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Wow! I never knew Steranko did an Outland adaptation. Unbelievable that it has never been collected in one volume. Heavy Metal must have screwed up the rights or something... I read there may be a French version out there...
I had this as a kid, and it was incredible... wish I had it now... scans can be found online...
Here's an adaptation for a movie that was never released nationwide, as planned.
It was basically a fumetti book, made up of stills from the animated movie, with word balloons pasted over. Very slick presentation, though.
Wasn't it released? I recall seeing this at the theater. (I was also pretty disappointed by it; I'd liked Nelvana's earlier TV specials, like The Devil And Daniel Mouse, but I didn't see the same spark in R&R.)
I knew one of the animators, who later went on to do a lot of work at WB; we were in the same APA together and, at one point, he was working on a proposal for the indy I was working for. Unfortunately, it didn't come together. Sadly, he just passed away last week from cancer.
It was never released on a nationwide release, as was planned. It only was released to a few theaters. According to Box Office Mojo, it only grossed $30,000 to date. Wikipedia says the studio became skittish about releasing it, because of sexuality, drug use, and devil-worship. They released it to the contractually minimum number of theaters.
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forcesofgeek.com/2013/06/read-jim-sterankos-outland-adaptation.html
Thanks for the link. That was better than the movie in many ways, and I was one of the few that enjoyed the original film. Thanks @Tonebone