Alien: Egg silo interior version II (work 388) 1978 by HR Giger references the cover of The Pink Panther #5 (published March 1972)?

 

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 a) Egg silo interior version II (work 388) 1978 by HR Giger

Egg silo interior version II (work 388) 1978 by HR Giger

 

 
b)  References the cover of The Pink Panther #5 (published Mar 1972)?

 

 

c) The Pink Panther's chest becomes the mid left divider 

 

 

 

d) The the easel becomes the right divider. 

 

 

 

e)  The blobs of paint on the palette become the egg shaped spores

Obviously there are a lot more spores than there are blobs of paint on the palette but you might get the idea