The Star Trek/ Legion of Superheroes Hardcover

IT'S OUT!

Really nice package that IDW did for it.  I am honored to see our work collected like that.  I think Amazon still has it at an amazing pre order price, but from what I understand the comic shop versions have a dust jacket that has Giffen's cover on it.

Star Trek/ Legion of Superheroes #6 Pencil Highlights

Suped up agony booths!  Heroes tortured!  Oh my...

Brainy channeling McCoy.  Me channeling De lancie

Nice caveman shot.

The Amalgam Fatal Five return.

Nice group shot.

and we're back to normal timelines.  Snuck Q into panel 2.  Seemed appropriate.

Not sure if it's canon, but Trelane was from the Q Continuum as revealed in the novel "Q Squared", I believe.  So that's why Q has a Trelane type get up.

Not sure when it takes place but wanted to sneak in as much reference from "Requiem for Methusela".  The robot, and whatever might be on the table, under the sheet.

And a nice shot exploring the wonders of the universe!

Star Trek/ Legion of Superheroes #5 Pencil Highlights

It was nice shifting between the two timelines and drawing posh places and then places like their cell.

New character designs based off the alternate universe uniforms and their originals respectively.

Flint Flashback.  Montages are fun.

...and for Vandal Savage.

Joke Chris Roberson put in, but the Cham tongue was me.  Only place it felt appropriate to this point.

The host joins us.  Wanted to see some familiar faces for the girls in front.  The one on the right is suppose to be Shanah from "The Gamesters of Triskelion"

Another visual joke put in for Brain and Spock "thinking".

Forgot to tell the colorist that's Kono in panel 1, so she just looks like a human and Kirk looks to chasing tail.

Original captured time machine room.  Different from what's in the book.

Star Trek/ Legion of Superheroes #6 Cover

Whoo!  I got to do a cover for the book.  Better late than never.  Went with a retro style with the linework and composition and colors.  Drawn and colored in Photoshop.

Star Trek/ Legion of Superheroes #4 Pencil Highlights

Drawing some more Trek looking tech.  Note the plasma screen ala Borg.

Having fun with McCoy and Saturn Girl's conversation.

Cityscape environment and the challenge of the group shot in a small confined shuttlecraft.

First time Kirk gets to use his mojo on Shady.

Just had fun with the layout and action.

Again, more fun action.  Although giant battles are a pain.  Great McCoy dialog noting the color of Brainy's blood.

Can you feel the tension?  Uhura butt shot, too.  :)

I didn't just want to show the backs of the teams looking at the one figure, so I continued the shocked look into the stylized composition.  I gave Chekov the "confuzzled" face, because it actually exists.  Look it up.

Kirk recognizes Flint from his universe, but I'm not sure how, with the dark colored hair and goatee, but the script takes care of that.

Star Trek/ Legion of Superheroes #3 pencil highlights

Nice role call type of page as the two teams face off.

The Amalgam Universe Imperial Elite.  Star Trek characters and races take over the Fatal Five.

girl on girl on girl action.  'Nuff said.

The original script had a smaller version of Validus as himself, but it felt weird to me to have that, so I suggested the gorilla like Mugatu to fill in his place.  Liked the teamwork in this one.

Showy double page spread for the Trek guys.

...and one for the Legion crew.

My roughs for the Imperial Elite.  Note Mugatu's color here.  I was surprised and pleased with the purple Mugatu in the comic.

Star Trek/ Legion of Superheroes #2 pencil highlights

Here are a bunch of pages from the second issue, that I found fun to draw.

It's been a while since I had to draw a sky line.

Really fun double page spread featuring the amalgam universe.

Hero shots are always fun and the city shot in the first two panels lent itself a cinematic quality.

More fun group shots.

Got to flesh out the shipyard out a bit more for the scene.  Typically I would want to draw a layout before starting the page but you don't really know how extensive it will be until you see the script.

I think this is a nice balanced page with the escape and the cool down getting back to the story.

Starting to get the hang of drawing an "older" Legion.

And there you have it.  They finally meet!  What will happen?  Oh noes.

Star Trek Legion of Superheroes #1 pencil highlights

Here are some pages from the first issue of the Star Trek/ Legion of Superheroes crossover I, and my brother are fortunate to work on.  Actually, it's a really nice fit having worked on both properties.  The trick was to find a balance between the two and I felt keeping a style that might fit the television series would work best.

Big attack on Durla in the alternate dimension to kick off the series.

First time to draw the entire crew.  Only had get approved for Kirk and Spock.  Bridge might be a little more spacious here than the actual set.

Drawing the bridge was a lot of fun.  Plenty of reference online.

The Legion team for this book.  I wanted to keep them closer to the feel of the Levitz/ Giffen era, which they're from, so drawing them older wasn't as hard to do as one might expect, given I'm used to drawing them in their teens.

Star Trek/ Legion of Superheroes #1 Signings

Yeah!  It's out this week and if you'd like to support us and get your book signed, we'll be at:

Third Coast Comics in Chicago, IL on Saturday, October 22nd from 2pm to 7pm
and then  
Saturday October 29th in Madison, WI at the West Side Westfield Comics location from 1pm to 4pm.  It's a great time to be a Star Trek and Legion fan, so stop on by!

Kotaku Gallery Article/ Star Trek meets Legion of Superheroes: the comic!

Figure I'd answer the call for submissions from the writer Luke Plunkett and it turns out he really enjoyed the Star Wars: Jedi Outcast game, so he was kind enough to post a gallery on Kotaku: a site for gaming and otaku news.

What wasn't mentioned and I can't believe I didn't mention it here already is that I am penciling the new Legion of Superheroes/ Star Trek crossover for IDW Publishing.  It will be a six issue series starting in October and is in the spotlight for Diamond Previews.  I'm halfway done with the third issue so far and if I get permission, I might post some little preview pics here.  If not, I'll post some stuff after the issue is out.