5/26/2023 0 Comments Alien archie goodwinWe're just thrust into this realistic future world. And the key for me is it has a fully-fleshed out world that feels genuine without any narrative baggage. Great scenery, great characters, a great simple but effective plot. It's not really as good as the movie, but does highlight how great of a script that movie had. I would have liked to have seen more of the alien spacecraft at the start. Thankfully, the scripter Archie Goodwin allows the art to do the heavy lifting with very little extraneous text. But this does mean it lacks breathing room, lots of things happening on each page. The whole thing is barely over 60 pages and it doesn't miss any story beats as far as I can tell - it's faithful to the script. The artwork is fantastic, Walter Simonson has a nice sketch quality that shows off some serious draftsmanship chops. An excellent adaptation that, if I'm not mistaken, was released before the movie even came out.
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