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Greg Kirkman
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So any TREK comic I do is not going to require the reader to be well versed in the Lore. Being up on TREK will allow readers to pick up elements that might elude those who are not so familiar...
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Much like TOS itself. Any episode can be someone's first, even if one doesn't understand everything they're seeing.
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John Byrne
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........Wellllllll, okay. I just got my comp copies, and I see why some of you
were "confused" by Arenn's maneuvers to avoid anyone following her (pg 8).
A coloring mistake I caught in the proofs was not corrected, so we have her
in two different colored cloaks, instead of two figures in the same colored
cloak.
Sorry about that! Hopefully it will be fixed in the trade!
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Got my issue #2 while on a trip to New Jersey over the weekend - I
absolutely love this story. It felt topical to me because of all the US political
hubbub going on. Pennsylvania is a battleground state so the political ads
crop up constantly on Philadelphia TV. So after seeing a steady stream of
ads and having lots of family political discussions, I felt right at home when I
read about Romulan political drama!
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Greg Kirkman
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A coloring mistake I caught in the proofs was not corrected, so we have her
in two different colored cloaks, instead of two figures in the same colored
cloak.
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Huh. I thought that the differently colored cloaks were part of the plan (with Arenn and the other person trading cloaks).
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That would require Arenn to take off her cloak and hand it to the other
person who would put it on and step out from under cover all in the matter
of a few paces. Seemed more logical to have someone in the same color
cloak waiting.
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John Byrne
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Thought I'd mention that I have begun the mental part of working on Part
Three of this (counting the original ALIEN SPOTLIGHT issue as Part One), and
it is growing rather dramatically. This is gonna be a big story,
methinks. Even bigger than what I originally had planned.
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Cool. Three issues or four? (After all, the first story was one issue, the
second was two, so...)
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Probably three. There will be three principle groups represented, so I am
currently thinking the "chapters" will present events from each perspective
in turn.
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Neat!
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Bill Mimbu
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Sounds intriguing!
Any possibility of an appearance by the third member of the TOS Klingon trio, Kang?
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What, Bill, no love for Kras?
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Bill Mimbu
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Mike Farley wrote:
"What, Bill, no love for Kras?"
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Uh, since Koloth's "Tribble problem" is referenced in this latest issue, Kras has been dead for quite some time by this point, right? ;)
(Well, he could come back if CBS/Paramount gave JB permission to do a "STAR TREK ZOMBIES" comicbook...)
Edited by Bill Mimbu on 01 November 2008 at 12:23am
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I finally caught up with it. I must say it's a great issue.
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…since Koloth's "Tribble problem" is referenced in this latest issue, Kras has
been dead for quite some time by this point, right?
••
The third part of this series will be moving into terra incognita. We'll be
well beyond the end of TOS and into "Season Five".
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Cool!
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But will it still be purely TOS-ish? No plans for any slow transition into movie territory (like by showing that supposed galaxy-wide catastrophy you often mention as the reason for the radically different look of ST: TMP)?
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…showing that supposed galaxy-wide catastrophy you often mention as the
reason for the radically different look of ST: TMP
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That would be a series unto itself -- and not something I can imagine
Paramount approving.
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I'm thrilled to see the positive reviews Trekweb.com (the better Trek site) gives to John Byrne's ST work, and that the TOS era can still connect with both old and new fans. As they say, a good story never ages.
Saying that, I've still not been able to acquire Hollow Crown #2! Another journey into the Orion Quarter of Manchester City Centre is called for...
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I'm thrilled to see the positive reviews Trekweb.com (the better Trek site)
gives to John Byrne's ST work…
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It's particularly heartening since the reviewers seem to know who I am.
Some of the positive reviews I have seen elsewhere were clearly written by
TREK fans who were simply glad to be reading a good TREK comic or two,
and who did not know my work must be automatically dismissed as utter
crap, what with me being the Great Satan and all.
It is refreshing to find unbiased reviews can still exist, even on the interweb.
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Trekweb.com's reviews are pretty positive, aren't they? They said that Hollow
Crown "could be one of the greatest Trek [comic] series ever done" and that
it was a must-buy.
He touched on something that I said earlier -- JB really has a great handle
on portraying both the Romulans and the Klingons of the TOS era.
JB, despite the fact that I know you dislike the episode, any chance we'll see
characters from "The Enterprise Incident" in part three? Sub-
Commander Tal, maybe?
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Believe it or not, I kicked around the idea of having Arenn become the Commander seen in "The Enterprise Incident". It was merely a brief flirtation, and when I found out D.C. Fontana was already doing something with the Romulan Commander, I was happy enough to drop it.
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I think it would've seriously taken something out of the story you told if you hadn't.
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To tell the same story, I would certainly have had to alter my timeline, since
Arenn's wedding would have had to have taken place after "Incident". That
would argue against Gaius' promotions being "too fast", at least to some
extent.
As I said, in the end I was happy enough to drop the idea -- especially since
the casting of the Romulan Commander did not match my visualization of
Lady Arenn.
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JB, I'm personally glad you didn't go with "Arenn as the Romulan Commander" storyline... It would have the made the Spock part the "Incident" story rather ackward IMO (given the devotion Arenn had for her late husband).
It does bring up an interesting idea that Ambassador Sarek and Lady Arenn's husband are of the same ancient bloodline, sundered by the Vulcan / Romulan split.
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Yes -- and I hope nobody ever goes down that route! So many potential
nudge nudge wink wink moments for the wrong fanboy writer to chase
after.
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