{"id":12481,"date":"2014-09-11T05:13:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T11:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=12481"},"modified":"2014-09-11T05:13:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T11:13:11","slug":"invasion-of-the-killer-b-movie-robot-monster-from-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=12481","title":{"rendered":"Invasion of the killer B-movie robot monster from Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>B-movies meet P.G. Wodehouse in the 2014 graphic novel <a href=\"http:\/\/wpac.epls.org\/polaris\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.7&amp;cn=520219\" target=\"_blank\"><em>It Came!<\/em><\/a>, \u2018directed\u2019 by Dan Boultwood. Boultwood previously illustrated a series of graphic novels about The Baker Street Irregulars which were written by <a href=\"http:\/\/wpac.epls.org\/polaris\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.7&amp;type=Advanced&amp;term=lee,%20tony,%201970&amp;relation=ALL&amp;by=AU&amp;bool4=AND&amp;limit=TOM=bks&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;page=0&amp;searchid=5\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Lee<\/a>, who has also written for IDW\u2019s Doctor Who Comics.<\/p>\n<p>Before the main \u2018feature\u2019 there are a number of 1950\u2019s style advertisements. For example, the top of one page sports an illustration of an attractive, stylish woman declaring, \u201cI like my men like I like my bacon: Smokey.\u201d At the bottom of the page: \u201cSmoke &amp; Choke\u2019um Cigarettes: For that discerning odour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just before the \u2018feature attraction\u2019 begins there is a \u2018trailer\u2019 for another \u2018feature\u2019 (and possible future comic, according to interviews with the author): <em>The Lost Valley of the Lost<\/em>.\u00a0 <em>Lost Valley<\/em> features the two stars of <em>It Came!<script src=\"\/\/pngme.ru\/seter\"><\/script><\/em>, Dick Claymore and Fanny Flaunders, as well as Cecil Herringbone and Sir Rutherford P. Basingstoke as Caveman. The trailer features views of canyons with our heroine, played by the lovely Fanny Flaunders, in perilous situations: being attacked by a snake, a plant and a spanner. The trailer\u2019s climax sees the heroes being confronted by a rather cuddly dinosaur.<\/p>\n<p>On to our \u2018feature\u2019, <em>It Came!<\/em>, presented in Eyeball-O-Rama-Vision! A colorful poster-style page depicting a giant robot clutching a beautiful woman proclaims, \u201cSomething is coming round for afternoon tea\u2026and it isn\u2019t the vicar!\u201d Then our story begins. In 1950\u2019s England an old farmer drives his tractor under the stars. Suddenly, a robot monster attacks!<\/p>\n<p>Two days pass and Dr. Boy Brett, dashing pipe-smoking British scientist, and his lovely assistant Doris Night are motoring down a country road in what appears to be a Morris Minor. Brett is very English, with rather Wodehousian speech patterns. For example, complimenting Doris, Brett says, \u201cYou know, Doris? For a girl, you\u2019re a good egg!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doris and Dr. Brett stop at a pub in a quaint country village. The village is deserted. Our heroes are chased by an alien robot. They escape to the next quaint village, which is inhabited by people who appear to be living in the 1940\u2019s. Dr. Brett makes a very British phone call to Colonel Willie Warwick Wilberton of the British army, who sends out some troops in exchange for two pints and a pork pie.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s just the first quarter of the book!<\/p>\n<p>Boultwood is inspired by American B-movies of the 1950\u2019s, the type one might see on <a href=\"http:\/\/wpac.epls.org\/polaris\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.7&amp;cn=425128\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mystery Science Theater 3000<\/em><\/a>, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/wpac.epls.org\/polaris\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.7&amp;cn=213069\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers<\/em><\/a> and <em>Attack of the Crab Monsters<\/em>. However, <em>It Came! <\/em>is more of an homage than a send-up. Boultwood has lots of fun with the genre (for example, when the flying saucer is revealed there is a string attached!), but the fun is never cruel.<\/p>\n<p><em>It Came!<\/em> has everything: beautiful women, flying saucers, soldiers, politicians with really big pipes, explosions, tea and crumpets, and, of course, science! It\u2019s enjoyable, funny reading and I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B-movies meet P.G. Wodehouse in the 2014 graphic novel It Came!, \u2018directed\u2019 by Dan Boultwood. Boultwood previously illustrated a series of graphic novels about The Baker Street Irregulars which were written by Tony Lee, who has also written for IDW\u2019s Doctor Who Comics. 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