IDW started to adopt Angel eppisodes as 3 issues mini series. The first of three “Smile Time” issues hits stands on December 24 (fungers crossed that it will arive this week), and “Not Fade Away” #1 of 3 is currently slated for release some time in April, 2009.
IDW's Star Trek plans for the beginning of 2009
From an interview with Andy Schmidt:
- I've got three major launch points lined up. The first is in January with the premiere of the very-closely-tied-to-the-movie prequel Star Trek: Countdown. The story for this comes right from the screen writers of the movie and leads up to the opening of the film. There's a LOT of dramatic and action-packed backstory that couldn't make it into the movie but is perfect for a comic book—so don't miss it! It's your first chance to meet the new villain for the movie and get some MAJOR hints as to what the movie is about!
- Then in March we're launching a couple of awesome Original Series projects. Crew is by John Byrne and explores a very important bit of business prior to Kirk's taking control of the Enterprise.
- Mission's End is by Ty Templeton and Stephen Molnar and it tells the story of the final mission of the original five-year mission, and you know what? THE STATUS QUO CHANGES. That's right, you'll see friendships suffer and crumble as well as really great action. This book is going to lead up to some really big changes for the Original Series franchise.
- In April, we're publishing the early anticipated and long-awaited Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan movie adaptation. I'm adapting the screenplay myself and artist Chee who I wrote a mini-series for last year is doing the art. He's an amazing talent! And we've got Chris Ryall editing it.
- We're doing it in three chapters and the movie doesn't naturally break into thirds. So the first chapter is about the crew getting ready and Kirk getting honest with himself until he has to take over the ship.The second chapter focuses more personally on the revenge story and the life/death themes of the film. It ends after Kirk has been kicked around by Khan and we get just the faintest glimmer of hope that they might make it out alive.And the third chapter, of course, rises up to the climax of the film and resolves the conflict. It's great stuff and it's an honor to be doing the adaptation.
From Chris Ryall blog:
- In the spring, we're doing two Omnibus editions of older STAR TREK comics. Both will collect the Marvel comics runs. The first'll be issues 4-18 of their original series (issues 1-3 were the movie adaptation and are being collected in their own Omnibus later, complete with an all-new STAR TREK II adaptation we're doing. KHAN was the only movie never adapted to comics for some reason, which is even odder since everyone considers it the best TREK movie. We're finally gonna rectify that next summer). The second edition will collect the entirety of their EARLY VOYAGES series.
Answering my question about the 2nd movie adaption Chris Ryall said:
- It's being released as a 3-part biweekly miniseries first (in June/July '09), and then will be collected in a book that features all the movie comics in one, yeah. That one's slated for next winter, I believe.
DC & Marvel in March 2009
DC:
- THE X-FILES #5
Marvel:
- KIDNAPPED! #5
- THE ODYSSEY #7
- THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #4
IDW in March 2009
In March 2009 IDW are going to create one big hole in my bank account, as an addition to certain visits to my personal sci-fi heaven that month ...
- Angel #19
- Angel: Blood and Trenches #1
- Doctor Who Classics: Series 2 #4
- Groom Lake #1
- Star Trek Alien Spotlight: Tribbles
- Star Trek Archives, Vol. 4: DS9, Vol. 1
- Star Trek: Countdown #3
- Star Trek: Crew #1
- Star Trek: Mission’s End #1
- Star Trek TNG: The Last Generation #5
- Terminator Salvation Movie Prequel #3
Dark Horse in March 2009
- STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #39— DUELING AMBITIONS part 1 (of 3)
- STAR WARS: LEGACY #34—STORMS part 1 (of 2)
Still no sign of either Indiana Jones or Terminator new comics :(
Bluewater productions publisher on Tek War comics
From Jazma online:
- In the TEK WAR comic, the character of Walter Bascom will be portrayed by Mr. Shatner’s likeness. Walter is the head of the Cosmos Detective Agency, and he will be a recurring character. The storyline will loosely follow the original story set out in the original novel: a police officer wrongly convicted of a crime is suddenly released from prison in order to find an enigmatic scientist involved in the drug trade. He does this on behalf of a mysterious benefactor. This will be a classic noir detective story set in the near future. This complete story arc will take place over the first six issues of the project. However, within the pages will be elements that will serve as a key plot points for tale continuation for future volumes. The idea is to create a universe in such a way much like that of the programs. Heroes and Lost: creating compelling detail that carry over from volume to volume as major themes and plot points are peeled back like an onion. (ongoing series).
There are going to be more projects in the "William Shatner presents" line but I'm interested only in the Tek War comics after reading the books.
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