The Thing - Volume 1 motion comic
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- This is a fan made not-for-profit motion comic. Originally published in December, 1991 by Dark Horse comics. If you enjoyed this, check out The Northman Nightmare and Questionable Research motion comics. Climate of Fear will be released in February, 2017.
I’m not sure if people truly understand how amazing it is to not only have this comic available for free on CZcams but to put it in motion. You’re an absolute legend for doing this.
Amen to that!!! You rock!!!
Indeed
The art in this comic is legitimately amazing.
Agreed. They're like paintings!
that's a shame that the artist who did it will be not retained for the other comics.... His style was unique, it gives a creepy nineties atmosphere
It's a similar style to Alex ross and his art
all the male voices were top notch but that one female sounded so robotic. overall this was really good
I made these because A: I didn't want the story to end, because I'm a fan. B: As an exercise in editing and voice acting/direction. And C: to gain more exposure for my production company.
I would love to be one of your voice actors.
Only just found this video, great idea and good job!
This is fire 🔥 I am hooked…
Thanks 🙏
In every comic of the thing at the end maCready ends up going to sleep
What if he gets infected while asleep?
I never thought about it but he didn't seem to reacted to the fire blood test so we could have a open mystery on this subject
The artwork of this comic is amazing. So much depth and realism of light.
the thing probably has no problem surviving underwater consider it's adapted to multiple planets' environments.
Justin McNeil You find out about that in Eternal Vows, which I hope to have finished by the end of the year.
True, but all of the lifeforms it has encountered and immitated on Earth were air breathers
Jeffrey314159 im sure it would have no problem mimicing gills
I believe that Childs was infected when he was attacked by the creature in the cave, and that him blowing the hatch was really just him letting it escape.
@@Jeffrey314159 dolphins orca whales all breath air......
This comic is great and you guys did a really good job with narrating and making the voiceovers :)
The thing is (no pun intended), that everything happens very conviniend: MacReady gets found by a ship, gets found by the marines at the camp, gets found by childs (wich was also found by a team). The Arctic seems to be a pretty crowded place ;) but i guess it is needed to keep the story going.
that i agree and the portrail of their characters is picture perfect
You can spell "narrated" but not "convenient"? Time to re-do sixth grade, I guess.
he's the hero of course he always has to be lucky
@@TheKevphil
YOU’RE SO BAD
I NOTICED THAT TOO BUT ,I DIDN’T MENTION IT SOMETIMES I MAKE MISSPELLINGS LIKE THAT MYSELF AND THINK “GREAT IF SOMEONE READS THIS THEY’RE GOING TO THINK I’M RETARDED JUST SIMPLE WORDS AND THEN I’LL ONLY NOTICE IT AFTER I’VE ALREADY SENT THE MESSAGE,THAT’S WHY YOU. HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK FOR SPELLING ERRORS USUALLY WHEN YOU TYPE OUT ON THE KEYBOARD ON YOUR PHONE IT’LL REVEAL THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE WORD IN THE GREY AREA ABOVE THE KEYBOARD
@@darassylmoniakam
YEAH YOU DIDN’T KNOW THAT LIKE HE HAS TO COME BACK FOR THE NEXT EPISODE
OR NEXT ISSUE,IF YOU KILL OFF YOU MAIN PROTAGONIST THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND A NEW AND SOMETIMES GETS EXPENSIVE BUT WITH THE WALKING DEAD THEY WOULD KILL PEOPLE OFF PRETTY REGULARLY
you did a great job on the sounds, gives it that dark atmosphere. i like it
Thanks. And I owe a big thanks to Freesound.org
I'd really like to see someone make an animation based around this comic in particular - I feel like Climate of Fear and Eternal vows seemed more action-based than was necessary, but this keeps the bleak tone of the film whilst still being enjoyable.
Also, the Pybus, Pilot and Erskine Things are just pretty cool, and I'd really like to see their transformations in more detail.
Climate of fear kept more of that paranoia among eachother type of thing. This comic was just.. oh 'more things, time to initiate another action sequence!'
you guys did a great job adapting this into a fully fledged motion comic
Thanks! I'd love to continue the story. Someday maybe.
