Alien: The Illustrated Story

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Mr.J

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So, I found this on Amazon, Alien: The Illustrated Story will be in paper back and released May 29, 2012. You can pre-order it on Amazon. [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bJ1mwTB2L._SS500_.jpg[/img] Will this have some more backstory in it? Will it tie in with Prometheus?
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I found the older copy that was done years ago when Alien came out, hey Sparks, do you have it? [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FEn6z8vmL._SL500_.jpg[/img] I guess these guys revised it and perhaps, added more things into it....
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Another book coming out May 29, 2012... The Book of Alien... [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GOWdA3bgL._SS500_.jpg[/img] There are a lot of Alien books coming out in May...and I mean a lot...looks like Alien is with Promtheus huh? lol.... I am saving up my money for all of this, lol...
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Mind you, some of these are older books being re-released in new packaging. All except for the Prometheus art book, which is due out June 5th.
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I still have the original copy of the illustrated story. It was clearly done before a lot of stuff was finalized (the alien was brown in color and about 25ft tall in the illustrated story) I used to have the story book that used stills from the movie but I lost it. Wish I still had that one.
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Man, I loved 'THE BOOK OF ALIEN' when it came out, which showed heaps of great production art. I only wish I'd known about 'ALIEN THE ILLUSTRATED STORY' at the time too, as I missed out on that. I've always meant to get a copy, so it's neat to see it being re-issued. Something I'm really looking forward to will be the 'PROMETHEUS - THE ART OF THE FILM' book that's coming. It should be awesome.
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I own the ALIEN Movie Novel. At the time, I wasn't old enough to see the movie, so the movie-novel was the next best thing. Unfortunately, I gave my ALIEN Illustrated Story book to my brother-in-law years and years ago. Looking forward to owning it again with the re-issue.
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Thanks for the infor Cain, I will be buying this for sure.
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IrishAndroid1
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Looks like I have a lot of saving up to do! I want them all!,
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IrishAndroid1
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Oh yes, thanks for the heads up guys...much appreciated!
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hey, if you guys want to be kept up to date about all info regarding the reprints of "Alien: The Illustrated Edition", come check out and become a fan of the Official FB page http://www.facebook.com/AlienTIS We're incredibly excited about this being back in print.
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I sure hope they don't update it. The original was done by Archie Goodwin, a legend of the comics industry. Anyway, trust me guys, it's very cool and the way it mixes up some of the story's minor details is very interesting.
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@craigamore - the core content is not being changed in the reprints. The B&W edition will have a bunch of unseen and extra stuff after the artwork, but the color reprint will essentially be the same, just better looking.
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Cool....thanks shoveke.....to those who have not had the good fortune of reading it.....enjoy my friends, you're in for a real treat.
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I still have mine from 1979 and its got great illustrations in it. I remember back then I was scared to look at it because my mum said it would give me nightmares lmao

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