Star Trek/Planet of the Apes courtesy IDW Publishing and BOOM! Studios
Is there anything in the Prime Directive about this?
Captain Kirk versus Gorillas?
Spock in a debate with Cornelius and Zira?
Two beloved sci-fi franchises collide in an upcoming crossover from IDW Publishing and BOOM! Studios: Star Trek/Planet of the Apes.
Announced at San Diego Comic Con, IDW will publish the crossover. Together with BOOM! Studios, they will bring Star Trek,licensed by CBS Consumer Products, and 20th Century Fox’s Planet of the Apes. The series pairs the original U.S.S. Enterprise crew with Taylor, Nova and the cast from the original Planet of the Apes film.
Legendary creator John Byrne (X-Men, Fantastic Four, She-Hulk, Next Men) goes apocalyptic in a brand new series from IDW Publishing this May. What if you could watch the world burn but were helpless to stop it? Astronauts watch as the Earth is torched by solar flares in Doomsday.1.
“I’ve been thinking for some time that I would like to revisit a post-apocalypse kind of scenario, such as was seen in my very first ‘dramatic’ work in comics, but this time without the more obvious fantasy elements of that original series (mermaids, alien robots, frozen mammoths, etc.),” said Byrne. “When bits and pieces of this new series first started to percolate around in my head, I knew almost at once the shape that ‘revisit’ would take; something in the ‘All-New, All-Different’ vein. And the first time I doodled some images of my ‘crew,’ I knew I was there!”
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 courtesy IDW Publishing
Now this is an assimilation you might enjoy! Doctor Who, Amy and Rory are about to meet the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise! Star Trek: The Next Generaton/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 is a new comic book from IDW Publishing. Issue #1 featured an attack on a Federation world by Borg with Cybermen.
io9 has a first look at issue #5. Amy Pond, Deanna Troi and Dr. Beverly Crusher share one cover. The Time Lord and Captain Picard are seen peering out of the Tardis on another.
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 courtesy IDW Publishing
Here’s the official description: The two greatest science-fiction properties of all time cross over for the first time in history, in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION²! Captain Jean-Luc Picard faces one of the most difficult decisions of his life, but the fate of the galaxy may depend on it! Can the Doctor convince him to make the correct choice?
Rock and Roll legends KISS are back in a brand new ongoing comic book from IDW this week. KISS #1 kicks off with a story called Dressed to Kill by Chris Ryall and Jamal Ingle.
From the publisher:
“Four ordinary humans in 1920s Chicago find themselves caught up in a battle of epic proportions that will reverberate across time and space in “Dressed to Kill,” part 1!”
This “Demon” variant cover is my Michael Gaydos.
Detective Comics writer/artist Tony Daniel revealed his love of KISS at Fan Expo Vancouver. Daniel may be acclaimed for Batman but he reveals how KISS inspired him and first paid work. I asked if he shared my love for the movie KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park.
“I did and when I was a kid man I loved that show. I like 7-year-old – it was a long time ago. As a kid those guys are like superheroes. They’re more than like rock stars. Every kid in my class loved KISS just because they look crazy and had the makeup on – dragons and space guys and what not. What I remember it was so weird. But back then you didn’t have video recorders, Tivo – you watch it once and when it’s over you’re like, man what did I just see. Today you can rewind and watch it again. It was such a weird – you know maybe that screwed me up or something it was very…I just remember it being very bizarre. I’m sure if I watched it now I might feel disappointed in it (laughs) but it was super cool back then as a child.
(I interject asking about how KISS art was his first paying work so to speak)
Yeah it was my first commission. I drew a giant poster size picture of all of four characters. One kid was gonna buy it from me for like two dollars and another kid was gonna give me a big giant stack of basically the entire collection of KISS trading cards and I went with the trading cards and ended up getting into a brawl afterwords with the guy that lost. So yeah, you know blood, sweat and tears from age 7 on with the art.”
You can see my entire interview with Tony Daniel here.
Next Men Aftermath courtesy IDW from Comic Book Resources
I squealed on the inside with geek glee when I saw this preview on Comic Book Resources! I love John Byrne’s Next Men. The original Dark Horse series was groundbreaking, compelling and redefined the science fiction super hero concept for me. The sex, violence, humor and unpredictable storytelling were like nothing I had experienced before. The survivors and villains of Project Next Men were caught up in such a time twisting, reality warping world yet John Byrne made them so human and real.
John Byrne picked up with Danny, Jasmine, Nathan, Bethany and Jack’s story in last year’s mini-series published by IDW. There was bigger role for government agent Tony Murcheson. The first series took the kids across America. The new series took them across time leading up to a shocking mission into the past that would rewrite the entire Next Men universe. Next month Aftermath begins with two Next Men in the past and Jasmine on the run from stalkers from various eras.
Next Men Aftermath courtesy IDW from Comic Book Resources
Get thee to a comic book store and pick up the collected editions including 2112 the graphic novel that started it all. The first series is so visual – I always saw Angela Bassett as Agent Tony Murcheson and Tommy Lee Jones as Senator Aldus Hilltop before he became…well that would spoil it.
I wanted to share these preview images. Here’s the Comic Book Resources link with more exclusive pages.