150 lbs of fuel left?
Well Aviation gas is about 6 lbs/gallon, that's about 25 gallons. Japanese helicopter probably reads it in liters, so that's about 94-95 liters of AVGas left. Hughes 500s consume between 80 and 90 liters of fuel to the hour given Density Altitude and other performance factors.
Assuming worst case scenario, you've still got an hour of fuel left, MacCready.
Cielo Pachirisu ^awesome.
With this winds 45 mins tops
Yeah well the Thing poked a hole in the gasoline off screen. So there ya go
Lol yeah good thinking , plus Mac was prob thinking bout saving the 50%left to siphon on the BBQ cookout.
that's interesting; but i guess it's due to the plot
We want a sequal movie, I'm surprized it's not been made yet.......The Thing From Another World is my fav film of all time!
The dialogue is rough but still an enjoyable story.
Hey, you surprised me with this, the Mcreedy actor did great, I thought over all you did an amazing job. Thanks for putting this story out there.
7:25 this rant is hilariously and so well voiced you guys made him sound crazy haha
Thank you so much. This was fantastic.
"Damn outta Fuel...good thing there's a full gas can in the snow by my feet"
Amazing! I shall check out Climate of Fear next! :) Thanks, I've been wanted to read comics about The Thing for the longest!
Bl00d_ Nehi_ Hell yeah. Eternal Vows is the last chapter with Macready, but I won't be done with it til the end of the year.
I came looking for bronze, and I found gold. Excellent narration and editing, I congratulate you; and already added to favorites
Cristian Alejandro Mendez Many thanks!!!
dude this is pretty cool,thanks for doing this
Just finished a night shift and thought I will watch something whilst I take a dump, WoW I really enjoyed that, nice one
Hope your legs didn't go numb!
Glad everything uhhhh came out ok. Lol
Man or lady, I LOVE THESE RADIO/AUDIO dramas. Reminds me of my childhood and the outer limits dramas. Plz plz make more.
Thank you so much for your work! Super very mucho appreciated friends.
again really good. looking forward to the next part.
heather lewis Thank you! Thanks for watching.
heather lewis Climate of Fear is uploaded!
Yay thanks for telling me
bro can you tell the voice actor who did childs did a amazing job really like he voice of childs
slowmutants This was Wicked blud, got potential for a film, I'd watch it 👊✌
loved it waiting on more! good work.
Why, yes, I do believe I will subscribe considering how much from you I’ve watched.
Haha thanks!!!
I love motion comics. 3D animation being based on motion comics can be fun to make. I am learning more about animation in a school called Pixels & Polygons.
The voice acting here is pretty good and empowers this. Good stuff.
RAISING A PHAN Thanks! I'll pass it on to the cast.
dude you did an awesome job. i showed my friend your video and he subbed straight away. keep up the good work
heather lewis Did you see Eternal Vows yet?
+slowmutants yes that's the video i showed to my friend. i think you've come a long way.
Thank you for sharing :) I'm going to be working on a horror film for a while, and will be uploading "making of" videos soon.
Fantastic job!
There's one thing that nobody seems to get about the thing, not even the writer of these comics: The creature doesn't 'infect' anyone. It simultaneously makes a copy of an organism as it consumes it. So technically it eats it's victims. This is why there is only clothing left of the people it mimics...
If the process is how you described, how did it make a seperate Bennings clone so quick? What about Carter in the prequel? The impression I get is that it merges a victim into its mass and replaces your cells, or it takes you over from the inside.
@@anthonygreico9735 But it didn't make a clone of Bennings at all. The 'imitation' of him that ran out into the snow WAS actually the creature itself. It had only almost completed it's mimicking of Bennings, which is why one of it's arms still looked alien when the other guys torched it and burned it up. And that's why Macready said "We got to it before it could finish. If it had finished, it would have looked and acted just like Bennings".
What about “Carter” from the prequel? I am afraid I don’t understand your reply. Of course Bennings was the creature at the time. What I meant was the process is NOT like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” type deal.
