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Alien: The Illustrated Story

Archie GoodwinWalt Simonson

4.9/5

This is a book I wanted so much to own that I pre-ordered it which I rarely do for such a pricey tome. Sadly. it never arrived but I was fortunate enough to have borrowed a copy from a friend.The book is gorgeous. It is produced from the original art pages from the artist Walter Simonson and presented as is. No colors, no size reduction and showing all his corrections and stains of age. The lettering was added in order to present it as a graphic novel on which is essentially a coffee table art book.I am a huge Walter Simonson fan and this a great resource for anyone curious to know his creative process. This was an important project for him, it reunited him with his frequent collaborator and fried Archie Goodwin with whom he worked on the critically acclaimed Manhunter story. This was also the first time he worked with John Workman who did all of his lettering afterwards.Any Simonson fan worth his salt should have this book. It is an excellent companion to his Thor Artist Edition. This book is huge and would be a challenge to find place in a shelf but the goodies outweigh that inconvenience.

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