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Aliens: Salvation and Sacrifice
Two of the most powerful and demanded Aliens tales ever told are finally once again available. First, in Salvation (written by Dave Gibbons and featuring the sensational art of Mike Mignola and Kevin Nowlan), a God-fearing space freighter crewman is forced at gunpoint to abandon ship with his captain. Marooned on an off-the-path planet, the two soon discover that they have not been left alone and must now contend with the Nova Maru's deadly cargo! In the emotionally gripping Sacrifice (written by Peter Milligan and fully painted by Paul Johnson), Ann McKay stranded on an isolated planet takes shelter in a remote village that is being terrorized by an Alien. But the villagers are also hiding a horrible secret, and to discover the truth Ann must face her own innermost demons in order to save the souls of the lost villagers.
112 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Dave Gibbons
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Dave Gibbons is an English comic book artist, writer and sometime letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". He also was an artist for the UK anthology 2000 AD, for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977.
Gibbons broke into British comics by working on horror and action titles for both DC Thomson and IPC. When the science-fiction anthology title 2000 AD was set up in the mid-1970s, Gibbons contributed artwork to the first issue, Prog 01 (February 1977), and went on to draw the first 24 installments of Harlem Heroes, one of the founding (and pre-Judge Dredd) strips. Mid-way through the comic's first year he began illustrating Dan Dare, a cherished project for Gibbons who had been a fan of the original series. Also working on early feature Ro-Busters, Gibbons became one of the most prolific of 2000 AD's earliest creators, contributing artwork to 108 of the first 131 Progs/issues. He returned to the pages of "the Galaxy's Greatest Comic" in the early 1980s to create Rogue Trooper with writer Gerry Finley-Day and produce an acclaimed early run on that feature, before handing it over to a succession of other artists. He also illustrated a handful of Tharg's Future Shocks shorts, primarily with author Alan Moore. Gibbons departed from 2000 AD briefly in the late 1970s/early 1980s to became the lead artist on Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly, for which magazine he drew the main comic strip from issue #1 until #69, missing only four issues during that time.
He is best known in the US for collaborating with Alan Moore on the 12-issue limited series Watchmen, now one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time, and the only one to feature on Time's "Top 100 Novels" list. From the start of the 1990s, Gibbons began to focus as much on writing and inking as on drawing, contributing to a number of different titles and issues from a variety of companies. Particular highlights included, in 1990, Gibbons writing the three-issue World's Finest miniseries for artist Steve Rude and DC, while drawing Give Me Liberty for writer Frank Miller and Dark Horse Comics. He penned the first Batman Vs. Predator crossover for artists Andy and Adam Kubert (Dec 1991 - Feb 1992), and inked Rick Veitch and Stephen R. Bissette for half of Alan Moore's 1963 Image Comics series.
Works other than comics include providing the background art for the 1994 computer game Beneath a Steel Sky and the cover to K, the 1996 debut album by psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. In 2007, he served as a consultant on the film Watchmen, which was adapted from the book, and released in March 2009. 2009's Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars Director's Cut for the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms featured hand drawn art by Dave Gibbons.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Dave Gibbons is an English comic book artist, writer and sometime letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". He also was an artist for the UK anthology 2000 AD, for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977.
Gibbons broke into British comics by working on horror and action titles for both DC Thomson and IPC. When the science-fiction anthology title 2000 AD was set up in the mid-1970s, Gibbons contributed artwork to the first issue, Prog 01 (February 1977), and went on to draw the first 24 installments of Harlem Heroes, one of the founding (and pre-Judge Dredd) strips. Mid-way through the comic's first year he began illustrating Dan Dare, a cherished project for Gibbons who had been a fan of the original series. Also working on early feature Ro-Busters, Gibbons became one of the most prolific of 2000 AD's earliest creators, contributing artwork to 108 of the first 131 Progs/issues. He returned to the pages of "the Galaxy's Greatest Comic" in the early 1980s to create Rogue Trooper with writer Gerry Finley-Day and produce an acclaimed early run on that feature, before handing it over to a succession of other artists. He also illustrated a handful of Tharg's Future Shocks shorts, primarily with author Alan Moore. Gibbons departed from 2000 AD briefly in the late 1970s/early 1980s to became the lead artist on Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly, for which magazine he drew the main comic strip from issue #1 until #69, missing only four issues during that time.