@@anthonygreico9735 Its been a while since Iv'e seen the prequel so I can't remember the 'Carter' reference you speak of...But in a nutshell basically what I'm saying is that the Thing actually 'eats' its victims and at the same time its doing so, its not just consuming nutrients, but ALSO assimilating the DNA of it's prey into its own. This is not only spoken of in the original 1982 movie but also clarified in the prequel scene showing the first victim being undigested in the cut open stomach of the burnt creature that was torched...Again, this is why there was never any remains of it's victims left, only clothing.
Ok I got you. So we both agree it is not an “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” type thing. But do you know it can also take you over from the inside? As for Carter, just search for it on here. Let me know what you think.
Might as well comment finally on this: Thanks for doing these motion comics; I always enjoyed at least the first two volumes. This one always was kind of crap writing wise, but the art balanced it out. Climate of Fear however is the best sequel we're gonna get I believe.
As for the production; you have great sound editing talent and I hope you actually get contracts. Tighten up your VA team and I can see you getting decent work mixing things for shows.
Brilliant work
wow all I can say is outstanding!
21:00 Here where The Thing gets onboard and takes over the sub is too abrupt too quick. Too easy!
Where have you been my whole life.loved it
Shit dude, there's like 3 hours of Thing comic book content here!
They made Childs completely opposite than his original character portrayal.
there's always some continuity errors when different scenarists make one sequel
was really good, thanks
Love it and WILL let fans know
Very good! And I love your intro! Very CREEPY!!
I love it matey. I have the comics and its really cool what you have done here. Top Notch.
Thanks! There're a few more, if you're bored!
well that helped out the questions i had while watching the sequel to this comic
8:52 I think that Navy Seals member is really sick when he touch the Thing.
Brilliant!
Hey, I just had an idea! What if The Thing's biochemistry created a substance that allowed it to be frozen without cell destruction caused by expanding ice crystals. This same substance will then cause it to become very combustible, as noted at 17:30
SPOILER
23:27 How does McCready survive decompression let alone drowning in freezing water? How does he not get the bends?
Jeffrey314159 he was,t that deep, plus he came slowly, he was knocked out from whatever Child’s did to kill (?) thing
Lady: Your friend saved your life!
Mac: No💖
12:11 McGrady voice -Believe it ernstein! it's the realest thing in your goddamn life
Wowwww that's a great comic bro🎉🎉
I first learned of this comic book version of The Thing in an issue of Fangoria.
William Norton Sweet! I learned of it through a website called Outpost31.com
I really like what you've done with the thing from another world Series kind of hoping to see Eternal valves done as well, and see what other Dark Horse stories you might be able to do preferably aliens Terminator and predator. thanks again I'm definitely subscribe now and happy holidays!
Christopher Sims Eternal Vows is coming soon!
I love the voice of mister ward XD (very satisfaying for some reason).
This is like a Alien 2 for this universe.
love it :)
Whow.. Cool I came across this. This was alright..! Bit macho but better than hearing the sound of my own voice reading my own coms themselves!
Childs was a fool, the instant that thing reached water the whole world was basically boned.
awesome
El mejor comic de la historia
They could still do this. Kurt is still the coolest and he could still do it
amazing job, man!
great comic as well, with the pacing and art style.
spoilers: why didn't the thing at 9:00 just wait til it was on the gunship and at wherever they were headed out to? you'd think a creature like this would be more stealthy, doing what it can to survive, multiply, and infiltrate transportation methods.
instead it just morphed out and shot up its only method to escape...
The Pic of Ice Thanks! I have a theory that the infection process is unstable, and stress factors force uncontrollable mutations. Ideal conditions = No problem hiding in something.
It was most likely due to recognising a helicopter. The last time it saw one, it was being chased and shot at, so it most likely thought that the same would happen again. Though it takes the memories or appearances of its victims, it is still a creature that may not fully understand what a helicopter is and clearly just sees it as a threat based on its previous experience.
I like the idea that he thought he was infected if he was he wouldnt have even checked lol hed know
Everybody's gangsta until your buddy start talking "huuuuuuurgh!"
Hahaha!
