The first of a new series, this hardcover book features full-color illustrations. The text involves an Alien stowaway aboard a space station orbiting earth, and a crack extermination team with the assignment of destroying the bug! Graphic novel format.
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This is the first in a series of graphic story albums based on the popular motion pictures of the same name, with each volume bringing together a well-known writer and artist. Aliens: Tribes debuted the first major literary work of Stephen R. Bissette, an award-winning comic book artist universally recognized for his artwork on Swamp Thing. Bissette's take on the movie series is to lock us into an orbiting medical facility infested with a horde of aliens. The only way they can be destroyed is to unleash upon them a specially trained military cleanup crew programmed to be even more ruthless than the aliens. Bissette displays an instinctive talent for writing gripping, visceral prose equal to his talents as a horror artist. The volume is further complemented by the magnificent full-color paintings of another award-winning artist, David Dorman. A truly terrifying ride, it should come as no surprise that this book later won a Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association. --Stanley Wiater
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too short and uninvolving,
By Nathan (Wilmington, DE United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aliens: Tribes (Hardcover)
This book racks in at 72 pages, but it starts on page 6, and 25 of the remaining 66 pages are illustrations. That turns this book into a 40 page book. The art is excellent, up to Dorman's standards, creepy, photorealistic, and lots of fun to look at. But the writing leaves a lot to be desired. Overlong senteces and too many big words obscure some really neat scenes. The story's pretty good, though, and it introduces the idea of a "berserker" unit that will be brought back later in Perry's novel. This book is a neat addition to the Aliens series, it just costs too much for too little content.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
it's a book,
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From the moment i opened the cover, i was sucked into a story that gripped me and kept me on the edge of my seat. the story retains the sorrowful human detachment in the face of over-mechanized society the movies Alien3 and Resurrection had, with the commando grunt feel of Aliens. if you like simplistic writing of a comic-like set up that requires pictures to tell most of the story, don't pick this up. but if you enjoy a good, dark book with awe inspiring illustrations, pick this up.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Be on the look out!,
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This review is from: Aliens: Tribes (Hardcover)
Be on the look out. . .if you're a SRS fan. The book pictured with the cloth cover and red leather are very limited. as in 2000 copies signed by the author and artist. I got one mint for 95$ but have seen them go for 900+.
Love the art, love the book.
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