When was Richard Arnold in his 'prime'?

[captcalhoun]

possibly he tried some Bantams and Gold Keys in his early days and decided never to read/collect the tie-ins.

oh contraire. according to PAD, RA told him that the DC comics should aspire to the greatness of the Gold Key comics and that they were what Trek comics should be. PAD responded by laughing in his face.

thus, the tone was set for their future relationship...

but i probably woulda done the same...

 

[JD]

Wow, I've never read the Gold Key comics myself, but based on what I've heard around here that is really scary.

 

[Christopher]

Actually I just read the complete Gold Key run on the Trek comics DVD, and although it has its share of silliness, especially early on, there are some pretty good ones too. Nothing that's strongly character-driven, but some nice SF adventure stories here and there.

 

[captcalhoun]

yeah, but, Aryan Uhura with pants?

 

[Christopher]

yeah, but, Aryan Uhura with pants?

That wasn't Gold Key, that was in the Power Records comics. Uhura was actually a very minor presence in the Gold Key series, as was Sulu, but when they did appear, they looked more or less like themselves.

 

[Scott Pearson]

This is from the page JoeZhang linked to:

Richard Arnold is currently working for Creation Entertainment in charge of interviewing and introducing the guests at their conventions and is the coordinator for the exhibitor /dealer rooms. Not sure if he does this for all the Creation shows or just Trek. He also sells Star Trek trading cards at their shows.

I wonder if this explains why writers are treated like crap at Creation cons?

I took my daughter to a Creation con so she could see the Shat and Nimoy. At one point we were talking with Bobby Clark, one of the guys who portrayed the Gorn in TOS. Richard Arnold came up and interrupted us to talk to Clark about business issues that should not have been discussed on the floor, certainly not in front of con guests, definitely not by interrupting those paying guests while they're talking with the actors. Clark got pissed off . . . I couldn't tell if he was mad at Arnold or mad at the con organizers, but either way it was inappropriate, rude, and general douche-baggery on the part of Arnold. Clark, at least, was a pro in that as soon as he turned back to us he shifted back into meet-the-public mode, but, man, it made all the stories I've heard about Arnold over the years much more believable.

 

[BIGRED]

I think Richard Arnold needs to get a life. I at first liked the guy but I found out what an arrogant ass he can be. He rushes people through the autograph lines grabbing peoples items. He dammaged one on my 44 year old posters! I think he is rude and has his nose up actors rear ends. He is well educated and has accomplished a lot and has earned the trust of actors. The actors and even Gary and Adam may not see how rude he can be to people. He is bold with his attitude and is lucky I have a strong level of control.

 

[captcalhoun]

zombie thread!

head-shot, quick!

 

[Art Vandelay]

Zombie thread for sure.

But I'd like to add that Richard Arnold seems to be in his prime, well, today! That guy has lost more weight than Michael Dorn.

 

[Captain Robert April]

possibly he tried some Bantams and Gold Keys in his early days and decided never to read/collect the tie-ins.

oh contraire. according to PAD, RA told him that the DC comics should aspire to the greatness of the Gold Key comics and that they were what Trek comics should be. PAD responded by laughing in his face.

thus, the tone was set for their future relationship...

but i probably woulda done the same...

I officially take back 20% of the nasty things I've said about PAD, because I would've done the exact same thing. Probably would've fallen on the floor for added comedic effect.

 

[Julio Angel Ortiz]

zombie thread!

head-shot, quick!

To the thread, Richard Arnold, or both?

(I kid, of course... )

 

[ronny]

Just realized this was my old thread, from 3 years ago...

 

[SicOne]

When TNG started, the convention questions became, "How come the Romulans in 'The Neutral Zone' episode didn't call themselves Rihannsu?" and "Where are the TNG UFP dreadnoughts? - and even "Didn't Konom beat Worf into Starfleet?" Not long after came that 1989 memo.

Surely this memo has been posted before, but I'd be interested in seeing it...

 

[Therin of Andor]

Surely this memo has been posted before, but I'd be interested in seeing it...

Nobody seems to have saved a copy. Someone leaked it to the old GEnie message board, way back at the time, but it was an internal memo from the Star Trek Office to the renewed-license tie-in publishers. Bob Greenberger does quote a sentence from the memo in the lettercol of DC Comics' Star Trek #1, Series II, when explaining why Arex and M'Ress had vanished from the narrative.

 

[SicOne]

Thanks for letting me know, anyway, Therin.