Everyone gangster, everyone nonsense to shut up. Sorry, can't stand of annoying same repetitive unfunny meme jokes.
i am still perplexe by , How erskine was infected (i mean of course it was the wounded men/thing but ... just how did it do it
9:04 Infested Pybus: Live from the Swarm!
the thing use the gun kill human
Now alien learn to use gun
Blood memories
Not finished with the video yet but man, that Seal team leader is one thick-skulled sob... Just saw one of his men metamorphis before his very eyes, then saw a piece of him jump out of his body looking like nothing resembling anything on planet earth and he's still saying things like, "You're really going all the way with this alien story, aren't you?" FFS. EDIT: And meanwhile this Spanish outpost is quick to believe in an alien invasion story by a guy that wandered in from out of nowhere (Childs) without the abundant evidence Seal team leader was exposed to? lol
True, Seal team leaders are too smart for that. 14:56 And it is an Argentine outpost.
But why would a SEAL team be sent to 31?
my dog this is amazing
great job
Alfonso Verduzco Yo! Climate of Fear is now online!
Gran bel fumetto, adoro la sua grafica ed i colori accesi
If only they did another 3rd of the Thing in 2024
Hello there dude it's been awhile since I last left you a comment or checked in with you I recently found out where you got those comics of this particular creature and videos of the comics I thought I'd let you know that there's another comic out there that's similar to this one involving another horror movie monster this one is about a cult surrounding creature it is called Cult of The Blob so far there are only two comics of it there is going to be a third one but I have no idea when exactly it's going to be released
One of the best iconic classic cheezy science fiction horror film from 1980s call the thing after they were famously like aliens,predator and this one had another storyline after the incident of the tragedy from facility camp station call outpost 31.Maybe this is the thing from dark horse comic book,men they were the best science fiction horror film I neve r seen the original in the 80s after the remake one.
this will do until carpenter make another one.......i hope.........
That cover is fucking awesome.
Great job! I have enjoyed the 3 parts you have done already, will you be doing Climate of Fear and Eternal Vows?
Yes, Climate of Fear is next, probably by the end of 2016.
slowmutants
great stuff, such a long wait but I look forward to it! (BTW - there is a story called "The Things" told from the aliens perspective, not a comic but I am sure you could tell the story and add visuals)
Omar's Music & Tech Just wanted to let you know that Climate of Fear is now online!
Awesome, I think I will re-watch the others before Climate of Fear. I wonder if it comes with the same freaky intro...
What was that quiet song playing during the whole submarine bit?
Muy bueno.
To cold in this winter
Have you by any chance heard the BBC audio adaptation of Who Goes There? (the book on which The Thing was based)?
They did a good job, but it should have been an hour long at least.
I also stumbled upon two BBC radio adaptations of The War Of The Worlds.
William Norton No I haven't, but I'll look out for them.
That fucking SEAL team commander.
MacReady: "All the other men were infected by a shape-shifting alien ultimate life-form that will consume humanity."
SEAL Captain: "haha nice story crazy guy"
**SEAL grunt prods a corpse of lovecraftian horror 2 meters away**
SEAL grunt: "Dafuq is this?"
SEAL Captain: "lol dunno definitely not an alien let the bioteam check it out"
Remove Darwin award candidates and the Thing has no chance lol.
I like the idea of the motion comic, but that droning, bored voice in the beginning kills it for me. Remember: you're not reading the comic.. that is supposed to be the inner thoughts of someone on the verge of freezing to death.
nice one, keep it up
spidertown1 Hey, I just uploaded Climate of Fear!
will check it out , much love
Great sound
Colin Clayton Thanks!
slowmutants I do have a question though. Is this comic series canon?
To me, yes. I'm sure Dark Horse had to license the rights to publish these comics, which, in my mind, makes these official continuations of the Carpenter film.
slowmutants That's cool. I regret but at the same time I don't regret reading the comics. I loved the ambiguous ending to the film. And now, to know what actually happened is kind of is kind of bittersweet.
How many comics did they release???
Don't forget about Eternal Vows!!!