He is best known in the US for collaborating with Alan Moore on the 12-issue limited series Watchmen, now one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time, and the only one to feature on Time's "Top 100 Novels" list. From the start of the 1990s, Gibbons began to focus as much on writing and inking as on drawing, contributing to a number of different titles and issues from a variety of companies. Particular highlights included, in 1990, Gibbons writing the three-issue World's Finest miniseries for artist Steve Rude and DC, while drawing Give Me Liberty for writer Frank Miller and Dark Horse Comics. He penned the first Batman Vs. Predator crossover for artists Andy and Adam Kubert (Dec 1991 - Feb 1992), and inked Rick Veitch and Stephen R. Bissette for half of Alan Moore's 1963 Image Comics series.
Works other than comics include providing the background art for the 1994 computer game Beneath a Steel Sky and the cover to K, the 1996 debut album by psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. In 2007, he served as a consultant on the film Watchmen, which was adapted from the book, and released in March 2009. 2009's Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars Director's Cut for the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms featured hand drawn art by Dave Gibbons.
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January 9, 2021
Two tales of castaways on alien planets beset by xenomorphs.
Salvation by Dave Gibbons, Mike Mignola, and Kevin Nowlan - ★★★★★
Aliens drawn by Mike Mignola? Yes, please! Two crew members crash land on a planet when their cargo of Aliens gets free. They have to learn to survive when they discover the Aliens made it to the planet as well. Gibbons knows when to let the art speak for itself. He keeps the narration to a minimum. It's just the main character's thoughts. Mignola and Nowlan draw the fell out of this.
Sacrifice by Peter Milligan and Paul Johnson - ★★
A priest crash lands on a planet and finds some other colonists along with something much more sinister. In typical Milligan fashion, he overwrites this. Like all of the early Vertigo books he wrote, he's in love with his own words. Johnson's painted art is OK. It's not very detailed at times. I couldn't even tell what gender characters were when they were introduced.
Salvation by Dave Gibbons, Mike Mignola, and Kevin Nowlan - ★★★★★
Aliens drawn by Mike Mignola? Yes, please! Two crew members crash land on a planet when their cargo of Aliens gets free. They have to learn to survive when they discover the Aliens made it to the planet as well. Gibbons knows when to let the art speak for itself. He keeps the narration to a minimum. It's just the main character's thoughts. Mignola and Nowlan draw the fell out of this.
Sacrifice by Peter Milligan and Paul Johnson - ★★
A priest crash lands on a planet and finds some other colonists along with something much more sinister. In typical Milligan fashion, he overwrites this. Like all of the early Vertigo books he wrote, he's in love with his own words. Johnson's painted art is OK. It's not very detailed at times. I couldn't even tell what gender characters were when they were introduced.
September 18, 2024
Nice couple of stories in the Aliens universe. The best Aliens stories are about the people and their reaction to the Alien menace and these 2 stories do that theme very well. Recommended
May 12, 2011
This volume contains two stories where a castaway space traveller has to face the alien threat on a planet unknown to him or her. The first story "Salvation" has a simplistic and somewhat cartoony style which although it hurts the realism is compensated for by a strong and gripping tale. The second story is hand painted in amazing detail, something of this calibre hasn't been seen since "Midnight Asylum". The story is alright but it is the artwork that will draw you in. All in all an excellent combination title.
July 11, 2021
This is the first Alien comic I’ve ever read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. 2 stories of castaways dealing with Aliens in very different circumstances linked by the Christian beliefs of the protagonist.
I enjoyed both stories and loved the religious viewpoint which is not something I expected but by the same token couldn’t give 5 stars because I’m a little bored of the way most creators think Christians actually speak and think.
I enjoyed both stories and loved the religious viewpoint which is not something I expected but by the same token couldn’t give 5 stars because I’m a little bored of the way most creators think Christians actually speak and think.
August 28, 2024
Intensa historia en un planeta colonizado donde los humanos se han convertido en un culto pseudoreligioso que honra al Alien mediante el sacrificio.
Una crítica a las debilidades humanas y a lo bajo que podemos caer debido al miedo.
Una crítica a las debilidades humanas y a lo bajo que podemos caer debido al miedo.
March 17, 2025
Religijnie, bardzo mi się spodobała druga historia, zakończenie i podejście ludzi było imponujące
February 1, 2022
Busco cosas de Peter Milligan que me gusten tanto como Enigma o que se medio acerquen a Fuerza X, pero aquí no ha habido suerte. Dos historias un poco sosas y un dibujo que no es bonito. Y lo peor, no saber cómo tomarme todo el rollo religioso.
February 20, 2021
- Salvación ***
- Sacrificio *****
- Sacrificio *****
July 4, 2018
★★½
Raccolta di due storie appartententi all'universo dello xenomorfo, caratterizzate entrambe da un'aura di religioso misticismo.
La seconda, Sacrificio, è sicuramente la più riuscita grazie alla trama misteriosa e tetra, alla sua cupa atmosfera, e ai suoi disegni dallo stile più "pittorico", che conferiscono una "tinta più gotica" alla storia.
