Nelson Au
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Since there was some off topic discussions about comics on one of the Star Trek threads, I thought it might be fun to discuss that here in it's own thread.
I don't know anything about the comics, but it looked interesting from what I saw. And I believe there is a CD ROM coming out that has all of them in that disc? Perhaps someone can enlightnen me. It looks like an interesting item and pretty cool that a company was able to create a digital archive of all those comics. I'd be curious if it goes all the way back to the 1960's when GoldKey(?) did those comics.
I also selfishly started this thread for another reason. During the early 1970's, we saw the very first output of novelizations of Star Trek TOS episodes being written as short stories from the actual scripts by James Blish. These were published by Bantam Books here in the US. I collected those back then. So I am pretty pleased that I still have them!
What got me interested in posting this thread is my curiosity as to who the artists were who painted the covers of those books. Two of my favorite cover paintings is for the Star Trek 6 and 8 of his early series of these novelizations. Here's a image:
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What I liked about the art here is the style of the painting and the feel of the 1950's. Really cool work! It's a cool mix of Star Trek but with a new look at it. I wonder if anyone knows the artist and where to find higher quality images? I really appreciate and enjoy this type and style of paintings.
I've also read many of the original novels from that late 70's and 80's and short stories, lost some steam there. I never read the later ones, though I heard some are good. Perhaps some recommendations could be made. I think one was called Federation, but I seem to recall a fairly big one that covered a large time span. Could be Federation.
I don't know anything about the comics, but it looked interesting from what I saw. And I believe there is a CD ROM coming out that has all of them in that disc? Perhaps someone can enlightnen me. It looks like an interesting item and pretty cool that a company was able to create a digital archive of all those comics. I'd be curious if it goes all the way back to the 1960's when GoldKey(?) did those comics.
I also selfishly started this thread for another reason. During the early 1970's, we saw the very first output of novelizations of Star Trek TOS episodes being written as short stories from the actual scripts by James Blish. These were published by Bantam Books here in the US. I collected those back then. So I am pretty pleased that I still have them!
What got me interested in posting this thread is my curiosity as to who the artists were who painted the covers of those books. Two of my favorite cover paintings is for the Star Trek 6 and 8 of his early series of these novelizations. Here's a image:
What I liked about the art here is the style of the painting and the feel of the 1950's. Really cool work! It's a cool mix of Star Trek but with a new look at it. I wonder if anyone knows the artist and where to find higher quality images? I really appreciate and enjoy this type and style of paintings.
I've also read many of the original novels from that late 70's and 80's and short stories, lost some steam there. I never read the later ones, though I heard some are good. Perhaps some recommendations could be made. I think one was called Federation, but I seem to recall a fairly big one that covered a large time span. Could be Federation.