![]() ![]() ![]() Visualized through the prism of pop culture in this thoroughly engaging 176-page book, featuring more than 200 full-color illustrations, all of which are accompanied by extensive captions. Instead they employ “seed pods,” mind control, and body transference–just a few of the alternative methods used by aliens to invade the minds and bodies of humans, thus bending them to their submission. As for aliens’ chosen method of invasion… not all aliens use ray guns to invade. Whether friendly visitor or fearsome invader, we learn that both the motive for, and method of, invasion have often been influenced by the social mood and politics of the era in which the magazine, comic, or movie was published or released. ![]() Hogan, Steven Jay Rubin, Michael Bonesteel, and noted sci-fi illustrator Vincent Di Fate, who writes “an enlightened look at the new wave of alien invasions in the modern era.” All the famous artists are here, from EC greats, to Golden Age comics creators, to camp 1950s and 60s movie poster artists. Giger’s creature in Ridley Scott’s 1979 movie Alien, the friendly alien (a thin creature with hands and a tortoise-like head) that’s the “hero” of Spielberg’s 1982 movie, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, aerial predator aliens with giant wings (as created by Wayne Barlow for his book Expedition, in 1990)–and many more.Įach chapter is written by a noted authority: Ron Miller, Michael Stein, David J. Paul’s Martian of the 1930s), blob-like B-movie aliens of the 1950s, “realistic” aliens as featured in the 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind (supposedly based on the real alien found at Roswell), monstrous aliens such as H.R. Wells’ The War of the Worlds), barrel chested aliens (as per Frank R. See how depictions of aliens have evolved over the years in books, magazines, pulps, comics, on TV, and in movies! Meet aliens with eyes on stalks, robot aliens (as in H.G. IDW, 2020.Īliens are coming for you! For the first time ever, read how aliens have invaded pop culture in all its guises and forms in this definitive history spanning over 100 years. Giger’s creature in Ridley Scott’s 1979 movie Alien, the friendly alien (a thin creature with hands and a tortoise-like head) that’s the “hero” of Spielberg’s 1982 movie, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, aerial predator aliens with giant wings (as created by Wayne Barlow for his book Expedition, in 1990)–and many more. ![]() Recommended. Aliens are coming for you! For the first time ever, read how aliens have invaded pop culture in all its guises and forms in this definitive history spanning over 100 years. Pin-Up & Adult –You must be 18 or olderĪlmost Gone! By Mike Stein, Vincent Di Fate et al. ![]()
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