IDW 2008, New Frontier and MU!

[nickyboy]

Yesssss. An NF series, I have been waiting for this. double time was great. this is excellent news

 

[Turtletrekker]

Sweet! I will definitely get the NF and "Enterprise Experiment" comics.

Another vote for a ''Titan'' mini or one-shot, please.

I bought the Andorian spotlight issue, and thought that it was a definite improvement over the other IDW Trek books I've read.

 

[JD]

Wow, all of these sound really cool. Like I said in the NF thread, I'd love to see comic versions of pretty much any of the Trek Lit series.
And if they do Titan we will finally get to see what Vale looks like. (I don't know why it's driving me so crazy that we haven't seen her yet, but it is.)

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

8of5 said:

Christopher said:
I'm glad to see that Gordon Purcell is doing Trek comics again.

He got back into the fold a couple of months ago with an issue of the current Year Four miniseries, and will be doing the final issue of that series, which is due out any time now.

It wouldn't be a Trek comic without Purcell at the pencils. Good to see him back! I especially liked his stint on the current Year Four mini.

 

[Sxottlan]

I'm just happy for Baerbel that there's new NF.

 

[Baerbel Haddrell]

Sxottlan said:
I'm just happy for Baerbel that there's new NF.

I certainly am

When I looked at PAD`s webpage I noticed that this big news item hadn`t been mentioned yet and I couldn`t help myself: I had to spread the news, also in the hope to get some more information.

 

[ryan123450]

So how has IDW done so far in lining up with the main Pocket continuity? I know they said they would try to with post-Nemesis TNG, but have they created any blatant continuity difference in their other stories to date? I wonder specifically about "Andorians: The Old Ways."

 

[indianatrekker26]

so far, their TNG stuff has been set during the TV series. They havent really gone beyond that. Although, I havent gotten the Andorian issue yet.

 

[Starfury]

Baerbel will kiss me for this:

In its first year of Star Trek comics, IDW Publishing broke out of the box with marquee titles like Star Trek: Year Four, the blockbuster Klingons: Blood Will Tell and the fan-favorite Alien Spotlight one-shots. Now, IDW takes it to the next level with the launch of its Star Trek: Second Stage lineup, featuring some of the top Star Trek creators in comics, books and television. It all begins here! New York Times Best-Selling author and comics legend Peter David, the hand-picked creator of the first Star Trek crew designed exclusively for print, celebrates the tenth anniversary of his creation by writing New Frontier's first-ever comic book series, showcasing all-new stories and the official continuation of the hit books.


In issue one, "Slingshot," the most dangerous experimental vessel in the galaxy -- a prototype time ship -- has vanished, and it appears that the man who stole it is none other than Starfleet Admiral Edward Jellico. Only Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the Excalibur have a hope in finding him before the ship, intended purely for scientific exploration, is used to disrupt the space-time continuum. With art by Stephen Thompson (Beneath the Valley of Rage), who also delivers four painted covers available as a Quad Cover, all bound in the same issue. Thompson also provides a bonus incentive cover featuring "Starfleet Captain Peter David" in the command chair!

Sounds great for me. Can't wait!

From Trekweb

 

[JD]

ryan123450 said:
So how has IDW done so far in lining up with the main Pocket continuity? I know they said they would try to with post-Nemesis TNG, but have they created any blatant continuity difference in their other stories to date? I wonder specifically about "Andorians: The Old Ways."

I think Therin said that it is consistent with the DS9r books, but I'm not positive. Hopefully he'll be along soon give a definitive answer.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Starfury said:
Baerbel will kiss me for this:

Hell, I'll kiss you for it.

Awesome news. But...Jellico is the thief?! Damn, he has really lost it this time!

 

[Starfury]

*NF fans group hug*

 

[David cgc]

The Grinch said:
Awesome news. But...Jellico is the thief?! Damn, he has really lost it this time!

Jellico is apparently the thief. I'll bet my pants that there's some sort of twist beyond "Jellico went nucking futs."

 

[CaptainDonovin]

Well this sounds like something fun. Can't wait to see how Mac get's his ole buddy Jellico outta this one. And here we though Calhoun was the loose cannon.

 

[Smiley]

VulcanSnowman said:
Well this sounds like something fun. Can't wait to see how Mac get's his ole buddy Jellico outta this one. And here we though Calhoun was the loose cannon.

You're assuming this is not set during the time when they were still antagonists. It could be part of the story of how they resolved their differences.

 

[8of5]

ryan123450 said:
So how has IDW done so far in lining up with the main Pocket continuity? I know they said they would try to with post-Nemesis TNG, but have they created any blatant continuity difference in their other stories to date? I wonder specifically about "Andorians: The Old Ways."

They've not gone out of their way to mesh in with anything by Pocket, nor have they have they done anything which contradicts any of Pocket's stuff. The Andorian issue is actually the one with the most effort to work with what Pocket has established - it didn't name any of the genders, and the characters didn't have the gender name prefixes, but it definitely incorporated the idea fully, there's a scene with a family dinner with both of the main character’s "mothers" for instance. Klingons: Blood Will Tell also made use of the name established in Vanguard for ridgeless Klingons. So far they’ve not really gone anywhere that overlaps with any of the relaunch or lit only series though.

 

[KRAD]

Klingons: Blood Will Tell also made use of the name established in Vanguard for ridgeless Klingons.

I believe in that particular instance, both Pocket and IDW got the name from the Klingon Language Institute.

 

[Darth Duck]

IIRC the "Errand of _____" trilogies and the "Blood Will Tell" issue about Darvin are at odds about surgically altered operatives working in the Federation.

 

[ClayinCA]

Baerbel Haddrell said:
It is a different style than what Mike Collins presented so well but I could get used to this.

It's actually really funny to me; this is the second of two IDW comics in rapid succession that I wish Mike Collins was drawing; he used to draw the Doctor Who comic strip in the British magazine, and I vastly prefer his art to that of the person who's drawing the upcoming IDW Doctor Who comic.

Merry said:

We're in the same boat, Clay. At $3.99 per issue, a four-issue miniseries runs me the same amount as two full-length Trek novels. The stories and art are rarely sufficient for me to choose in favor of the comics over the books.

Exactly! I mean, it was one thing when comics cost 75 cents, but the price of IDW comics is more than four times that amount. Much better to wait for the inevitable trade paperback, and then find it with as great a discount as possible.

 

[Captain Randy Hall]

Regarding Gordon Purcell and the price of comics these days:

I too enjoy Purcell's art. It's clean and easy on the eyes, though I've been a fan so long that I'm able to pick out which stills he used as the basis for most panels! There was one in STYF that looked like the crew on the transporter pad except they were all yelling...

Yep, IDW isn't cheap, but I suspect some of that is to recoup the license fees from CBS/Paramount. If you want Trek, you gotta pay the piper. (Or the McCoy.)