Aliens: Dead Orbit #2

Aliens: Dead Orbit

by James Stokoe

Having narrowly escaped the deadly xenomorph, Wascylewski moves around the hold of the ship, wary of his terrifying pursuer. His reflexes are tested again—but this time, by a sudden, massive breach in the hull. Will he survive? Orc Stain creator James Stokoe pens a thrilling and claustrophobic Aliens Dead Orbit! * Look for the Covenant motion picture on May 19, 2017!

Genres: Comics, Horror, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics

24 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 31, 2017

About the author

James Stokoe (born September 4, 1985) is a Canadian comic book artist who is known for his work on such titles as Wonton Soup, Orc Stain and Godzilla: The Half-Century War.
Along with Corey Lewis, Brandon Graham and Marley Zarcone, he's a part of a studio/collective called "Yosh Comics".

Reviews

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story wise its not too bad. Artwork is a bit of a mixed bag for me, most of the time I don't like it but then other the times the page spreads are so gruesome and cool looking!

[K De · Rating 4 out of 5]

James Stokoe's artwork is a descendant of the great French artist Moebius. Great delineation and detail that makes it a pleasure to look at. The story continues of a crew that must survive in the great survivalist horror of the Ridley Scott "Alien" film. Well done as I await the next issue in this series by a wonderful artist.

[Mega · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh gee, an issue of a comic where an extraterrestrial lifeform infiltrates a character's spacecraft, and shenanigans ensue. Never seen that done before..... especially from this franchise.

Also, why is this the first Alien comic series I am reading that actually has me hooked harder than anything else? Like, don't get me wrong, most of the rest of the comics were still good, but this was has great art, actual tense and scary moments, plenty of blood and gore, and it doesn't feel the need to use unnecessary dialogue either! Turns out that a comic based on a horror movie is really effective when you focus on the actual horror elements.... who knew!

Issue #2

[Babs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chest explosion time. Not looking good for the ramshackle station either.

[Dennis Brock · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25/5

Unique style of art has me sucked in...

[Gabriel Wallis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not too impressed with this comic book, since it seems like a replica of the old Alien movie. Art's good, story's okay.

[Nettels · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit better then #1, still not to sure that this one is for me.
Learn a bit (just a tad) more about the crew and some glimses of what happened. But still it's a bit unengaging.
To be honest it could be the art that puts med off, as I mentioned in the #1 review, it reall isn't my cup of tea.