Alien's iconic facehugger design and the cute little sketch that started it all

When Dan O'Bannon (1946-2009) wrote the screenplay for Alien (originally titled 'Star Beast'), he included a simple sketch of the Facehugger emerging from the Ovomorph (aka, the Egg). McKinley Valentine notes in her excellent newsletter, The Whippet, 'I saw this shared with the caption, 'your daily reminder that it's OK for first drafts of anything to be rough around the edges', which is a true statement but not demonstrated by this cute and excellent artwork. — Read the rest
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