Comments on: TrekInk: Preview of Spock Reflections #3

By: Kids Comics This Week - Twilight Action Figures | Strollerderby

Kids Comics This Week - Twilight Action Figures | Strollerderby — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:38:53 +0000

[...] but for the price ($2.99) there should be more pages. I’m buying it anyway. Here’s a preview if you want to check it [...]

By: Daoud

Daoud — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:29:24 +0000

#17 Oh? Did you see all of Vulcan in TOS? I didn’t see any dark-skinned, or other-hued Vulcans or Romulans during TOS, but whaddaya know… Tuvok happens. (Caithlin Dar happens, but hey, Bill liked her…)

JJ’s Vulcan perfectly fits with the overall Vulcan from ENT through TOS to TNG and beyond. Not every Vulcan sequence was during a red-sky duststorm.

The Vulcan city we’re seeing might not be Shi-Kahr, but Shi-Kahr-Go. Or T’Capital City, etc. It’s a big planet. Frankly, I think David did an awesome job evoking *TMP* looks… as Spock returned to Vulcan at the end of the 5YM, 2 years before TMP. As an extrapolation between ENT’s Vulcan High Council building and TMP, what he’s drawn fits just fine.

As for the nacelles… we didn’t see *every* ship class during TOS, we hardly saw any at all. There could have been some heavy nacelles out and about, particularly by the couple years before TMP era. After all, Doomsday Machine might have accelerated research on stronger ships, etc.

By: The Angry Klingon (without a trenchcoat)

The Angry Klingon (without a trenchcoat) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:44:03 +0000

Really digging this. Artwork is spot on and the characterizations and dialog are working too. Kudos!

By: Space Shepard

Space Shepard — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:08:30 +0000

@17: Artistic license. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

But I have to admit, I never bought a Star Trek comic until Countdown and have been following them since, especially the TOS centric ones. Really enjoyable. Keep up the good work!

By: Khan was framed

Khan was framed — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:47:14 +0000

Yeah… why are we seeing JJ-verse designs in the prime universe?

The starbase, the warp nacelles of the ships around it & the Vulcan city are all in the wrong timeline here.

Not cool.

By: Corinthian7

Corinthian7 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:39:24 +0000

David Messina: I’m also a new fan of your work who was brought into the fold by Countdown. However being a UK reader and wanting to obtain the comics legally I’ve found Itunes to be the easiest way so I echo the earlier posters thoughts in hoping to see this available on the iphone soon. Are there any plans for this to be released through itunes?

By: Saavik001

Saavik001 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:37:51 +0000

#10. David Messina: Your artwork is fantastic, I get every tradepaper of your Trek work religiously. Can’t wait for more!

By: The Gorn Identity

The Gorn Identity — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:33:15 +0000

Looking forward to this issue! Seeing that starbase from STAR TREK is a cool surprise.

By: Peter N

Peter N — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:37:37 +0000

@10

Same here – Countdown got me back into comics after 25 years! (Although I do only buy the IDW/ST comics.) The Spock:Reflections and Nero series are fantastically well done and flesh out what we know about the Star Trek universe wonderfully. A great way to bide one’s time until the next movie (or DVD release). Congratulations!

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:18:53 +0000

Keep the IDW comics coming, they are really great. I like how we keep seeing the Trek universe expanded in a non-cheesy way.
Just hoping that some continuity with the Trek Novels continues.

I had the same thoughts about the starbase, but the design does seem to follow some fan-originated things that we have seen. It’s the docked-outside ships, except the Stargazer-type, that seem to be alt-universe to me.
And I felt the look of Vulcan was unique to JJ-ST, not quite what we have seen before. Oh well, it’s a big place . . .