, Doug Wheatley, Arthur Suydam, Mark A. Nelson, Alex Maleev, Den Beauvais, Glenn Fabry, Jon Foster, David Michael Beck, Sam Keith, Doug Mahnke and many, many more.
- GenresArtComicsScience Fiction
192 pages, Paperback
First published June 28, 2006
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April 25, 2020
A fun but non-essential addition to your collection. For hard-core fans only.
Things I love:
- Aliens
- Predator
- Comic book art
So this is the perfect collection for me, and yet it isn't. Given that this is an art book I'll analyze the content and the presentation separately.
PRESENTATION
The book itself is oversized and has a foil cover which is fantastic. The printing quality inside is excellent with perfect whites and blacks and fantastic colour reproduction. However most of the art is presented in the size of a standard comic book page. This means that even though the book itself is oversized most of the art is presented with huge white boarders around it. There are foot notes and some of this art has quotes written below, but for the most part it's a lot of empty white space. This is a shame because there are a few pages where the art goes right to the edge of the page and these look AMAZING and are easily the highlight of the book. While I understand the desire to include footnotes about the artist etc. there is still way too much white space. You could massively magnify all the images and still have room for page numbers and foot notes. Part of why you buy a giant art book is to see giant art!
So overall the presentation is good, but not great.
CONTENT
The book itself collects a huge amount of artwork used in the original Dark Horse runs of Aliens, Predator, and Aliens vs Predator. It also includes some of the more iconic and artistic panels from the same series.
And let me say, there is some fantastic artwork in this book.
Dark Horse really hired some great artists when making these. And given what the source material is there is a really wide variety of styles and subject matter. That said, the source material presents a problem. Given that these are all covers for two highly linked franchises there is a lot of stylistic continuity between the images. And as much as I love cool Aliens art you start to see the same ideas repeated again and again. I get it, it's cool to see a Predator standing there staring at a human skull, but when you get six of these images in a row they loose some of their power. Remember, this isn't a collection of artists exploring new ways of representing these creatures, it's artists creating covers for a monthly comic. Don't get me wrong, there are some fantastic images in here. I love everything Mark Shultz draws, and the Predator coming out of the water Apocalypse Now style is fantastic. But a little more variety in subject matter or visual styles would have gone a long way. And to retouch on presentation, larger versions of a lot of this artwork would have helped a lot as well.
Overall this is a fun book to have on your shelves if you love this stuff. But there probably isn't much here you haven't seen before.
Things I love:
- Aliens
- Predator
- Comic book art
So this is the perfect collection for me, and yet it isn't. Given that this is an art book I'll analyze the content and the presentation separately.
PRESENTATION
The book itself is oversized and has a foil cover which is fantastic. The printing quality inside is excellent with perfect whites and blacks and fantastic colour reproduction. However most of the art is presented in the size of a standard comic book page. This means that even though the book itself is oversized most of the art is presented with huge white boarders around it. There are foot notes and some of this art has quotes written below, but for the most part it's a lot of empty white space. This is a shame because there are a few pages where the art goes right to the edge of the page and these look AMAZING and are easily the highlight of the book. While I understand the desire to include footnotes about the artist etc. there is still way too much white space. You could massively magnify all the images and still have room for page numbers and foot notes. Part of why you buy a giant art book is to see giant art!
So overall the presentation is good, but not great.
CONTENT
The book itself collects a huge amount of artwork used in the original Dark Horse runs of Aliens, Predator, and Aliens vs Predator. It also includes some of the more iconic and artistic panels from the same series.
And let me say, there is some fantastic artwork in this book.
Dark Horse really hired some great artists when making these. And given what the source material is there is a really wide variety of styles and subject matter. That said, the source material presents a problem. Given that these are all covers for two highly linked franchises there is a lot of stylistic continuity between the images. And as much as I love cool Aliens art you start to see the same ideas repeated again and again. I get it, it's cool to see a Predator standing there staring at a human skull, but when you get six of these images in a row they loose some of their power. Remember, this isn't a collection of artists exploring new ways of representing these creatures, it's artists creating covers for a monthly comic. Don't get me wrong, there are some fantastic images in here. I love everything Mark Shultz draws, and the Predator coming out of the water Apocalypse Now style is fantastic. But a little more variety in subject matter or visual styles would have gone a long way. And to retouch on presentation, larger versions of a lot of this artwork would have helped a lot as well.
Overall this is a fun book to have on your shelves if you love this stuff. But there probably isn't much here you haven't seen before.
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