Favorite Trek comics?
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Like I said, regardless of market trends or whatever, and despite my distaste for Tischman's stuff I think that IDW is doing an awesome job just as it is, and I'm eagerly awaiting the the new books coming in the next few weeks and months. I have no particular interest in having a comic published just for the sake of having it published. But if you have an awesome tale to tell, then right on! It worked, in my opinion, for Wildstorm, and it's working for IDW. Quality versus quantity. How many of those many numbered issues are quite forgettable? The same could be said for many of the old numbered Pocket books. I'm sure many of the writers in those days worked quite hard but the stuff that's coming out now from Pocket is almost consistently excellent. Before 2000 or so I don't think the same claim could be made.
Spot on foravalon, I think both Pocket's and IDW's approach is producing much stronger stuff than the old churn-them-out approach.
I would say Tischman's writing has improved a little for Year Four, what really irked me in that series was the art - the four panel a page layout was annoying and frequently did not serve the stories well. The stories were generally quite good/interesting though, some issues are certainly worth picking up I think (the only one I felt was a complete miss was issue 5).
Who's actually talking about "churning them out"? because it's not something I've mentioned and I don't see it coming from anyone else - so if we are going to talk about this, let's not base the conversation around a strawman that was never mentioned.
I am simply saying that from reading comic book sales charts that a line that consists of self-contained one-off tales (be they sold as one shots or a mini-series of self-contained stories) does not fit with the current comicbook market place
as I see it. That is not saying "bring out 5 on-goings", it is saying that more of the mini-series should have arcs because they tend to drag readers along and the trades are likely to sell better (and that's where the money is those days).
Why do sales matter? because comics that don't sell are not published - that's not saying that they should turn out any old rubbish but that the current approach goes against current "method" for success in the marketplace.
I am simply saying that from reading comic book sales charts that a line that consists of self-contained one-off tales (be they sold as one shots or a mini-series of self-contained stories) does not fit with the current comicbook market place
as I see it. That is not saying "bring out 5 on-goings", it is saying that more of the mini-series should have arcs because they tend to drag readers along and the trades are likely to sell better (and that's where the money is those days).
Why do sales matter? because comics that don't sell are not published - that's not saying that they should turn out any old rubbish but that the current approach goes against current "method" for success in the marketplace.
I have no idea what you're saying here, or what "side" you're on.
The two TNG mini-series from IDW do have arcs, told in five or six, almost-self-contained, issues. Ditto "Klingons: Blood Will Tell". TOS "Year 4" issues are oneshots but under the umbrella of being set within a short time frame (ie. visibility of TAS elements). All the upcoming mini-series seem to be planned for the same pattern. "Alien Spotlight" issues are wide-reaching in timeline scope, but linked thematically.
So far IDW is reflecting current trends in successful comic marketing: limited series rather than an endless serial, variant covers, glossy paper, trade paperback omnibuses arriving soon after the mini-series ends.
KRAD said:
^ Er, okay. That's like not reading any of the novels because you don't like my work. It's not like I write all of them, or Tischman writes all of the IDW stuff.
I didn't phrase myself correctly. As far as I knew, Tischman was the regular writer on IDW's Star Trek series--at least, the ones whose concepts in which I was the most interested, namely the Next Gen and Year Four titles. I should have made that clearer in my post, I guess - sorry about that.
I did flip through the TPB of Blood Will Tell recently, and it does look excellent; I actually bought the first issue when it came out but couldn't continue getting it due to the high price. I did buy the "Vulcan Spotlight" issue and enjoyed the writing in that, but didn't think much of the art.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, Tischman's name isn't on any of the upcoming titles:
Alien Spotlight: Romulans and Assignment: Earth--John Byrne
TOS: Year Four: The Enteprrise Experiment--D.C. Fontana
TNG: Intelligence Gathering--Scott & David Tipton
New Frontier--Peter David
TOS: Mirror Universe--Chris Ryall and Scott & David Tipton
TNG: Mirror Universe--Andrew Steven Harris and George Strayton
Alien Spotlight:
--Keith R.A. DeCandido
Alien Spotlight: Romulans and Assignment: Earth--John Byrne
TOS: Year Four: The Enteprrise Experiment--D.C. Fontana
TNG: Intelligence Gathering--Scott & David Tipton
New Frontier--Peter David
TOS: Mirror Universe--Chris Ryall and Scott & David Tipton
TNG: Mirror Universe--Andrew Steven Harris and George Strayton
Alien Spotlight:
--Keith R.A. DeCandido
KRAD said:
Alien Spotlight:
Oh, come on! That's just being cruel dropping a teaser like that!
^ I can only say what Andrew has said publicly. All he's said is that there will be a second AS mini, and that I'm writing one issue. He did not say which species I'd be covering, though he did hint that it wouldn't be a surprise to people who've read my fiction.
LMAO! Good one.
As pronounced by M'Ress.
I saw the fact that the first six "Year Four" issues were set firmly in the supposedly previously unseen Season Four (ie. stuff between episodes of TAS) did give the mini-series an arc, ie. if you want to know Season Four, read these comics; that aspect is a point of interest, and casual fans can pick up any issue without being lost. Arex and M'Ress have also come aboard, Chekov spends less time at navigation, etc.
Anyway, the next batch of "Year 4" stories do have an arc: "The Enterprise Experiment", a sequel to the episode about Season Three's stolen Romulan Cloaking Device.
Early Voyages is my favorite set of comics. There was just some great characterization in those. I also think there was a trilogy by JMS that I really enjoyed.
