- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Image Comics (Dec 6 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 158240724X
- ISBN-13: 978-1582407241
- Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 16.6 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,027,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the Old West, settlers and Native Americans wage a bloody battle for control of the land. But when the Earth is threatened by conquerors from the stars, these sworn enemies must work together to save all humanity.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cowboys, Indians and aliens,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Cowboys And Aliens (Hardcover)
Cowboys... and aliens. It sounds like a really, really stupid movie pitch.
But instead Scott Mitchell Rosenberg "Cowboys & Aliens" is a pretty fun graphic novel -- it has a simple but entertaining premise, lots of glowy splotchy action scenes, and some likable characters (on the human side). Its main downside is that it slaps you in the face with a hamhanded "evil aliens = European settlers" message that knocks you sideways. The year is 1873, and there's a battle going on between the Apache warriors and a pair of hired guns protecting a wagon train. Then... suddenly a vast spaceship crashes nearby, and the aliens inside kill the Apaches who try to greet them. The cruel Commander Dar decides to conquer this world for himself, and quickly takes over the nearest Army fort. So now the settlers, the cowboys and the Indians are being attacked by technologically advanced aliens who already outnumber them. Now these former enemies have to join forces to defeat Dar and his soldiers, or ALL of humanity will be in danger (especially when that space fleet shows up to finish the job!). Yeah, "Cowboys and Aliens" sounds like a really terrible movie blockbuster. In fact, I think they're making it into a movie, which may or may not be insanely awesome (it's Jon Favreau, so it could be either). But as a graphic novel, it's pretty fun as a story -- lots of splashy action scenes (with glowy green weapons and flying death chariots!), and a wildly complex climax that belies its simple concept. T Problem? The first five pages beat us over the head with "Evil Invading Aliens = Evil Invading Settlers"... which is kind of sabotaged since we see that most of the settlers (like that poor priest) don't have any "divine providence" delusions. In fact, the characters are all (except for Dar and his thugs) pretty likable. In between fight scenes, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg reminds us that the HUMAN ex-enemies are not that different, as they pray for Apaches and cowboys alike to succeed, and a cowgirl even has a cute little romance brewing with an Apache warrior. Awwww, true love among the alien invasions. "Cowboys and Aliens" sounds silly, but handles itself so smoothly that you never really have a chance to go, "Wait, what?" Fun, action-packed and thoroughly enjoyable.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cowboys vs Indians vs Aliens,
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This review is from: Cowboys And Aliens (Hardcover)
Reason for Reading: I'd heard about the upcoming summer movie starring {sigh} Harrison Ford so thought I'd read the original comic book the movie is based on first.
This is a rather unusual tale as one could guess from the title. We join a group of settlers led by a priest who are traveling west to claim some land they have bought to start a new life. They are attacked by Indians and one of their two guides goes off to get help from the nearby Fort. Indian attacks end up being the least of his worries when he finds the fort under attack by intergalactic space invaders who see all other life forms as slaves and they have arrived to to take humankind into slavery and take over our world. The book is full of action and low on actual story. Characters have relationships with each other but the reader never gets close enough to care about any of them. There is action, though. Did I mention that? Lots of it. Starting off with the brief Indian attack, then going full out as the Indians and white men join forces against the bigger threat of the aliens who have awesome cool weapons compared to their arrows and gunshot rifles. Obviously comparisons between how the Indians were treated by European explorers and settlers and the alien threat to mankind are made several times. An entertaining hour's read but nothing that especially grabbed me. I think this has great potential to make a better movie than book. But by all means read it before the movie though as it looks like there are certainly going to be changes afoot. Such as: I see no priest in the list of characters and Harrison Ford's character does not exist in the book.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
PLEASE DON'T BUY,
This review is from: Cowboys And Aliens (Hardcover)
I also bought this graphic novel because of the upcoming movie with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig. I received the comic book and I was very, very disapointed. Here's why :
1) The drawings are awful. I mean literaly awful. I never saw such bad drawings in a comic book. Sure, the first pages of the introduction (what you see in the preview) are great but after that it's not the same quality at all. 2) The story seemed promising at first. The relation between the invading aliens and the way white settlers treated the indians is quite interesting. But that ends there. The story is quite dumb. Too much action. No real dialogs. The relation between the characters are silly and the ending is disapointing. PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS COMIC BOOK. You will waiste your money. Buy a nice drawn, well written graphic novel like V FOR VENDETTA, THE WATCHMEN or THE ROCKETTER. You will enjoy those more.
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