| Star Trek / Planet oif the Apes crossover comicbook [message #262449] |
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Star Trek Meets Planet Of The Apes!
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IDW Publishing Partners With BOOM! Studios For Epic Crossover.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to "mind-meld"
with a sentient ape? Or wanted to see a Klingon on horseback,
brandishing a rifle? Readers will soon have a chance to peek
into just such an alternate future, as IDW Publishing partners
with BOOM! Studios for the crossover event of the year: Star
Trek / Planet of the Apes.
IDW will publish the crossover, which will mark the first time
BOOM! Studios has partnered with another publisher on a
series. Together they will bring Star Trek, licensed by CBS
Consumer Products, and 20th Century Fox's Planet of the Apes
together in a way that is sure to delight existing fans and
make new ones. The series will pair the original U.S.S.
Enterprise crew with Taylor, Nova and the cast from the
original Planet of the Apes film.
"Planet of the Apes and Star Trek are groundbreaking
science-fiction properties and both deal with many of the
same social issues and themes," says Greg Goldstein IDW
President & Chief Operating Officer. "A crossover between the
two is a natural and long overdue."
"Before I could read comic books as a child, I could watch
science fiction on my television. My dad used to wake me up
way past my bedtime to watch Star Trek in syndication - it
came on after the nightly news - and I took a Planet of the
Apes lunchbox with me to kindergarten every day," says BOOM!
Studios Founder and CEO Ross Richie. "Suffice to say, teaming
up these two titans of science fiction on the page in a way
that they probably will never meet each other on the silver
screen is a huge moment for me personally and emotionally."
The creative team will be a mix of proven experience and new
blood with scripts by beloved Star Trekscribes Scott and
David Tipton (Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who:
Assimilation 2) and interior art and covers by the British
newcomer Rachael Stott.
"With the Klingons secretly backing a renegade gorilla general
in a coup for control of Ape City, Captain Kirk finds himself
in the uncomfortable position of having to help out Dr. Zaius'
orangutans," explains David Tipton. "Taylor won't be happy
with that!"
"What an epic pairing! I'm so excited to see Taylor, Kirk ...
and those damned dirty apes ... in our upcoming comic," says
IDW editor Sarah Gaydos, "We're eager to team up these
exciting creative forces to bring this to life."
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