Page 45 Review by Jonathan
Haha, this is basically CAT GETTING OUT OF A BAG AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS mashed up with ALIEN and served in a cute, full-colour kitty bowl of joy, complete with all those horrible bits of congealed jelly on top to queasify the unsuspecting stomach. Let me allow the publisher to give you fair warning of the playful trip of terror you're about to embark on...
"Aboard the USCSS Nostromo, Jonesy leads a simple life enjoying The Company cat food and chasing space rodents. Until one day, his cryostasis catnap is rudely interrupted. The humans have a new pet and it's definitely not house-trained.
In space, no one can hear you meow."
True, that final point, if a little unimaginative. I think my favourite rework on the classic Alien movie poster simply has to be the tagline for the surprisingly good horror film Killer Clowns From Outer Space which proclaimed that... "In space, no one can eat ice cream."
Anyway, I dairily digress, because this is hilariously brilliant. From the moment Jonesy wakes up yawning and stretching and promptly attaches herself to Ripley's still sleeping head like an alien facehugger that simply will not be shaken off, I was chortling away.
This work follows the plot of the film faithfully, just from the very puzzled feline eye of Jonesy who wonders who in space this shiny, spindly interloper might be and how they can be chased off. At least to start with...
You'll recognise many of this movie's iconic moments, such as the exploding chest and the acid dissolving through the floors, but just not quite how you remember them. However, you might still find yourself watching, I mean reading, through your fingers (which does make it rather tricky to hold onto the book, I have to say) as Jonesy continues to burn through his allotted lives quicker than a squadron of suicidally gung-ho space marines confronted by a gaggle of excited Xenomorphs. Sorry, unnecessary sequel reference.
I liked the little intro from the creator who comments after finally convincing his wife to watch the film with him that there was only one thing she wanted to know before it started: did the cat survive?! Well, according to Jonesy's own version of events, it was an extremely close call indeed! Repeatedly!
