What stories are in Best of the Borg, if you don't mind my asking?
Early Voyages omnibus
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The four-part Worst of Both Worlds story arc, and Marvel's "Operation: Assimilation" one-shot.
Standard graphic novel size.
Reporting in; Dan Abnett, writer of the Early Voyages series had no idea IDW are planning a reprint...
Was that Friedman's story which featured an alternate timeline of "The Best of Both Worlds?"
That's a shame. Just about the only thing that could get me to buy it (I have most of the original issues and the recent DVD) would be a conclusion to the story.
Hello? Is anyone from IDW out there? If so, a question-- Would there be anything preventing you from commisioning an issues worth of new material to finish up the storyline?
I don't even need a completed issue. Just include the plot breakdown for the remainder of the storyline. I'd be happy with that. 
Yes, but it wasn't an alternate timeline so much as it was an alternate universe that our crew encounter and get drafted to help the crew of that universe. The writing was top notch; however, the artwork wasn't all that great.
I much prefer the artwork of Pablo Marcos because he gave the TNG universe a distinct and unusal look that wasn't fond in the sterily shot series. I also like Gordon Purcell's run on the TNG books before they were cancelled. If you want it to look just like the show, Purcell is your man. His likenesses are dead on and he can recreate the filmed look of Trek without missing a detail.
Uhh, those are just two different labels for the same thing. It was an alternate history in which Picard/Locutus was not rescued and the Borg assimilated Earth.
I never cared for his art style. His linework was rough and unappealing, and his character poses were often ludicrously unnatural. And his overall quality was erratic at best. Some of his issues had horribly sloppy art, particularly the Ferengi 2-parter in issues 14-15, which was an excellent story otherwise.
My favorite of the DC artists was the regular artist for the last ten-ish issues - 'War And Madness' and the last four. He seemed to really get the likenesses. Didn't he also take over regular duties on the Marvel Voyager run, too?
^^That was Gordon Purcell, who's worked on probably more different Trek titles than any other penciller. Before TNG, he pencilled TOS with Arne Starr inking and Malibu's DS9 comic with Terry Pallot inking; Pallot was also his inker on the TNG issues he did. More recently, he's worked on IDW's Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment miniseries as both penciller and inker (it seems to be getting more common for the same artist to do both). Purcell didn't do any Marvel VGR, but Pallot pencilled Marvel's 4-part VGR: Splashdown miniseries with Al Milgrom inking.
The choice of inker makes a real difference. Purcell's artwork looks different when inked by Ricardo Villagran (the first DC series), Arne Starr (the second), or Terry Pallot. Each inker brought something different to the artwork; with Villagran, Purcell's pencils were buried under Villagran's harsh inks, Starr brought a sharpness to Purcell's pencils, while Pallot's inks had a lighter, softer touch.
Personally, I preferred the Purcell/Starr pairing.
Personally, I preferred the Purcell/Starr pairing.
Oh, that's right, Purcell did some of the Peter David-scripted issues of DC's first run. That slipped my mind.
Never liked Villagran's inking (or Tom Sutton's pencils, come to that). As Allyn mentioned, the inks were way too harsh and overpowering, and it really screwed up the likenesses more and more as the series went on.
Personally, I preferred the Purcell/Starr pairing.
Yeah, they really were the best. Arne Starr's a really nice guy, too; I've met him on a couple of occasions, and he's always got time to talk to fans (I should say other fans, 'cause he's a fan himself).
That is good to hear. Both are great stories, and the art wasn't bad either.
I myself can't wait to see the Early Voyages collection. That and the StarFleet Academy Series was really well done in my opinion.
Despite what Ian says, IDW's actual Omnibus series (which they're republishing their Angel comics in, probably to go along with Dark Horse's Buffy reprints) are 6"x9", the same size as the Dark Horse Omnibuses and smaller than a standard TPB.Ian, since you have them, you can probably answer this.
These Trek volumes aren't part of the Omnibus series, but rather are called Archives. Too bad--I'd much prefer triple the content for only $5 more.
Yeah. As someone who didn't get into Star Wars comics until 2002, I'm a big fan of Dark Horse's omnibi. I was thinking just this morning that it's a shame that IDW (and Titan Books before them) didn't adopt a similar approach to Trek.These Trek volumes aren't part of the Omnibus series, but rather are called Archives. Too bad--I'd much prefer triple the content for only $5 more.
Despite what Ian says...
These Trek volumes aren't part of the Omnibus series, but rather are called Archives. Too bad--I'd much prefer triple the content for only $5 more.
There have been two IDW "Archives" volumes so far, yes, but there have been numerous other IDW Star Trek collections in trade sized omnibuses: "Klingons: Blood Will Tell", "TNG: The Space Between", "ST: Alien Spotlight", "TOS: Year Four", "TNG: Intelligence Gathering", "NF: Turnaround", "TOS: Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment", and this week's "TOS: Assignment: Earth", etc.
All of these are the height and width of a regular comic book.
I think Andrew is distinguishing between generic omnibus collections of miniseries (in regular trades) and a specific series called "Omnibus" collecting about 12-15 comics in a single volume of reduced dimensions. I am sure he knows what the regular trades are like.
I'm sure of that but, without my clarification, my original reply to Allyn was sounding like I was spouting garbage.
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