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Location: Star Trek
Artist:
Mark Buckingham
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Such a lovely homage to the original series, on a day a lot of fans will especially appreciate it.
Fantastic cover and a great description!
For me, the original series is the only series. And this is THE crew of the Staship Enterprise. Great piece buddy!
Great cover, man, featuring the OG crew! Really like the rendering on Spock's face. Congrats, and timely post. RIP Nichelle Nichols.
"I'm glad you're on our side."
Legend, now among the stars.
That is one beautiful cover! Thank you for the lovely tribute to Nichelle. That sad news really hit me hard today too. I love the story of how Martin Luther King convinced her to stay on the original show when she wanted to move on after the first year. Thank goodness he was so persuasive.
Agree 100%. That original crew was pure magic. It seriously depresses me that most of them are now gone, but so glad we can watch them at any time and experience the adventures all over again.
Cool Trek cover, especially like the Spock likeness.
RIP Nichelle, a class act and inspiration
The original series was sci-fi of the future that was an allegory of the societal turmoil of the 1960's. War, prejudice, environmentalism, nuclear threat, technology, and more created anxiety abut the future of humanity. Star Trek had an optimistic tone and garnered acclaim, if not ratings at the time. But with all things of high quality, it was timeless and would find a life beyond its initial run. In the same way, Uhura and Nichelle Nichols' portrayal had a life of it's own as an lasting inspiration to all of us and for generations to come.
It truly is timeless. I can't get my 8 year-old son to watch the recent MCU movies and shows or the most recent Star Wars stuff, but he'll watch a science fiction show from nearly half a century before he was born. It gives me some small hope for the future!
I loved Nichelle Nichols as a kid, because she was a kick ass female on an otherwise all male crew. So sad to hear she's gone. A fun piece of Star Trek art to post to her memory.
Very nice cover, congrats.
Beautiful cover! I had no clue that Buckingham had done this, and it's fantastic to see how terrific it turned out... Awesome. And thank you for posting this on that day, at a time when we were all feeling loss. In a world where every day it feels harder and harder to talk to each other, where more and more barriers seem to be erected between us all to keep us apart, the loss of anstrong and inspiring communications officer (fictional or no) weighs heavily. R.I.P. Ms. Nichols.
Great tribute, Michael. Nichelle was a staple in the series and will be missed.
Wowza!!! Beautiful Cover!! Beam me up Scottie!
Great looking artistry and actor/character likeness from Buckingham, nice find.
All the classic crew, the Enterprise, bird of prey, tricorder, phaser... What more could you want? Great!!
Nice Cover, Mc! Always thought ST was such a trendsetter for all things SciFi. It broke the Desilu studios, but left such an imprint!