Raccolta di due storie appartententi all'universo dello xenomorfo, caratterizzate entrambe da un'aura di religioso misticismo.
La seconda, Sacrificio, è sicuramente la più riuscita grazie alla trama misteriosa e tetra, alla sua cupa atmosfera, e ai suoi disegni dallo stile più "pittorico", che conferiscono una "tinta più gotica" alla storia.
May 23, 2020
Milligan and Gibbons both turn in strong scripts, each focusing on a person of faith thrust into conflict with a most demonic creature. Mignola's haunted illustrations are powerful and intense, a real pleasure. Johnson's painted pages are also nice, although sometimes too dark (maybe a printing flaw rather than a creative choice?).
May 24, 2022
Contiene 2 historias clásicas de Aliens, "Salvación" y "Sacrificio". Salvación está escrita por Dave Gibbons y cuenta con el arte de Mike Mignola, y Sacrificio está escrita por Peter Milligan e ilustrada por Paul Johnson. Historias con cierto componente religioso, de lectura muy recomendable.
February 20, 2021
5.5
Gibbons w swoim mistycznym podtekście potrafi ładnie nakreślić jakąś historię, i choć nie jest ona jakoś szczególnie rewolucyjna - działa. To co z kolei nie działa to druga historia.
Gibbons w swoim mistycznym podtekście potrafi ładnie nakreślić jakąś historię, i choć nie jest ona jakoś szczególnie rewolucyjna - działa. To co z kolei nie działa to druga historia.
January 22, 2014
Buenos autores a precio regalado, compra segura, aunque la traducción sea bastante mala.
La primera historia, Salvación, me aburrió un poco (Gibbons me gusta mil veces más como dibujante que como guionista, y Mignola no parece muy inspirado a los lápices), pero tiene cierta redondez que la hace agradable, aunqu8e predecible.
La segunda historia, Sacrificio, me gustó un poco más, aunque el guion sea de un Milligan a media máquina sigue siendo digno, y el dibujo-pinturas de Johnson logran un buen clima, aunque no sea particularmente bueno narrando.
En resumen: Bien, aunque me pregunto cuándo aprenderán los traductores locales que "pretend" no se traduce como "pretender", por dió...
La primera historia, Salvación, me aburrió un poco (Gibbons me gusta mil veces más como dibujante que como guionista, y Mignola no parece muy inspirado a los lápices), pero tiene cierta redondez que la hace agradable, aunqu8e predecible.
La segunda historia, Sacrificio, me gustó un poco más, aunque el guion sea de un Milligan a media máquina sigue siendo digno, y el dibujo-pinturas de Johnson logran un buen clima, aunque no sea particularmente bueno narrando.
En resumen: Bien, aunque me pregunto cuándo aprenderán los traductores locales que "pretend" no se traduce como "pretender", por dió...
November 8, 2016
Reseña: http://www.fabulantes.com/2016/11/ali...
"Muchos lectores se darán por satisfechos con estos cómics. Están hechos con profesionalidad, respetan la iconografía de las películas y cuentan historias más o menos decentes de ciencia-ficción. Pero quizá muchos noten que algo falla. Que no están del todo satisfechos, o que hay piezas que no terminan de encajar. Pocos tendrán pesadillas o recuerdos vívidos tras haber leído estas páginas, y se deberá a una sola cosa: Nadie se atrevió a atacarles sexualmente."
"Muchos lectores se darán por satisfechos con estos cómics. Están hechos con profesionalidad, respetan la iconografía de las películas y cuentan historias más o menos decentes de ciencia-ficción. Pero quizá muchos noten que algo falla. Que no están del todo satisfechos, o que hay piezas que no terminan de encajar. Pocos tendrán pesadillas o recuerdos vívidos tras haber leído estas páginas, y se deberá a una sola cosa: Nadie se atrevió a atacarles sexualmente."
March 16, 2014
Me parece curioso lo religiosas que son estas dos historias, la primera me gustó más que la segunda sobretodo por Mignola, la segunda... bueno hay cosas que me gustaron más y cosas que menos, lo que menos es que no me acaba de convencer el tipo de dibujo además de que en algunas viñetas no fui capaz de percibir nada más que algún que otro borrón.
February 6, 2017
Un poco de decepción con esta edición, son dos historias sin ningún tipo de relación, la primera (3) dibujada por Mignola es muy superior (para mi gusto) a la segunda (2) que no me ha dicho nada. Fué un antojo navideño que no ha salido del todo bien.
May 31, 2018
Edición argentina que traduce Salvación + Sacrificio.
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