Alien: Alien: Alien Stage 3 , version III, Side view (work 372) and front view (work 373) (1978) by HR Giger

leading from

Development of Giger's art
and 
Concept art for the stage III Alien

The alien monster from two sides, with the vertical spine at the back but now blind with a dome covering the head and a thick tubular tongue with a set of extra jaws.

 

a) Alien: Alien Stage 3 , version III, side view (work 372) (1978) by HR Giger

 

 

a.i) See: References panel from page 30 of "Asterix and the Soothsayer" (originally published in Pilote issues 652-673 in 1972) written by Goscinny and illustrated by Uderzo, with sideview of the soothsayer?

 

 

 

 

 

b) Alien: Alien Stage 3 , version III, Front view (work 373) (1978) by HR Giger

 

 

 

b. i) See: References 'Executioner argues with the King about cutting off the Cheshire Cat’s head' Alice in Wonderland illustrations (published 1865) by John Tenniel?

 

 

 

b.ii ) See: Alien: Alien Stage 3 , version III, Front view (work 373) (1978) by HR Giger and Egg Silo exterior (work 378) (1978) by HR Giger echo each other while both referencing 'Executioner argues with the King about cutting off the Cheshire Cat’s head' by John Tenniel for Alice In Wonderland?

 

 

 

 

 

b.iii) See: Referenced in the cover of ‘Protectorate’ by Ace Books (published in January 1985) by Dan LaMountain?

 

 

 

 

b.iv) See: Referenced in Aliens: storyboard showing Ripley and Newt first encountering the Alien Queen for Aliens ?