What are your favourite TV/Movie comic tie-in/adaptations?

[samurainoir]

I still have a great fondness for that first Aliens Dark Horse miniseries with moody black and white artwork. I believe it was sent into the apocryphal realms by the third Alien movie, but part of me likes to think of Hicks and Newt somehow surviving and going on to have that future adventure.

I think it was eventually rereleased by changing the names of Newt and Hicks to something else so that it would still fit into official Aliens lore.

Senor Spielbergo's 1941 wasn't very good, but I can only imagine if they had somehow managed to capture the manic energy of Rick Veitch and co's adaptation.


Here is another example of an adaptation surpassing it's original cinematic soure material... STERANKO's OUTLAND!


I think Bernie Wrightson's Creepshow is also worth mentioning, if only because it too is better than Stephen King/George Romero's homage/ripoff of EC Comics.

[toys2cool]

I loved Creepshow,I always thought they should've made more of the stories into movies.
Where's my cake??!!?? it's father's day you *****!!!

[The Sentry]

Yeah I have to go with Creepshow myself! Romero King and Wrightson are a unstoppable trio! It still is one of the greatest films I've seen!

[thunderbolt]

As a kid, I really liked Marvel's Star Wars, especially the non movie stuff. The Indiana Jones book from Marvel was pretty good, too.

[The Toyroom]

Yeah the old Star Wars stuff from Marvel had a certain charm to it...especially that giant alien bunny rabbit.

Creepshow the Graphic Novel is better than Creepshow the Movie. The GN is more faithful to the comics it's a homage to whereas the movie is chessy camp, IMO.

[Vortigern99]

Wow, samurainoir, you really nailed some good ones there! Did you know the 1941 adaptation was based on the original screenplay rather than the movie itself? A lot of stuff got changed because of budget considerations... and of course the incredibly bad taste that alot of the original material was in only quashed its chances of ever being filmed. But agreed it makes a great comic, with hand-coloring and really wacked-out caricatures and slapstick!

Also agreed that the Creepshow book is a thing of rare beauty. Bizarrely, Wrightson himself bemoans what he considers the poor quality of the product -- owing to his having had to rush the artwork -- but I think it's some of his best. Hand coloring by Mrs. Wrightson add to the aesthetic value of the book.

One excellent adaptation you might have overlooked is the Al Williamson (et al.) rendition of Blade Runner. Williamson's high-contrast style -- prefiguring Sin City by decades -- suits the noirish feel of the film to a 'T'. Check it out, starting with the front cover, here:

http://www.brmovie.com/Comic/BR_Comic_OFC.htm

[samurainoir]

That sure explains quite a lot about 1941! It certainly is fascinating to contemplate what that film could have been.

One excellent adaptation you might have overlooked is the Al Williamson (et al.) rendition of Blade Runner. Williamson's high-contrast style -- prefiguring Sin City by decades -- suits the noirish feel of the film to a 'T'. Check it out, starting with the front cover, here:

http://www.brmovie.com/Comic/BR_Comic_OFC.htm

Thank you so much for that link! Goodwin and Williamson were the Star Wars comic strip creative team right? Good stuff.


With a great STERANKO cover to boot!



Dig the Blade Runner Action Figures!!!

[thunderbolt]

^^^ Couldn't get the Blade Runner rights???