Have any Star Trek Gorkon characters ever appeared in comics?

[Extrocomp]

Sadly there are no Star Trek Gorkon comics and as far as I know, there never will be. So what about the next best thing? Have any of the main characters from the Star Trek Gorkon novels ever appeared in comics?

 

[Christopher]

Drex, son of Martok, appears briefly in IDW's The Last Generation. Or at least an alternate-universe version of him does.

 

[Paris]

Never say never . I'm hoping that we'll eventually get comics based on the Gorkon series, the Vanguard series, and the Titan series. A new Gorkon book would be most welcome as well. We haven't had one since 2008...

 

[captcalhoun]

poor sales i believe...

 

[BrotherBenny]

That's Pocket's excuse every time, but they don't market the Trek line, they seem to rely on the fan base they have and the books' authors to notify others. If they had print ads in science fiction magazines, youtube videos and such (like mainstream books), the books might sell more.

 

[JD]

^I'm with you there. I'm honestly kinda shocked that with all of the recognition the franchise has, that you don't see more adds for the books anywhere.

 

[Christopher]

That's Pocket's excuse every time, but they don't market the Trek line, they seem to rely on the fan base they have and the books' authors to notify others. If they had print ads in science fiction magazines, youtube videos and such (like mainstream books), the books might sell more.

They do have print ads in SF magazines. Analog routinely has ads for Trek novels inside the back cover; for instance, the March 2010 issue had an ad for The Sorrows of Empire and the December '10 issue has an ad for the reprint of Nightshade. (And yes, those are the two issues I've had stories published in recently. Gee, what a coincidence... )

 

[BrotherBenny]

That's Pocket's excuse every time, but they don't market the Trek line, they seem to rely on the fan base they have and the books' authors to notify others. If they had print ads in science fiction magazines, youtube videos and such (like mainstream books), the books might sell more.

They do have print ads in SF magazines. Analog routinely has ads for Trek novels inside the back cover; for instance, the March 2010 issue had an ad for The Sorrows of Empire and the December '10 issue has an ad for the reprint of Nightshade. (And yes, those are the two issues I've had stories published in recently. Gee, what a coincidence... )

Those magazines have less than a quarter of the readership they used to have. But Youtube videos work well for mainstream novels like James Patterson, so someone could easily make something up for Pocket at a minimal cost and it might be worth the money.

 

[Ktrek]

Those magazines have less than a quarter of the readership they used to have. But Youtube videos work well for mainstream novels like James Patterson, so someone could easily make something up for Pocket at a minimal cost and it might be worth the money.

Or even the authors themselves could do some youtube vids to promote their own books. There are so many avenues out there now to get the word out but it seems, at least from this side, that Trek books have very little exposure and/or promotion. I guess they are supposed to just sell themselves. If sales are down on Trek books Pocket has nobody to blame but themselves (and a lousy schedule the last year or so).

Kevin

 

[JD]

That's Pocket's excuse every time, but they don't market the Trek line, they seem to rely on the fan base they have and the books' authors to notify others. If they had print ads in science fiction magazines, youtube videos and such (like mainstream books), the books might sell more.

They do have print ads in SF magazines. Analog routinely has ads for Trek novels inside the back cover; for instance, the March 2010 issue had an ad for The Sorrows of Empire and the December '10 issue has an ad for the reprint of Nightshade. (And yes, those are the two issues I've had stories published in recently. Gee, what a coincidence... )

Those magazines have less than a quarter of the readership they used to have. But Youtube videos work well for mainstream novels like James Patterson, so someone could easily make something up for Pocket at a minimal cost and it might be worth the money.

Maybe someone like the guy who did this video.

 

[BrotherBenny]

Exactly.

 

[DorkBoy [TM]]

Years ago (long before YouTube), Pocket had a really cool little Web streaming "TV Show" called "Star Trek: The Novel Experience." This was back in the John Ordover days - he hosted a neat little talk show where they talked about upcoming novels and chatted with the authors.

I really enjoyed it but it didn't last long.

I think something like that would work really well in the current "YouTube generation." I suppose it was a bit ahead of its time. Nowadays you don't even have to host such things yourself, you just film them and post them to YouTube.

Anyhow - I don't know how successful it'd be. But if they revived that, I'd certainly watch.

 

[KRAD]

Sadly there are no Star Trek Gorkon comics and as far as I know, there never will be. So what about the next best thing? Have any of the main characters from the Star Trek Gorkon novels ever appeared in comics?

Not yet. No current plans to, but I learned a long time ago to never say never.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I don't know how successful it'd be. But if they revived that, I'd certainly watch

What's to stop us having a competition? To have the BBS regulars here create book trailers?

Don't forget that "Night of the Living Trekkies" comes with a spectacular trailer!
http://therinofandor.blogspot.com/2010/03/night-of-living-trekkies.html

Meanwhile, while not a Star Trek novel, here's the book trailer I helped a group of eight-year-olds make just a few weeks ago. It's for a bizarre new Australian picture book, "Mr Chicken Goes to Paris". Mr Chicken is like a cross between Mr Bean and King Kong. We watched a lot of book trailers, brainstormed what we needed, one student donated a model Eiffel Tower she'd made for a different teacher's assignment, we photographed Mr Chicken in various poses, made a PowerPoint, added free Creative Commons music and saved it as a "video podcast"
http://web.me.com/lindsay96/Site/Podcast/Entries/2010/8/15_Mr_Chicken_Goes_To_Paris.html

So why don't we all start creating Star Trek book trailers and do our bit for ST book promotion?

so someone could easily make something up for Pocket at a minimal cost and it might be worth the money.

Well, our one cost us like, nothing? But a pro book trailer would require some marketing dollars and Pocket would have to be convinced that a percentage of viewers would really go out and buy the book due to seeing the trailer. Our second trailer combined lots of book characters known to the students, some traditional, some old faves, some recent award-winners:
http://web.me.com/lindsay96/Site/Podcast/Entries/2010/8/20_Across_the_Story_Bridge.html

 

[JD]

I know it's not quite the same thing, but I did try to make a movie style DS9Relaunch poster a while back, but I never got around to finishing. If you guys would like I could try to go back to and then post it and on facebook.