"‘Jonesy: Nine Lives on the Nostromo’: This Illustrated ..." Topic

…Book Is a Must-Buy for ‘Alien' Fans.

"It's late October, so you're probably either finalizing your Halloween plans or are already getting a jump on wish lists for the upcoming holiday season. And I'm sure there are a few of you who have said to yourselves, "Hey, it's October 26th … that's halfway to Alien Day!" It's to you horror-loving, gift-giving, Alien fans out there–along with the cat-lovers among you–to whom I'm speaking today. You see, there's a new, beautifully illustrated companion book to Ridley Scott‘s 1979 masterpiece that retells the Alien story from a whole new angle. To be specific, it tells the tale from the never-before-seen perspective of one of the two survivors: Jonesy the cat.

In "Jonesy: Nine Lives on the Nostromo", Lucey restricts his field of view to that of the title feline as the cat winds its way through the fictional space tug and occasionally checks in on the human crew. The illustrated book, which plays out more like a dialogue-free graphic novel than a kids picture book (by far), exists on the periphery of the main story in Alien while also threading its way into the narrative as Jonesy interacts with Dallas, Kane, Ripley, Ash, Brett, and more, including the alien menace itself. Rest assured that Jonesy still makes it out alive at the end of the telling, thus preserving continuity, just as the crew are still resigned to their fates … off the page, of course…."
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The first time I saw Alien, the cat scared me more than anything else in the movie. It would just jump out of nowhere and then the popcorn would fly