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Quint takes a look at Thomas Jane and Steve Niles' alien invasion comic BAD PLANET!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I write this as I begin my flight from Texas to San Diego. I figured why not get caught up on some comic book stuff while I travel to the biggest comic book convention in the world?
I’ve read the first three issues of a series called BAD PLANET, written by Thomas Jane and Steve Niles. My understanding is they released the first issue sometime last year, then ran into some artistic troubles.
Now the series is back and they’re doing a big push. Raw Studios is working with Image to put out this book. James Daly III and the man, the myth, the legend Mr. Tim Bradstreet are illustrating these issues.
It’s essentially CRITTERS meets THE THING meets ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK meets INVADERS FROM MARS. It’s a bit tongue in cheek, filled with ultra-violence, lots of sex and loads of humor.
A transport of thousands of species of dangerous aliens goes wrong. They end up crash-landing on Earth. In a seemingly unrelated storyline a fugitive alien of an almost indestructible race escapes prison and makes a bee-line to Earth.
The crashed prison isn’t much of a prison anymore. All sorts of creatures escape… reptilian, arachnid, etc. The atmosphere and sun radiation kills most of them instantly but the spiders survive. They have these vagina-shaped toothy mouths, sharp legs and paralyzing spines.
There are some incredibly beautiful panels of alien spiders running amuck; eviscerating people, ripping them apart or cutting them into thirds or fourths.
Then this mean old bastard comes to Earth. Is he our savoir or does he have his own agenda? We know he’s a badass, but we don’t know his motives.
The comic has a MARS ATTACKS feel to it. Heavy sci-fi violence, cheese-ball government officials, big boobed scientist hotties and black humor.
I love the art from Bradstreet and Daly. There’s a trend that comics are just now phasing out, this anime influenced trend I hate. Short, stubby fingers, giant eyes… they did that to Wolverine and Spider-Man last year… that seemed to change around the time Civil War picked up, but the art means a whole lot to me in a comic book.
BAD PLANET’s creators obviously agree. On top of the great artwork inside, the covers have been awesome. Check out this one from Berni Wrightson.
The last issue I read, #3, was the most action packed with the big bastard finally arriving to Earth, battle-ax in hand. It’s also in 3-D. I forgot to pack my red and blue glasses, so the PDF segments in 3-D are a bit difficult to judge from an artwork perspective, however I can follow the story and still see what was going on.
I’m enjoying this series so far and will look forward to future issues.
I think Tom Jane and Steve Niles will be pimping the books at Comic-Con, so if you’re going be sure to stop by their booth (5439) and give them some love. I hear Jane will be there pretty constantly from preview night to closing.
Also, hit up Bradstreet at artists’ alley. I don’t know about Jane and Niles, but I can guarantee you a sloppy kiss from Bradstreet if you buy one of his prints and say “Quint sent me.” Remember you have to do both, or you don’t get a little beard tickle.
See some of you fellow geeks at the Con!
-Quint
quint@aintitcool.com
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Well that kills some interest.
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I was thinking the same thing, but decided to pass on the chance to say it... good thing I did, since you beat me to it. Nothing worse than someone shouting "First" when they aren't...
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It is indeed Thomas "Punisher" Jane. He's a pretty huge comic book nerd.
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make it so ... my flight is at 830 am eastcoast time
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About a war against aliens?
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That would be a dead on casting choice. I just imagined him w/ the eye patch. Hell yeah
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it looked fuckin amazing. I actually thought the story wasn't bad either. I thought it was a pretty bad ass movie. Watchin the host right now. This week was great for dvd releases.
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moron
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fuck you.
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This guy has my respect, first dropping out of the new Punisher movie cause it is sub-par and letting the fans know, it isnt about the money of the limelight, it was just because it was garbage. And now we learn the man is a big comic geek who seems to be putting out a kickass book. AND THE MAN HAS MY VOTE FOR SNAKE PISSKIN!!!! This is Sparta....not so much.
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I am absolutely pissed off by this trend to animefy American artist's work, both in comics and in what's supposed to be American animation. Just look at those HELLBOY animated flicks. Shit fucking sucks! Either give the thing to a Japanese studio to do it or stick with Mignola's style for fuck's sake!
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Not bad. If they can put out a few issues without a 14 month gap in between, then I'll be impressed.
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Anime influence is fine...the problem is when they are influenced by low-budget made-for-tv anime...
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I didn't much of him in deep blue sea. Can't say that he was "action star" material when I seem him in that.....but Stander is bad ass. I still love his fall when he was shot at the end. SPOILER!!!!!!
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Interesting.
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I didn't make it past the one alien masturbating to another alien with a human pussy for a face. I had to wonder why either of these guys thought that was a good idea. In fact, I really don't know why Steve Niles is taken so seriously by people at all; he's a complete fucking hack. If this is the best that these two can come up with, I don't think RAW Studios will ever be the Hollywood heavy hitters they want to be.
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Jane is indeed awesome. And IAmMrMonkey, the best scene of that film must surely be the bit where they're driving away from a successful bank job, only to hear the bank manager on the radio bragging about how he kept the serious money in a second, hidden safe, so they pull a 180 and head back to rob the bank again.
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At least put his name next to a watchable film...
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Get Jane in as Connor McCloud. In fact Get it re-made already!!! its getting on a bit now!Yeah! They're re-making Highlander Everyone with Thomas Jane as Connor McCloud, Eddie Izard as Ramirez and Tom Cruise as the Couragen or whatever the evil bad dude who loved nuns so much was called?Can't wait!
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That was such a great scene.
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Fanmade I know, but still. ...
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Didn't the last issue come out about a year ago? That seems to be a comic book trend they ARE following. How hard is it to do a comic every month? I know quite a few comic book artists and they seem to be able to do it. These days everyone wants to be a famous comic creator. Delays are accepted because they are the "big name". Remember Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk?? That was delayed because Damon Lindelof was writing LOST. If you take a job you should probably DO it. If I told my boss I can't do my job because I was doing another job he would be PISSED. Instead Marvel said "Well he IS busy with a little show called LOST". WTF? Comic book companies, STOP hiring people who can't do the job.
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So says Nancy of Zeta Talk. Visit zetatalk.com for the REAL truth.
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I was kind of hoping he was going to play two face in Dark Knight. But sure put him in Highlander remake I'd watch it.
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I thought it took place down South, not in Outer Space. Hmm, guess someone should let BW know...
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just sayin'...
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You readin this JJ lackies!!
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