Alien's Controversial Xenomorph Queen Isn't the Betrayal Fans Assumed
Since blowing onto the scene last year, Marvel Comics’ new Alien series has met both support and criticism, but one controversial new piece of lore isn’t as much of a stretch as fans might assume. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson with art by Salvador Larocca, the series has been remarkable for embracing the backstory of the world dreamed up by Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger for the seminal horror film back in 1979 in as immersive a way as hardcore fans of the series could hope. However, the ominous “Woman in the Dark” depicted in issue #6 was called out by many as being out of tune with the franchise's aesthetic.
The art design of Alien, including the vile Xenomorphs and the mysterious yet godlike Engineer species, were conceived in the 1970s based on artwork by Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger, who often drew upon images of vast cyber prisons and cold, techno-organic demoness-like figures he claimed to encounter in his own nightmares. One recurring image throughout the first arc of Marvel’s Alien has been the aforementioned Xenomorph Queen, who fans took to a variety of social media outlets to criticize the appearance of, asserting that the humanoid, sexualized figure had little in common with the franchise's usual aliens. Though fans may have balked at the nightmarish monstrosity, it is counter-intuitively among the most apt additions Kennedy and Larocca have made to the Alien franchise in terms of keeping to the spirit of the original concept.
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Though the Woman in the Dark's design is indeed notably different to the Xenomorphs she commands, the creature actually has a lot in common with Giger's art, most notably his paintings Li I and Li II
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