Quite unconsciously, over the years, I've collected a bunch of fake newspapers. Often when a new movie or TV show came out, a mock paper set in the world of the film is distributed to comic book shops and such as a cheap way to promote the film.
One of the more unusual ones I have is the Alien National Inquirer, which promoted the science fiction film Alien Nation (1988). Set in the slightly futuristic world of 1994, it supposed a huge space ship crashed in the Nevada Desert, instantly giving Los Angeles a new lower class of society, the "Newcomers." Very quickly, the wonder of first contact was supplanted by concerns the aliens were after our jobs and muddying our culture. Hmm.
While the feature film with James Caan and Mandy Patinkin as buddy human and newcomer cops is a decent "B" sci fi film, it was really the TV series spin off - an early FOX show - that brought the concept to new levels and had the time to explore the concept. Still, this newspaper is a rare artifact of what happens when human and slag... excuse me, newcomer - cultures collide.
