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A review by faeriedrumsong
Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison, David Tipton, Scott Tipton
4.0
I'm typically a fast reader of graphic novels. I speed through the text with no more than a cursory glance at the images. Enough to know what is happening, no more.
But this one I got from the bookshelves of my recently deceased father. It's a show we both enjoyed, and I waited for at least a month before cracking it open.
And it is beautiful. It is much more full than the televised version, and very much worth the read. And the artwork made me slow down. I read and looked and inhaled the art along with the text.
Two points, in particular, were very intriguing for me:
1) There was a moment when Yeoman Rand (a pretty blond woman who was slightly more than window dressing for many Star Trek - The Original Series episodes) grabs a large gun to blast open a door while Kirk and Spock stand by and let her do it.
2) A different door is jerry-rigged against a blood thirsty crew of pirates. The captain asks the same pretty blond Yeoman Rand if she can hold off the Pirates indefinitely while he and Spock return to the planets surface. The artists allowed the character to be true bad ass. A true team member. Knowing that it is a lost cause - basically a suicide mission - she was in one simple close up panel of her face "I can, sir." And it is amazing.
Yes, these are two extremely minor moments that have very little to do with the primary storyline. But knowing how great these moments are, gives you a glimpse into how intense I think the rest is.
A must for fans.
But this one I got from the bookshelves of my recently deceased father. It's a show we both enjoyed, and I waited for at least a month before cracking it open.
And it is beautiful. It is much more full than the televised version, and very much worth the read. And the artwork made me slow down. I read and looked and inhaled the art along with the text.
Two points, in particular, were very intriguing for me:
1) There was a moment when Yeoman Rand (a pretty blond woman who was slightly more than window dressing for many Star Trek - The Original Series episodes) grabs a large gun to blast open a door while Kirk and Spock stand by and let her do it.
2) A different door is jerry-rigged against a blood thirsty crew of pirates. The captain asks the same pretty blond Yeoman Rand if she can hold off the Pirates indefinitely while he and Spock return to the planets surface. The artists allowed the character to be true bad ass. A true team member. Knowing that it is a lost cause - basically a suicide mission - she was in one simple close up panel of her face "I can, sir." And it is amazing.
Yes, these are two extremely minor moments that have very little to do with the primary storyline. But knowing how great these moments are, gives you a glimpse into how intense I think the rest is.
A must for fans.