Star Trek Year Five Valentine's Day Special
IDW Publishing 2020
Written by Paul Cornell
Illustrated by Christopher Jones
Coloured by Charlie Kirchoff
Lettered by Neil Uyetake
James T. Kirk has had many loves during his mission among the stars, but this time he may have met his match in fellow Starfleet Captain Laura Rhone.
Ah Valentine's Day, the day made up by a greeting card company to sell product has turned into a multi-billion dollar business. For singles appreciation day I am very picky about what kind of stories I read and to be honest I have never really enjoy the romantic comedies, well unless it had Rock Hudson in them. Then there's James T. Kirk who is a notorious ladies man and I knew a Valentine's story with him was going to be interesting to say the least and so here we are and ya know what I was right.
I enjoyed a heck of a lot more than I had thought I would and that is saying something because I love this crew, cast whichever way you wanna call it. The opening here is amazing and for once it is nice to see the reverse happening and yet how Bones knows him so very well. It is the little things like knowing when to go that we identify with these characters that allow us to simply sink back into their world. The writing is impeccable and the way that the story & plot development is utilised through the sequence of events unfolding as well as how the reader learns information is sensational. The flow to the events that we see and the personal history that's covered really has this weird, powerful impact on me as someone who grew up with all that we see. The character development is phenomenal. The regulars are who they are and it's easy to see them in the same way but a new “episode” as it were. The new characters are fantastic and it is nice to finally see someone who could give Kirk a run for his money. The pacing is superb as it takes us through the pages and unveils their journey together while helping create this really sensitive and emotional ebb & flow.
Paul is a certified genius I believe and as you read this you'll understand why I say this as he adds moments that tie in the entire history that Kirk has and it's done so smoothly and seamlessly. I marvel at how large this all feels when it's only a standard length issue.
First, I love Christopher and the work he does. I have been a fan a long time now and to see him take on Starfleet is damn impressive. His linework is beautiful and how we see the varying weights utilised to bring out the attention to detail that we see is fantastic. He's got one of those steady, strong and sure hands when it comes to his art and yet he can show that and great delicacy at the same time. He is able to bring out the emotions and feelings and get the reader to feel them as well and it's one of the aspects of his work that I really admire. That he understands how to utilise backgrounds and how they work within the composition in the panels to create depth perception, scale and that overall sense of size and scope is perfectly done. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show this masterful eye for storytelling. I am really enjoying the colour work as well. There are some really gorgeous colours being utilised and then to see the hues and tones within them create the shading, highlights and shadow work is superb. The creativity, imagination and the old school rendering of the ships and uniforms are mindbogglingly good.
I am not sure what IDW was thinking because now I want more. I want to see the Drake's adventures with her female captain and first officers. I want to stay in the five year mission universe and let this creative team run rampant creating new adventures and boldly going where no woman has gone before. Seriously there needs to be an outcry for more of this and if there's not perhaps we will start one. This is like that feeling you get when you realise the animated series and the television merge into something bigger than either one alone.
IDW Publishing 2020
Written by Paul Cornell
Illustrated by Christopher Jones
Coloured by Charlie Kirchoff
Lettered by Neil Uyetake
James T. Kirk has had many loves during his mission among the stars, but this time he may have met his match in fellow Starfleet Captain Laura Rhone.
Ah Valentine's Day, the day made up by a greeting card company to sell product has turned into a multi-billion dollar business. For singles appreciation day I am very picky about what kind of stories I read and to be honest I have never really enjoy the romantic comedies, well unless it had Rock Hudson in them. Then there's James T. Kirk who is a notorious ladies man and I knew a Valentine's story with him was going to be interesting to say the least and so here we are and ya know what I was right.
I enjoyed a heck of a lot more than I had thought I would and that is saying something because I love this crew, cast whichever way you wanna call it. The opening here is amazing and for once it is nice to see the reverse happening and yet how Bones knows him so very well. It is the little things like knowing when to go that we identify with these characters that allow us to simply sink back into their world. The writing is impeccable and the way that the story & plot development is utilised through the sequence of events unfolding as well as how the reader learns information is sensational. The flow to the events that we see and the personal history that's covered really has this weird, powerful impact on me as someone who grew up with all that we see. The character development is phenomenal. The regulars are who they are and it's easy to see them in the same way but a new “episode” as it were. The new characters are fantastic and it is nice to finally see someone who could give Kirk a run for his money. The pacing is superb as it takes us through the pages and unveils their journey together while helping create this really sensitive and emotional ebb & flow.
Paul is a certified genius I believe and as you read this you'll understand why I say this as he adds moments that tie in the entire history that Kirk has and it's done so smoothly and seamlessly. I marvel at how large this all feels when it's only a standard length issue.
First, I love Christopher and the work he does. I have been a fan a long time now and to see him take on Starfleet is damn impressive. His linework is beautiful and how we see the varying weights utilised to bring out the attention to detail that we see is fantastic. He's got one of those steady, strong and sure hands when it comes to his art and yet he can show that and great delicacy at the same time. He is able to bring out the emotions and feelings and get the reader to feel them as well and it's one of the aspects of his work that I really admire. That he understands how to utilise backgrounds and how they work within the composition in the panels to create depth perception, scale and that overall sense of size and scope is perfectly done. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show this masterful eye for storytelling. I am really enjoying the colour work as well. There are some really gorgeous colours being utilised and then to see the hues and tones within them create the shading, highlights and shadow work is superb. The creativity, imagination and the old school rendering of the ships and uniforms are mindbogglingly good.
I am not sure what IDW was thinking because now I want more. I want to see the Drake's adventures with her female captain and first officers. I want to stay in the five year mission universe and let this creative team run rampant creating new adventures and boldly going where no woman has gone before. Seriously there needs to be an outcry for more of this and if there's not perhaps we will start one. This is like that feeling you get when you realise the animated series and the television merge into something bigger than either one alone.
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