Aliens: Havoc

by Mark Schultz

A hive of deadly aliens on a haunted spaceship. A horde of the greatest creators in comics. That's what we call Havoc! Some of the biggest names in the businessincluding Arthur Adams, Geoff Darrow, Guy Davis, Travis Charest, P. Craig Russell, Kevin Nowlan, Sergio Aragonés, and Moebiusillustrate Eisner Award winner Mark Schultz's gripping tale of mayhem, mystery, and madness!

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels

46 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Mark Schultz is an American writer and illustrator of books and comics. His most widely recognized work is the creator-owned comic book series Xenozoic Tales, which describes a post-apocalyptic world where dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures coexist with humans. In 1993, Xenozoic Tales was adapted into an animated series titled Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and a video game of the same name. Schultz's other notable works include various Aliens comic book mini-series published by Dark Horse and a four-year run on the DC Comics series Superman: The Man of Steel. In 2004, Schultz took over the scripting duties of the Prince Valiant comic strip.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

43 different artists draw this tale of a clean up crew trapped on board a ship infested with Aliens. There's a weird supernatural element to it with a ghost who takes over people's bodies. It felt very out of place. Some of the art transitions are also really strange, especially when you turn the page and see some goofy Sergio Aragones drawn Aliens.

[Alexander Peterhans · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a weird experiment, it deserves the stars just for that.

[Gianfranco Mancini · Rating 4 out of 5]

On June-July 1997, Dark Horse released a 2 parts experimental comic book, an Aliens tale drawn by 43 different artists: Leif Jones, John Stokes, Duncan Fegredo, D'Isreali, John Totleben, Arthur Adams, Gary Gianni, Geof Darrow, George Pratt, Igor Kordey, Paul Lee, John K. Snyder III, Mark A. Nelson, Pete Bagge, Brian Horton, Dave Taylor, Kelley Jones, Guy Davis, Kellie Strom, Jay Stephens, Jerry Bingham, Kevin Nowlan, Frank Teran, Joel Naprstek, Travis Charest, P. Craig Russell, Adian Potts, Sean Phillips, Rebecca Guay, Jon Muth, Kilian Plunkett, Ron Randall, John Pound, Gene Ha, Vania Zarouliov, Sergio Aragonés, John Paul Leon, Derek Thompson, David Lloyd, Mœbius, Dave Cooper, Mike Allred and Tony Millionaire.



A real dream team and Mark Schultz's storyline is a good classic one with a nice twist giving a nice explanation for the crew of artists involved, but the continous swinging between very different art styles was sometimes confusing for me.



A very original and different comic book.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting mini series with the multitude of artists drawing different parts of the story. Not a bad read. Recommended

[Marlan Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

The noteworthy item about this comic is that every one of the 22 or so pages is drawn by a different artist. And not just any artist, but some top-flight creators, among them Mike Allred, Moebius, Travis Charest, Sergio Aragones, P. Craig Russell -- and that's only the second issue. It's a great experiment, and one only Dark Horse could put together this kind of talent for. Unfortunately, such a broad ranges of styles and storytellers doesn't contribute much to a bland plot designed only to piece these artists' work together. A diverse range of really great creators can work, like in DC's BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE, but one big story like this with so much going on just falls apart at the seams.

[nooker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really love this one. The changing of artists when perspective changes is a really neat mechanic. The story is good too, if too short. I reread it now because I just read Dead Silence and the resemblance to that is remarkable. Both are good and tell pretty much the same story in different ways.

[The Smoog · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story is actually pretty good, but it doesn’t really feel like an Aliens story. Some of the artwork is really nice, but the gimmick of having each page drawn by a different artist means that the transitions can be quite jarring, and it sometimes takes away from the immersion. A single artist drawing this would have been a better idea, imo.

[Komuniststar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zanimljiv eksperiment. Svaka stranica svog crtača ima, svaki crtač svoj stil fura. Neki su slicni dovoljno da se i ne osjeti razlika, neki odudaraju (poput Argonesa) da ne možeš ne primjetit razliku, ali priča je dovoljno dinamična da sve veže u kompaktnu cjelinu.

[James DeSantis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cool to see 43 artist in a two part story. Basically new artist every 2 pages. But story was dull as can be.

[Mathias Villafañe · Rating 1 out of 5]

El cambio de arte me jodió bastante. Pero eso no es lo peor... Lo de la telepatía es cualquier cosa

[Carolina Casas · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Xenos can be much more

Like the first graphic novel where the concept of Xeno jelly was introduced and how it could increase human potential, this comic adds more to that by laying out the dangers of such a thing. There is only so much a human mind can take. Clearly, like all Alien stories, it is a cautionary tale where human greed and our species' arrogance is emphasized along with the cosmic horror. Yet like Dune and other past sci-fi classics, I hope that future comics continue expanding on this subject to the point that like what was seen on Prometheus, the jelly can be harnessed and used in similar ways like the Fremen and Bene Gesserit from the Dune saga use it.