44 review for Tales from Beyond Science Limited Edition

1. 

   4 out of 5

   Sam Quixote – Jul 09, 2016

   Tales From Beyond Science is an anthology of short comics that originally ran in one of 2000AD’s publications from the early ‘90s, written by Mark Millar, John Smith and Alan McKenzie and drawn by Rian Hughes. They’re basically like the Twilight Zone in content featuring “weird” stories about a guy whose music lyrics become reality, the dead calling from beyond the grave, the missing 13th month, and the man who created outer space, to name just a few. Despite their unusual concepts though these Tales From Beyond Science is an anthology of short comics that originally ran in one of 2000AD’s publications from the early ‘90s, written by Mark Millar, John Smith and Alan McKenzie and drawn by Rian Hughes. They’re basically like the Twilight Zone in content featuring “weird” stories about a guy whose music lyrics become reality, the dead calling from beyond the grave, the missing 13th month, and the man who created outer space, to name just a few. Despite their unusual concepts though these aren’t very interesting stories and, less than 24 hours after finishing this book, I’ve already forgotten most of what I’ve read! Rian Hughes’ art though is very good (think Darwyn Cooke in style) and his overall design of the book is clever, mixing fictional and real ads from pulpy magazines to divide up the stories. If you’re a Millar fan, he only writes half the stories here and they’re a long way from his best efforts so it’s not really worth it. I can see why Tales From Beyond Science is among Mark Millar’s least known books!

2. 

   4 out of 5

   Kurt – Jan 02, 2017

   Reading this hyper packaged graphic collection of unrelated short stories reminded me of a project that might be put together by a bunch of school friends. The idea is fun at the beginning and everyone promises to participate, but in the end many people fail to deliver and the project ends up feeling kind of half-assed. There is, however, usually someone whose talent shows through and their efforts nearly carry the day. In the case of TALES FROM BEYOND SCIENCE, that person is illustrator Rian Hu Reading this hyper packaged graphic collection of unrelated short stories reminded me of a project that might be put together by a bunch of school friends. The idea is fun at the beginning and everyone promises to participate, but in the end many people fail to deliver and the project ends up feeling kind of half-assed. There is, however, usually someone whose talent shows through and their efforts nearly carry the day. In the case of TALES FROM BEYOND SCIENCE, that person is illustrator Rian Hughes. His work illustrating the stories is good but where he shines is the myriad of mock 60’s & 70’s supernatural comic book covers that pepper the book--marvelous images of Stonehenge or the heads from Easter Island coming to life to ravage mankind. Each cover is unique but clearly and cleverly of a type to convey the theme of the book—recreating the 60’s & 70’s American supernatural comic as if they originated in England. While this is mostly achieved, the stories remain lackluster. Mark Miller’s work (my favorite being THE MEN IN RED or THE SECRET MONTH UNDER THE STAIRS) comes off best but even his stories seem a page or two shy of a good thing. Beyond the myriad covers, what makes this feel hyper packaged is the inclusion of 10 pages (a lot in an 86 page book-plus inside the front and back covers) of faux advertisements spoofing the often spoofed ads at the end of comics, i.e. hypnotism, ventriloquism, shrunken heads etc. Humorous for the most part, my favorite being for liquid carpet-CARPETFLO, the net result is that the stories themselves feel like an afterthought. That should certainly never be the case in a story collection. If this book was a house, it would have no floor—nowhere for me to pour out my CARPETFLO.

3. 

   5 out of 5

   John – Sep 23, 2019

   The early efforts of some talented writers and artists doing a "Twilight Zone" riff. It wasn't enough to be a solid alternative to any of the more institutionalized British magazines. The early efforts of some talented writers and artists doing a "Twilight Zone" riff. It wasn't enough to be a solid alternative to any of the more institutionalized British magazines.

4. 

   5 out of 5

   Alex Sarll – Mar 04, 2013

   Like all 2000AD's attempts to replace Future Shocks - and indeed, like Future Shocks themselves - this collection of short tales is madly patchy in script terms; Mark Millar's contributions are better than his recent work but still occasionally show the same laziness, and Alan Mckenzie was never more than a journeyman, but the John Smith contributions are at the more coherent range of that great half-lost genius-loon's work. This collection, though, is a lovely, lovely book - with the starting p Like all 2000AD's attempts to replace Future Shocks - and indeed, like Future Shocks themselves - this collection of short tales is madly patchy in script terms; Mark Millar's contributions are better than his recent work but still occasionally show the same laziness, and Alan Mckenzie was never more than a journeyman, but the John Smith contributions are at the more coherent range of that great half-lost genius-loon's work. This collection, though, is a lovely, lovely book - with the starting point of Rian Hughes' clean, fifties-go-odd style to unify its aesthetic, it's packed out with fake covers and detourned vintage ads, beautifully bound, and generally a delight to leave lying around to frighten visitors.

