History Corner: Comic Book Review: Falling Skies Comic Book and Upcoming TNT Series

This may seem like an odd pick for the History Corner section, but there is alot of history based lessons in the series and book, so we thought it appropriate! 

 

TNT will be premiering Steven Spielberg's epic new television series,Falling Skies in June of 2011, The ten week television event opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. Falling Skies is about an epic battle that pits humans against the alien force that has invaded our world. Outnumbered and outmatched, its up to a group of everyday heroes to band together and triumph against a mysterious invading force. 

About the Falling Skies Webcomic

Written by Paul Tobin and illustrated by Juan Ferreyra, the Falling Skies Web Comic will bridge the gap between the 12-page Falling Skies comic released at New York Comic Con. Be sure to check back every two weeks for a new chapter.

Paul Tobin is a writer from Portland, Oregon, who works on Marvel Comics titles such as Spider-Girl and Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man, among many others. In addition, Paul works for Dark Horse (Predators movie adaptation, Conan) and DC Comics, and has an upcoming graphic novel (Gingerbread Girl) from Top Shelf, created in collaboration with his wife, artist Colleen Coover. Paul is also very bald and works on novels.

Juan Ferreyra began drawing comics with Small Gods for Image, and then Emissary and Lazarus for Image's imprint Shadowline. He worked on Dark Horse's Rex Mundi while at the same time coloring Conan and the Midnight God and Solomon Kane: Death's Black Riders. Now he's working on a creator-owned book called La 6ème heure for French publisher Soleil. He lives in Argentina.

Andrew Dalhouse made his first appearance coloring comics with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for Avatar Press. Andrew followed this macabre masterpiece with such books as Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution, Lady Death, and Hack/Slash, to name but a few. Mr. Dalhouse's work currently can also be found in Disney's Darkwing Duck, Boom's The Incredibles, and Dark Horse Comics' The Occultist.

Now as I'm not into comics like this and hubby is, I asked him he wanted to review the comic book when it was offered and the resounding YES was enough to say ok (men are really just little boys with large toys, right? LOL). So here's his review!

Review: Falling Skies comic book is by Dark Horse, which is a company I'm familiar with because I used to love the Aliens and Predator issues, they used to do! So I was excited to be able to review the comic book! 

The book begins in Post alien invasion Boston as a group of survivors of the invasion are searching for food to take back to a secret field hospital but in town while scavenging they see some odd sites. After they get back to camp some Militia members try to recruit Mr. Mason to join them but Mason just wants himself and his sons to survive and declines. (You know this BAD, right???)

Later the Militia members take pot shots at some alien ships and all heck breaks out. One of Mason's sons is captured by the aliens, and Mason is filled with a resolve to go get him back, and is given a AK-47 by a militia member (which is odd it is available considering Massachusetts gun laws -LOL, hubby had to get one in there!). The battle ensues to get his son back and his defining quote is "I'm a soldier, now".

 
After reading the comic I'm going to go online and research more about the series, and online comics, and keep reading! I will definitely be watching the series as when it comes on- if you like comics, you'll like this series!

Disclosure / Disclaimer:  We received this comic book from YouCast PR, for review purposes. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it either.