Heavy Metal Presents Alien The Illustrated Story

Long before he became famous for his run on The Mighty Thor for Marvel Comics Walter Simonson illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of the Alien movie.  Archie Goodwin provided the script.
 
When the Alien movie premiered it startled a lot of moviegoers.  Many were expecting a typical sci-fi movie with a standard plot and the usual array of ray guns, damsels in distress, spaceships, etc.

In a way Alien supplied each but in a totally unique way.  The spaceships were worn and grungy, the damsels were anything but helpless (especially Ripley) and the Alien was unlike anything ever seen before,

Back when the movie came out Heavy Metal produced a Alien softbound graphic novel adaptation of the movie.  While the visual violence was toned down the core of the story remained the same.

Archie Goodwin did an excellent job of taking the movie script and translating it to a graphic novel.

Walt Simonson managed to capture the look of the film while still injecting his own unique style into the artwork.

Alien The Illustrated Story is one of the first oversize graphic novels to be published and is much sought after by Alien and comic book fans alike. 

"For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline." — 2 Timothy 1:7