5. 

   5 out of 5

   Kat – Apr 08, 2015

   This book was so much fun to read! I love that each issue is a completely different story, and none of them tie into each other. Each story was about 5 pages, super easy to follow. All of the stories were definitely beyond science, and visually really fun to look at. Definitely for you if you're into weird, different, or just sci-fi comics. I'm one of those people that loves comics, but those weird, obscure ones are where it's at for me. This was pretty great, and I would definitely recommend it This book was so much fun to read! I love that each issue is a completely different story, and none of them tie into each other. Each story was about 5 pages, super easy to follow. All of the stories were definitely beyond science, and visually really fun to look at. Definitely for you if you're into weird, different, or just sci-fi comics. I'm one of those people that loves comics, but those weird, obscure ones are where it's at for me. This was pretty great, and I would definitely recommend it. :)

6. 

   5 out of 5

   Matthew Brady – Aug 26, 2013

   I like Rian Hughes' art, but I wasn't that into the stories here, a series of Twilight Zone-ish bits of weirdness. There's one about an obsessive Hollywood memorabilia collector and a clone of Marilyn Monroe that's not bad, but I can barely even remember the plots of any of the others; they all seem to feature some guy stumbling into scary secrets about the way the world works. Worth a look if you like Hughes, but otherwise I'd give it a pass. I like Rian Hughes' art, but I wasn't that into the stories here, a series of Twilight Zone-ish bits of weirdness. There's one about an obsessive Hollywood memorabilia collector and a clone of Marilyn Monroe that's not bad, but I can barely even remember the plots of any of the others; they all seem to feature some guy stumbling into scary secrets about the way the world works. Worth a look if you like Hughes, but otherwise I'd give it a pass.

7. 

   4 out of 5

   Joe Planck – Jan 18, 2015

   Good collection of twilight zone/outer limits type tales. I enjoyed the retro comics feel. Recommend, but it's a quick read, so save your money and get it from your local library. Good collection of twilight zone/outer limits type tales. I enjoyed the retro comics feel. Recommend, but it's a quick read, so save your money and get it from your local library.

8. 

   5 out of 5

   Jay Eales –

9. 

   5 out of 5

   Navia – Feb 27, 2016

   Great book to read when bored

10. 

    4 out of 5

    Karl Hickey –

11. 

    5 out of 5

    Dawn Betts-Green (Dinosaur in the Library) –

12. 

    5 out of 5

    Jason Reichner –

13. 

    4 out of 5

    P. –

14. 

    4 out of 5

    Jeff –

15. 

    5 out of 5

    Roman –

16. 

    4 out of 5

    Jason –

17. 

    4 out of 5

    Eyeball Monster –

18. 

    5 out of 5

    Matt –

19. 

    5 out of 5

    Suren Raja –

20. 

    4 out of 5

    Shadowcthuhlu –

21. 

    5 out of 5

    John –

22. 

    5 out of 5

    Cecilia Palazetti –

23. 

    4 out of 5

    Jason Hyde –

24. 

    4 out of 5

    OTIS –

25. 

    4 out of 5

    Susie –

26. 

    5 out of 5

    Dennis Ferguson –

27. 

    4 out of 5

    Cary –

28. 

    4 out of 5

    Josep –

29. 

    4 out of 5

    Graeme Small –

30. 

    5 out of 5

    Ben –

31. 

    4 out of 5

    Yasir Husain –

32. 

    5 out of 5

    Allen Rubinstein –

33. 

    4 out of 5

    Ben –

34. 

    5 out of 5

    Mike McLennan –

35. 

    5 out of 5

    James Niven –

36. 

    5 out of 5

    Claire –

37. 

    4 out of 5

    Mithun Gangopadhyay –

38. 

    5 out of 5

    Jon –

39. 

    4 out of 5

    Joey Aulisio –

40. 

    4 out of 5

    Apollo Creed –

41. 

    4 out of 5

    Angela Groves –

42. 

    4 out of 5

    Hannah –

43. 

    4 out of 5

    Grace –

44. 

    5 out of 5

    André Dadi –