146: A Mess of Thompsons

Burden of Knowledge. The Original Series is an era of Star Trek that lends itself to being depicted in the pages of a comic book: bright colors and outlandish plots all make for entertaining comic stories! However, what makes these stories quintessential Star Trek is the fact that on top of being entertaining, they give us the opportunity to think about issues in a way that other forms of entertainment don’t. In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther are joined by Bruce Gibson to talk about the Star Trek comics Burden of Knowledge. We discuss the artwork, Uncertain Perceptions, A Failure to Communicate, A Matter of Perspective, The Burden of Knowledge and our ratings. In the news segment we talk about the last issue of Starfleet Academy and the first issue of Manifest Destiny. News Starfleet Acadamy #5 (00:02:18) Manifest Destiny #1 (00:07:35) Feature: Burden of Knowledge TOS Comics (00:12:02) The Artwork (00:14:05) Uncertain Perceptions (00:17:08) A Failure to Communicate (00:29:16) A Matter of Perspective (00:38:16) The Burden of Knowledge (00:44:33) Ratings (00:54:29) Final Thoughts (01:00:19) Hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther Guest Bruce Gibson Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) Norman C. Lao (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Will Nguyen (Content Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Will Nguyen (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)