John Bolton's Alien comic book art

a) John Bolton drew the alien for covers of Dark Horse's Alien comics such as Newt's Tale, Earth War, Female War and Alien Vs Predator: Deadliest of the Species.

John Bolton

b) Alien Warriors

His Alien warriors, when he might draw perhaps some of them in an intended non stylized way but sometimes it would seem as if he would give them slightly oversized heads with bodies that look as if they could barely hold the weight of the head. 

b.i) painting used for Aliens Earth War #2 cover (published 1990) by John Bolton

painting used for Aliens Earth War #2 cover (published 1990)

by John Bolton

 

b.ii) Aliens Earth War #2 cover (1990) by John Bolton

Aliens Earth War #2 cover (1990) 

by John Bolton

b.iii) Newt's Tale cover (published 1994) by John Bolton 

His head for a beast on the cover of Newt's Tale would have an elongated front part of the head.

Newt's Tale cover (published 1994) 

by John Bolton

 

b.iv) Newts Tale cover published 1994) by John Bolton

As the heads got larger , because the bodies became much more abstract, the size of the head in relation to the body didn’t matter so much

 

(Newts Tale cover published 1994) 

by John Bolton

c)  Alien Queens

He would also draw the alien queen with fingers around the side of the face perhaps reminiscent of the way that sea robin can use it's whiskers as fingers to crawl with.

c..i)  Cover art for “Female war” (published 1996) (1995) by John Bolton 

Cover art for “Female war” (published 1996) 

(1995) by John Bolton 

c.iii) Cover from “Female war” (published 1996) (1995) 

Cover from “Female war” (published 1996) 

(1995) 

by John Bolton

 

c.iv) see: Biomechanic Landscape (unfinished) (1988 )by HR Giger is referenced in Cover art form “Female war” (published 1996) (1995) by John Bolton?

c.v) Alien: Earth War #4 (1990) by John Bolton

Alien: Earth War #4 (1990) 

by John Bolton

 c.vi) Alien Vs Predator: Deadliest of the Species (published 1997) by John Bolton

Alien Vs Predator: Deadliest of the Species (published 1997)

by John Bolton

c.vii) Aliens /Predator Deadliest of the Species #5 by John Bolton (1993?)

Aliens /Predator Deadliest of the Species #5 by John Bolton (1993?)

c.viii) Aliens/ Predator Deadliest of the Species #5 by John Bolton (published 1994

Aliens/ Predator Deadliest of the Species #5 by John Bolton (published 1994_

c.ix) See: Biomechanic Landscape (unfinished) (1988 )by HR Giger is referenced in Cover for Aliens Versus Predator: The Deadliest of the Species #5 (1994) by John Bolton?

d) Praetorian

Another class of alien has large side mandibles, known as the Praetorian, that acted as a guard for the alien queen in the Alien computer games

Aliens Earth War # 3 cover (published 1990)