153: Troi’s Psychic Back-rubs

Star Trek Classics: Beginnings. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have Star Trek: The Next Generation comics done in the style of the old Gold Key comics? Well, wonder no more! Crazy, incoherent plots, characters that only sort-of resemble the ones we know and love, and Starfleet officers acting in morally dubious ways abound in the subject of this week’s episode of Literary Treks! In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther are joined by Bruce Gibson to talk about Star Trek Classics: Beginnings. We discuss our long tradition, Where No One Has Gone Before, The Spirit in the Sky, mixing up issues, the Q Trilogy, Here Today, ratings and our final thoughts. In the news segment we judge Purgatory’s Key and Hell’s Heart by their covers, discuss their blurbs and give our reactions to the news about Waypoint, the new anthology comic coming from IDW. News Book Covers to Judge (00:02:54) Purgatory’s Key Cover and Blurb (00:03:36) Hell’s Heart Cover and Blurb (00:07:45) Waypoint Comic (00:15:04) Feature: Star Trek Classics: Beginnings A Long Tradition (00:23:33) Where No One Has Gone Before (00:25:45) The Spirit in the Sky (00:32:42) Mixing Up Issues (00:3600:) The Q Trilogy (00:40:44) Here Today (01:01:34) Ratings (01:11:21) Final Thoughts (01:17:17) 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)