Exploring the Star Trek Universe through comics. Spanning four decades reviewing the newest stories & those from the comic archives.

Welcome to Issue 20 of the Holodeck. This week Michael continues his series of interviews with those within the comic industry who have made an impact upon Star Trek in comics.

Before that Michael tells us about his visit to the Super London Comic Convention where he met friend of the show J.K Woodward. Then Sina and Michael discuss the fact that Hive issue 4 did not come out and we give a spoiler free review of the second Countdown to Darkness comic.

For more about the day you can go to Michael’s blog

http://mbartletclark.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/the-super-london-comic-con-meeting-j-k-woodward/

Chris Roberson

This week Michael interviews Science fiction and Eisner-nominated writer Chris Roberson. Chris is best known is best known for alternate history novels and short stories including:

The Celestial Empire- series of books

The Bonaventure-Carmody Sequence

Science Fiction stories – “Wonder House” in Asimov’s Science Fiction

Star Trek Brave New World short story / Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Echoes

and Refractions (Pocket Books, 2008)

In the interview Chris tells us where his inspiration for writing comes from, hie love of Star Trek and his work on the epic Star Trek / Legion of Superheroes crossover series.

You can find Chris Roberson on twitter:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chris_roberson

Chris has a website at: The Myriad Worlds of Chris Roberson

http://www.chrisroberson.net/

You can also find Chris at MonkeyBrain Books which is Owned and operated by Chris and his wife and partner Allison Baker, MonkeyBrain Books is an independent press specializing in science fiction and fantasy fiction and nonfiction genre studies.

http://www.monkeybrainbooks.com/index.htm

You can find Star Trek / Legion of Superheroes collected edition at Amazon U.S

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613772300?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393185&creativeASIN=1613772300&linkCode=shr&tag=vision04f-20&linkId=JM24OJDRUSPSRZKQ&qid=1359814113&sr=8-1&keywords=star+trek+legion+of+superheroes

You can find Star Trek / Legion of Superheroes collected edition at Amazon U.K

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1613772300?ie=UTF8&camp=3194&creative=21330&creativeASIN=1613772300&linkCode=shr&tag=vision0ff-21&linkId=TSHE6LBD3LD4U6IH&qid=1359814221&sr=8-2

You can see how one of the issue’s covers were created by Friend of The Holodeck J.K Woodward at his blog

http://jkwoodwardart.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/star-treklegion-of-superheroes-cover.html

For more information about Star Trek comics then visit IDW

http://www.idwpublishing.com/catalog/series/35/

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Interview copyright Michael Clark