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MemberOvomorphJul-18-2012 9:03 AMIt looks like this 1979 comic adaptation by Archie Goodwin & Walt Simonson is being re-released in a couple of months. I know there was a thread here early on, but I'm curious what (if anything) will be changed.
The cover they show here is different for a start.
[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512Na9KCvlL._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img]
Other than that is it safe to assume it will be pretty much unchanged except the cover (like the re-release of The Book of Alien)?
I saw The Book of Alien in the bookstore recently. Online it said that the print quality had been restored somehow, but when I saw it I was disappointed. I thought the images looked a bit grainy. :(
Has anyone compared the quality of the original to the re-release?
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David 1
MemberOvomorphJul-18-2012 10:02 AMgrainy is good. VINTAGE quality too it.
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Major Noob
MemberOvomorphJul-18-2012 10:50 AMI had that book! Or one just like it. It was a Heavy Metal publication, and how I thoroughly spoiled Alien for myself as a kid. I think it was published in the magazine first, per-release. Thanks to that, I knew exactly when to abandon my dad in the theatre to "go to the bathroom"!
Space Screamer
MemberOvomorphJul-18-2012 12:59 PMThose tentacles coming off of the title definitely have that Heavy Metal illustration style to them!
It's interesting because it says "Original Art Edition". Does that mean that there was a re-print after 1979 where they used a different artist?
ZetaReticuli
MemberOvomorphJul-18-2012 2:52 PMGlad to say I've still got the 'Book of Alien' after 33 years in very
good condition. Not the other one alas.
JC Jones Cat
MemberOvomorphJul-24-2012 12:43 PMCover of the paperback version coming out in the Fall I believe.
[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51c2bOmPIUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img]
Lone
MemberPraetorianJul-28-2012 6:04 AMI have 2 copies of each from the original publication. One for thumbing through & the others kept in pristine condition in archive quality bags!
It will be interesting to see the difference, if any, apart from the covers.
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djrees56
MemberOvomorphAug-19-2012 12:39 AMCleaning out my walk in closet and bumped into this.It was used as a bargaining chip by my mom when I was growing up. "Clean up your room or I'll take that comic away from you!"...good times :)
[IMG]http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z292/djrees_2007/Aliencomic002.jpg[/IMG]
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