Really gonna miss this one. aLp’s the only web comic I’ve been interested in, ever. But real life comes first, especially with a family, and all that other stuff you probably have going on. Good luck with that new comic.

Without a doubt, the largest influence on my work on For The Reels was Alien Loves Predator. It’s great photographic style was only surpassed by it’s side-splitting humor, and now that Bernie has decided to end the strip and move on to other things, it feels like the world has gotten a little bit colder, and darker. But, in remembrance of Abe and Preston, my brother and I decided to pay our respects and do and do a strip on the Alien vs. Predator movie (each of our strips is on a different movie) featuring those two characters.

At first, I wasn’t sure how the joke was going to go, and I found myself stuck in this "when Preston met Abe" box. This is no way meant to be ALP canon (since we know that in Hou’s strip, Preston and Abe are aware of the AVP movies), but I figured it was the best way to go if I wanted to present the ALP style of humor. Plus, it kind of gave this "full circle" feeling since it involves Victoria’s Secret.

The characters’ introduction in continuity can only be done by Bernie, the man himself, and if he ever chooses to do so and revisit his Abe and Preston, he will (although such a tale is unnecessary, in my opinion. It’s just as fun to assume that they’ve always been friends).

I just consider this to be a "parallel universe" Abe and Preston, meeting for the first time in the AVP movie, where Preston was one of the Predators who arrived to hunt Aliens in the Antarctic pyramid structure.

I’d like to give a big thank you to Bernie Hou for all of the laughs over the years and for inspiring me to bring laughs to others. I can only hope ForTheReels.com succeeds at someday meeting the standards you have set. ALP will be missed.

General Grievous wrote:
Seeing ALP ending… It’s just sad…

I was around just after it began, but I didn’t think that I’d see it end.

But thanks for keeping the site and forums up. There are plenty of great people around here, and I hope that someday ALP might be continued :)

Well, not sure what Bernie would think about it, but a fan based comic now and then might also be good, to keep it alive. Depends on what Bernie’s plans are regarding the server he uses, and other things like if he wants to post them, if he likes the idea, etc.

I was around just after it began, but I didn’t think that I’d see it end.

But thanks for keeping the site and forums up. There are plenty of great people around here, and I hope that someday ALP might be continued :)

Anyway, no worries, it’s still just a comic. More fun stuff out there as well.