Sneak Peek Idw Publishing's "Mars Attacks: Occupation" #5, available August 17, 2016, written by John Layman and illustrated by Andy Kuhn, with covers by John McCrea, Ryan Brown and Ed Repka. Plus take a look @ footage of the Martian bodycount from Tim Burton's 1996 feature "Mars Attacks!":
"...the 'Martians' came. The Martians saw. The Martians conquered. Now the space invaders cruelly rule over humanity, but 'Ruby Johnson' has something to say about that..."
Before it became a movie (1996), "Mars Attacks" was a science fiction themed trading card series, released in 1962, featuring illustrations by artists Wallace Wood and Norman Saunders.
In that scenario, the invasion of Earth by 'Martians' is under the command of a corrupt Martian government who conceal the fact from the martian populace, that Mars is doomed to explode and therefore proposes a colonization of Earth.
The cards depict futuristic battle scenes and bizarre methods of Martian attack. The story...
"...the 'Martians' came. The Martians saw. The Martians conquered. Now the space invaders cruelly rule over humanity, but 'Ruby Johnson' has something to say about that..."
Before it became a movie (1996), "Mars Attacks" was a science fiction themed trading card series, released in 1962, featuring illustrations by artists Wallace Wood and Norman Saunders.
In that scenario, the invasion of Earth by 'Martians' is under the command of a corrupt Martian government who conceal the fact from the martian populace, that Mars is doomed to explode and therefore proposes a colonization of Earth.
The cards depict futuristic battle scenes and bizarre methods of Martian attack. The story...
- 8/21/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Last year Barnes & Noble commissioned Eisner Award-winning comics illustrator Thomas Yeates to illustrate its new edition of the first three Mars tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs. The handsome new volume, John Carter of Mars, contains A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, and The Warlord of Mars, which together comprise a trilogy recounting the fighting Virginian’s arrival and ascendance on the Red Planet.
A Princess of Mars was Edgar Rice Burroughs’ first book, written after a series of unsuccessful endeavors led him try his hand at bettering what he read in the pulps. His next book was the now-obscure The Outlaw of Torn; Yeates has done his part to revive this overlooked tale of the Middle Ages by illustrating a full color graphic novel edition to be published by Dark Horse under the title The Outlaw Prince (part one). Burroughs’ third book was somewhat better received; Tarzan of the Apes...
A Princess of Mars was Edgar Rice Burroughs’ first book, written after a series of unsuccessful endeavors led him try his hand at bettering what he read in the pulps. His next book was the now-obscure The Outlaw of Torn; Yeates has done his part to revive this overlooked tale of the Middle Ages by illustrating a full color graphic novel edition to be published by Dark Horse under the title The Outlaw Prince (part one). Burroughs’ third book was somewhat better received; Tarzan of the Apes...
- 6/15/2010
- by Steve
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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