Printed by Bluewater Comics
Written by Ryan Burton
Art by Alan Brooks
We got in our huge batch of Bluewater Comics in this week, and of course the first things we are going to open up and read are the science fiction ones. In a time when not many companies are printing science fiction at all, Flying Saucers VS the Earth captures the genre well. This is an unusual comic in that it is both art, photography, and digitized color overlays making it visually complex. The dialog is not overdone, in some places sparse and lacking to explain some of the visuals that are happening. Overall though this is a good modernized reproduction of the 1958 movie of the same title. It showed that there is a huge market for science fiction based comics and graphic novels, so this is not a comic book to miss at all.
In the book flying saucers do not land on the white house lawn, but they do pretty well smash up everything we have. The amount of fire and flames in this book is phenomenal. This is a more cerebral book that looks at the motivations of the invaders, and how humanity will overcome obstacles, even when they have been bombed back to the Stone Age. As a spoiler, humans do kick the aliens off their planet, with the aliens wondering if humanity will want revenge for what was done to the devastated earth. Given what we know about people, revenge is something that will happen no matter how long it takes for humans to get the technology to do so. Yeah, there is a sequel here maybe 100 years later in which humans do take revenge. There are enough downed flying saucers to push people hundreds of years ahead technologically just from reverse engineering the downed flying saucers. That would be an awesome addition to the science fiction comic book genre, so when can we see it Bluewater?
The book also has a retro feel to it that is kind of surprising, the picture/SFX overlays with early rocketry are interesting throughout the entire book. The retro feel just adds to the whole ethereal feeling about the comic that makes it a must read, and if it sold out almost within the first week of publishing, then you know they hit it right. This is a great comic book, almost a mini-TPB for your reading pleasure. It can be found in your local comic book store hopefully, if not there is always online and sometimes, especially for smaller printers, online is the savior for their titles.
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