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''Alien Loves Predator'' (ALP to fans) is a webcomic written by Bernie Hou. It spoofs the ''Alien vs. Predator'' franchise. Reversing the adversarial relationship depicted in the comics, games, books and movies, ''ALP'' presents an Alien (named Abe) and a Predator (named Preston) as friends and roommates in modern-day New York City.〔Robert Taylor, (Mingling Species: Bernie Hou Q&A ), ''Wizard'' magazine, July 10, 2006〕 The first issue of ''ALP'' was released in 2004. On August 28, 2008, the author of the strip announced that ''Alien Loves Predator'' would be updated sporadically, abandoning its regular weekly format. After a short run of a different webcomic, ''If You See Something'', Bernie Hou announced that he would once again be running the strip and updating it weekly. It stopped updating in June 2011. ==Style== The artwork of ''ALP'' is composed by juxtaposing photos of real-life action figures into backgrounds also primarily generated from photos. This style has alternately been called photocollage, photocomics or fumetti. A reviewer has stated that ''ALP'' "sets the bar for this art style." ''ALPs humor is often based on absurdism and non-sequiturs. Abe and Preston speak English and treat each other just as human friends do, and the specific mythology of the ''Alien'' and ''Predator'' franchises is not a primary focus. Although the New York City of the strip seems virtually identical to the one we know in real life, the humans we see are generally unconcerned by the fact that an Alien and a Predator are living among them. (An alternate universe storyline that (began in July 2009 ) has challenged this notion.) Along with the surrealist humor of seeing alien races act just like people, the strip simultaneously presents an observational brand of humor. Abe and Preston often are depicted going through the same frustrations that real-life modern-day New Yorkers encounter as they try to do such things as rent apartments, eat out at restaurants, and ride the subway. Transformers screenwriter John Rogers has compared ALP to Seinfeld in this respect. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alien Loves Predator」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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