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Hi there! Nice to see a Star Trek fan (i assume?)

Do you know where i can read the comic ver of Star Trek? I've only seen one variation of a show adaptation for it, and I'm curious

There's like, fifty years of comics. They kept going during all the dark years. I'm not personally a big fan of the comics so I wouldn't know what direction to point you in. Let me see if I can find some people to tag who might have a better idea of what out there's good.

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Kinda sad we didn't get this in the finale

Glimpse into the future😮

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The TV shows and movies: Everyone has seen them, they're the canon, everyone knows about it, it's all good. Even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff. Even the episodes and movies everyone hates.

The novels and comics: 2% of the viewing audience have read them. They probably happened between episodes, but they're never ever referred to on TV (except that ONE time on Voyager). Vetted thoroughly (well, since Killing Time at least) and approved by people involved in the show prior to publishing.

The fanfic: These adventures are so numerous and secret, not even the people involved in the show knows about them (erm... with the exceptions of Spirk and Garashir, which have been referenced in Lower Decks and the Lower Decks mobile game. And Ni'Var being named for a poem in an ancient fanfic. And T'Khut. And possibly Una but maybe that's coincidence because after all Una = One). Literally anything can and does happen. Did they happen? Who knows? Who cares? They sometimes get to have sex. Gay sex.

The fan films: Non-canon adventures where the uniforms don't fit so well, sometimes featuring some of the actual Trek actors so not very secret at all. Probably happened in alternate universes with inferior Starfleet tailoring.

The fan manuals: Often more detailed and thoroughly researched than the official ones. Deck by deck plans of starships, instructions on what buttons do what on the bridge and extremely exhaustive backstories for starships only mentioned in passing in official technical books. The people in charge know they exist and shut loads down in the 90's for trying to make money off the Star Trek name. Did they all happen? So long as you don't try to actually compare walking routes on the shows to the floorplans of the Enterprise.

The fan art: At a con Mark Leonard (Sarek) once saw a naughty 'zine illo of naked, chained up Spock. Denise Crosby has been sent Data/Tasha naughty art. People involved in the shows sometimes see it, and are often bewildered by it. Oh, and IDW kept accidently tracing fan art of starships in their comic books because I think they just use Google image search. Did they happen? Yes. Especially the naughty ones.

The A.I. art: endless shitposts of your favourite characters doing anything your caffeine addled, sleep-deprived brain can come up with. Spock taking down the Christmas tree? Kirk cleaning the gutter? Picard having a replicator/soup catastrophe? Riker defeating John Cena at Wrestlemania? Janeway making ends meet by posing for naughty magazines in her Academy days? The people involved in the shows probably actively wish it didn't exist (at least until they find a way to monetise it). Did they happen? Well it's kinda like that time Barclay made out with a holographic copy of Troi...

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I think I finally got Kirk’s hair right

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she had me cheering and clapping and pointing at the screen

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Star Trek Lower Decks "The New Next Generation"

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Gabe Koerner’s reimagined USS Enterprise NCC-1701

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How do you visualise Seven of Nine helping Picard survive re-assimilation? Depict her naked and wrapped around him.

Of course.

(IDW Star Trek: Hive #4)

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they should invent 7 hours between 10pm and midnight

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IDW Star Trek: Boldly Go vol. 3

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Even in the 60s, did anyone ACTUALLY say this?

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Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 by IDW Comics

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Big Poppa Picard, from IDW's 2018 Mirror Broken comic

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IDW's Star Trek #19 "Scotty"

The last page of Alan Dean Foster's Star Trek (2009) adaptation

And that's the saga of Admiral Archer's prize beagle

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Remember when Nero almost killed Worf? (IDW Star Trek: Countdown #4, 2009)

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T’Rina