The Crew Handbook is awesome! It really captures the feel of the show, much better than the comics did. I like how Boimler screwed up and printed the version with final comments by accident, seemed very on point.
Ironic story title for this issue of "Picard's Academy". Loose page alert! The shop has since replaced it. Commit No Mistakes by Ian McLean, on Flickr The IDW comics for the last week: "Star Trek: Defiant" #10 and a wonderful alternate cover of injured Lily the Andorian on the cover of "Star Trek" #15. Pictured with the Pop figure of Badgey from "Lower Decks". New IDW Star Trek issues by Ian McLean, on Flickr And, just arrived: "Lost Federations: The Unofficial Unmade History of Star Trek" (Polaris, 2022) by AJ Black. Pictured with Pop figures from "Lower Decks". Lost Federations and Lower Decks by Ian McLean, on Flickr
Rise of the Federation - Patterns of Interference Zeit des Wandels - Aussaat + Ernte (A time to ... sow and harvest)
IDW's latest comics: "Strange New Worlds: The Scorpius Run" Issue #5; and "Star Trek: Picard's Academy" Issue #4. New from IDW by Ian McLean, on Flickr
Latest Trek stuff by Ian McLean, on Flickr The latest IDW comics: "Star Trek #16 and "Star Trek: Defiant" Annual; plus "Star Trek Explorer" Issue #10 (Titan) and the Eaglemoss model of USS Cerritos (alas without the magazine) from "Star Trek: Lower Decks".
Latest Star Trek stuff by Ian McLean, on Flickr New comics from IDW: "Star Trek: Picard's Academy" #5 and "Star Trek: Defiant" #11. Enamelled pins by FanSets: Jalah ("Star Trek Beyond") and Arex and M'Ress from "Star Trek Animated" (TAS). Bespoke "Therin Park" drink stirrers from Callie. Therin Park drink stirrer by Ian McLean, on Flickr New Trek books by Ian McLean, on Flickr "'Star Trek: Picard': The Art and Making of the Series" (Titan, 2024) by Joe Fordham; plus IDW's omnibus graphic novel reprint of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Dog of War". Internal artwork from The Art and Making of Picard by Ian McLean, on Flickr I was hoping for a later shot, but the "Picard" art book does have this early version of the 10 Forward Avenue bar. Pictured with my replica set dressing of a framed Therin of Andor (from the later version of the bar).
I went to my used book store and found Star Trek books I haven't had a chance to get before. I got Kahless by Michael Jan Friedman and several other Star Trek novels Q Squared in hardback by Peter David. .And a book about Star Trek science Is Data Human? The metaphysics of Star Trek Richard Hanley
New Trek stuff by Ian McLean, on Flickr The latest IDW comics: "Star Trek: Picard's Academy" #6; "Star Trek: Defiant" #12; "Star Trek" #18; "Sons of Star Trek" #1; William Shatner cameo on the alternate cover of DC Comic's "World's Finest" #25; alternate art cover of "Star Trek" #18; plus "Star Trek: Day of Blood" hardcover omnibus and the hardcover of "Star Trek Explorer presents: 'The Mission' and Other Stories" (Titan, 2024).
New Trek stuff by Ian McLean, on Flickr IDW's "Star Trek: Defiant" #13 and trade-size reprint omnibus of "Star Trek -- The Motion Picture: Echoes". Also two "Little Golden Books" biographies: William Shatner (2023) and Lucille Ball (2022). No Trek content in "Lucille Ball", sadly. Inside art of Little Golden Book biography by Ian McLean, on Flickr Note the fan doing Andorian cosplay! Inside art of Little Golden Book biography by Ian McLean, on Flickr
I finally got the Star trek Picard Firewall book by David Mack .I glad I finally got it at long last.
New Trek stuff by Ian McLean, on Flickr New for this week: Titan's "Star Trek Explorer" magazine, Issue #11; and IDW's "Star Trek" comic, Issue #19. Strangely similar cover art!
New stuff by Ian McLean, on Flickr New this week: Two chunky volumes of "Phantom of the Backlots", compiled from many Facebook posts by a guy called Donnie Norden, whose house backed onto one of the movie studio backlots when he was a kid. These trade paperbacks, "Hole in the Fence" (2021), and "Uninvited Visitor: The Adventure Continues" (2024), are a lot of fun and contain a few Desilu and Star Trek mentions. Also out is IDW's "Star Trek: Defiant" comic, Issue #14. Internal pages of "Phantom of the Backlots" by Ian McLean, on Flickr And, accidentally, I stumbled across a "Movieland" Wax Museum (long defunct) set of View-Master reels that features the "Star Trek" TOS bridge exhibit as one of the 21 paired images. I saw these wax figures in person, in January 1984, and had bought a packet of reels about the museum at the time. Coincidentally, I photographed them with a Nimslo 3D camera. Several decades later, I even tracked down the elusive packet No. 2. (I had been certain that it would include the Trek exhibit, but no.) But this third one, on the much later blister pack, was quite a surprise! It is even on the card front: Movieland ViewMaster by Ian McLean, on Flickr