A few people noting that the Thing outed itself when the helicopter came. Perhaps this is the reason:
It was most likely due to recognising a helicopter. The last time it saw one, it was being chased and shot at, so it most likely thought that the same would happen again. Though it takes the memories or appearances of its victims, it is still a creature that may not fully understand what a helicopter is and clearly just sees it as a threat based on its previous experience.
Additionally, though it may sound strange, there may be a fear of heights or flying objects. Not only was it originally apparently trapped inside a spaceship which came to Earth. It could've also escaped when inside a helicopter as another character (I believe in the prequel film?) and COULD'VE escaped and yet didn't, instead choosing to potentially risk its life on ground. Then later it is shot at by a character in a helicopter.
Additionally, it may also just prefer to be on the vast, cold, icy landscape so that, if needed, it could preserve itself, which of course it could not do in the air.
We can infer that this is likely why the creature outs itself in the comic here.
Which freesound user provided the music for the scene in which MacReady returned to Outpost #31?
FiercePierce86 Ah, the music is not Freesound related, just the sound fx. The music is manipulated by The Slow Mutants.
slowmutants Ah, thanks for letting me know. You guys did a great job with the original music. You really captured the same feel with music that was featured in the film. John Carpenter would be proud.
Who did the soundtrack? It is brilliant.
Brecconable Thank you.
Great video. Which software did you use to make this? Or can anyone here suggest a good one?
Adobe premiere.
@@slowmutants Thanks.
@@slowmutants Sorry, another question. What's that transition called where you go from the left panel to the right panel? Perhaps I can find free software that does that.
@@JohnStanworth can you give me an example in this vid - what time marker? A lot of what I did was adjusting the position and scale using key frames. Before anything I used photoshop to disect the panels into layers.
We think childs is the thing after the end of the movie
The guy narrating Mac was ok but the one doing Child's didn't capture his character's personality at all
@Ken narville Watch the movie again then come back to this vid to watch again...Its like the Childs character is two totally different people...
Ok so stephkings what to make a monster i get that, but what I dont get is why he made it F**KING INDESTRUCTIBLE!!!!!
Nice work people, but please re-dub that dr/nurse from the beginning. Her reading is without emotion and this takes you out of the story. Otherwise I enjoyed👍
*gets grabbed by a panicked patient*
I’m going to talk as robotic as possible. Nothing to see here.
Hi would you be okay with amateur voice actors using this video and we can send the recording back so we can update the voices ?
If you're asking me to re-edit this video with your voice, I'm sorry, but I'm done with this project. Why don't you pick a different comic and start from scratch? Learn how to photoshop and edit video, record friends, make and find music and sfx.
@@slowmutants no not my voice, Sorry I should have been more clear. I know a lot of actors and editors who would love to expand or re shoot as we all loved this idea. I understand that this is your work and respect the fact you want it unaltered. Keep up the good work!
Also your intro is freaky as f**K
...............................Spoiler alert if you have not watched this yet...............................
That was fantastic, I had many ideas on the end of the film. This really was not something I thought about as the film makes you believe one of them is contaminated at the end of the film, great little twist.
daniel smith Watch Climate of Fear next. It's a direct continuation of this.
That is where I'm off next, thank you. Unfortunately I thought I would read the comments and some plonker did not put spoiler alert and well spoiled the next one. You know what I'm talking about from my comment. But that does not detract from this video, great thanks.
Haha that sucks.
But that sequence where The Thing takes over that submarine is too short shrift - - it needs to be elaborated. This is a military sub and that creature gets on board and takes over in no time.
But this isn't cannon, is it? because I read that one story thats from the point of view of the Thing and if I'm not mistaken, Childs was the Thing at the end of the movie.
childs sounds like Mr. slave
Not at all
Has anyone noticed that erskine sounds like hellbent from planet Dolan
General Shepard he sounded more like piccolo from Dragon ball z
General Shepard SAME!
This art style, is it all colored pencils, or what else?
Karsten Von Fjellheim Yeah I love the art style here! Not sure, there are obvious brush strokes. Acrylic maybe?
Karsten Von Fjellheim thats how comics were in the 90s and early 2000s
slowmutants I think they think you did the comic...he he....that’s y he was asking, he just didn’t say what “YOU” used, but I can tell what he meant.