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Feb 05 | Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton and Denise Crosby will be part of Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed – a full-cast reunion of Star Trek: The Next Generation® to be held at the Calgary Expo April 27-29, 2012. The special reunion event will be held at Calgary Stampede Corral on the evening of Saturday, April 28, 2012. This auspicious occasion marks the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation® and will be the first time in over twenty years that the cast has participated in an event such as this. Included in the evening’s program is a 90 minute panel discussion, a Q&A session, and a video presentation in honour of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation®. A commemorative guide will produced solely for this event along with exclusive merchandise. This is a separate ticketed event with tickets going on sale through Ticketmaster on February 18, 2012 at 10 AM MST. Although the cast will be participating in various panels throughout the course of the weekend, Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed will be the only opportunity to see all nine of the cast members in one incredible panel. Tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com and range from $40-$125 CDN.
Jan 30 | A large, heavy pewter sculpture that Paramount
commissioned, commemorating the series finale of DS9 in 1999 is available on eBay.
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By GustavoLeao / 17:39, 28 July 2010 / Trek Books
Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge #2
Reviewed by Patrick Hayes aka PatBorg
The covers: "Standard Cover" by Joe Corroney. A flat-out fabulous fiery front featuring first officer Spock and female extraordinaire Uhura (take that, Stan Lee!). If it's by Corroney you know it's good, and this certainly is. The "Incentive Cover" is the "pure" artwork version of the "Standard Cover." Both are exceptional. Overall grade: A+
The story: A big thanks to whoever lobbied for the previous issue's summary on the inside front cover. With three Trek books in one week (I'm frazzled!), this was a welcome reminder. "A Failure to Communicate" is by Scott & David Tipton who've shown they can Trek with the best of any writer(s). This time the brothers have the crew of the Enterprise involved with a first contact, the Waasertlans. The smiling speaker for its denizens is A'net, who has an obvious implant on the right side of her head. As she stutters through a greeting and concludes with an invitation to visit the surface, you know "things have...gotten a little more interesting." Faster than you can say "Landru" the big three and Uhura (YAH!) beam down to speak with the locals. There's no secret as to what's going on (Page 5, panels five and six), but the story's thrust begins on Page 12. On Page 14 (panel three) you'll get every reason why not to be on Facebook or Twitter. It's a nice analogy for modern day society. Especially telling is the second dialogue balloon in panel four. The solution to the story's problem is not surprising, but the results are what're interesting. Kirk's comment on Page 20 is pure Trek. Kirk becomes the diplomat, again, on Page 21 and it's great! The final page reads like an episode: thoughtful commentary, Spock and McCoy banter, and the order to move on. There's no "action" in this issue -- no fists thrown or phasers fired. It's a conversation issue and it pushed all the right buttons for me. Just as long as that button doesn't go "KLEK". Overall grade: A
The art: I had some problems with Federica Manfredi's likenesses last issue, but that's no longer a concern. This is a consistently drawn comic that seems that Manfredi is comfortable with: I think we're now getting "her" style. I loved the emotions shown on many characters' faces: Kirk (Page 3, panel two), Spock (Page 22, panel five), Uhura (Page 7, panel three), and the winner of the creepiest smile since the Joker, A'net. I also loved all the faces of the crowd on Page 16, panel three. And those blood veins around each person's implant -- shiver! Take that, David Messina! Manfredi also creates some great backgrounds: the fields, the major city, the underground, and the lab. There's a lot of detail going on. The page layout is also good. I'm officially a fan of Ms. Manfredi now. Please continue to do comic books! Overall grade: A
The colors: Andrea Priorini continues the Trek of excellence, from the cool interiors of the Enterprise, the red fields, the colorful city and its people, to the electricity of the lab. Every page is a winner. Overall grade: A
The letters: Chris Mowry moves in this issue and has dialogue, a transporter's whine, a crash, and a very important "KLEK". All done well. I really wanted some notation of music on Page 8, panel five because with the pause in Kirk's dialogue I thought he was being polite to acknowledge something he actually didn't hear (because he didn't have the implant). It wasn't until the top of 9 that I realized that he had heard the music. An odd absence, that was your choice, the Tiptons, or editor Scott Dunibier's. Still, one panel against an entire issue does not slight the entire work. Overall grade: A
The final line: Another enjoyable self-contained outing for the original crew. If you'd like to re-experience the warm fuzzies that the original series gave you, this is where you should venture. Overall grade: A
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