Produced by Buzz Feitshans and Raffaella De Laurentiis
Written by John Milius and Oliver Stone
Based on the character/stories created and written by Robert E. Howard
I knew that director John Milius and his screenplay co-writer Oliver Stone got the character of Conan five minutes into the movie.During the opening credits we see Conan’s father (William Smith) forging a mighty sword. He then takes the young Conan (Jorge Sanz) to the top of a mountain.He explains how The Riddle of Steel was stolen from Crom, the god of Cimmeria and that Conan must learn The Riddle of Steel for himself because as his dad succinctly sums up: “For no one in the world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts.But this-“ and he holds up the gleaming sword.“-this you can trust.”
It’s not long after this that Conan’s parents, along with all the other adults in his village are slaughtered by the servants of Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones) a powerful sorcerer who is also the leader of a cult that worships the snake god Set.Conan, along with other children are taken as slaves and chained to The Wheel of Pain, a gigantic mill which they push night and day, through weather fair and foul.It’s torturous work but it has its benefits.The young Conan grows up into Arnold Schwarzenegger as pushing that damn thing has built up muscles of Herculean proportions.He’s bought by The Hyborian Age’s version of a fight promoter and wins fame as a gladiator.He’s freed by his master and after meeting up with the master thief and archer Subotai (Gerry Lopez) takes up a career as a thief himself.
It’s during their attempt to infiltrate The Tower of The Serpent and steal The Eye of The Serpent that Conan meets swordswoman and thief Valeria (Sandahl Bergman) who will become the great love of his life.It’s their successful and daring theft that brings them to the attention of King Osric (Max von Sydow) who hires the trio to rescue his daughter from The Cult of Set.While Valeria and Subotai see this as a chance for a really big payday, Conan has his sights on taking the head of Thulsa Doom.
Now, you can say whatever you want about CONAN THE BARBARIAN but it won’t faze me because if nothing else, John Milius and Oliver Stone respected Robert E. Howard’s enough that they obviously not only read his stories but incorporated elements of some of those stories into the movie including what is probably the most famous scene in any Conan story; his crucifixion and his killing of a vulture pecking at his flesh with nothing but his bare teeth.
This movie, along with “The Terminator” launched Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career and it’s easy to see why.Schwarzenegger at that time looked like he was designed by Frank Frazetta and he inhabits the role as well as Sean Connery did with James Bond or Michael Keaton did with Batman.For those who claim that Schwarzenegger can’t act, I point out a terrific scene where Conan, Valeria and Subotai plan their assault on Doom’s stronghold.While Bergman and Lopez have all the dialog, Schwarzenegger says far more than they do in the way he’s sharpening his sword.And even though Schwarzenegger gets a lot of mocking for his dialog and accent in this movie, I like it.I mean, the guy does sound like a barbarian from pre-history. In fact, I like it that 90% of the characters have accents in this movie as they do sound as if they come from another age rather than modern day Californians playing dress up.
The supporting cast is outstanding.James Earl Jones infuses Thulsa Doom with enormous presence and a true sense of not being entirely human.His henchmen, played by Sven-Ole Thorson and Ben Davison are suitably impressive. Bergman and Lopez back up Schwarzenegger well and create their own characters in some really wonderful intimate moments such as the one where Subotai tells the wizard Akiro (Mako) that since Conan, as a Cimmerian will not cry to show grief, Subotai must do it for him.Mako contributes comedy relief without being buffoonish or degrading his own character.But that’s to be expected because Mako is epic in everything he does.
And speaking of epic, the musical score by Basil Poledouris has become respected as one of the finest musical scores ever and rightly so.A large part of the enjoyment of watching CONAN THE BARBARIAN comes from the sheer power of the score.Poledouris also has done the scores for “Quigley Down Under” and “Lonesome Dove” that are easily as epic as the one for this movie.
So should you see CONAN THE BARBARIAN? No doubt you already have.It’s one of those movies that everybody and their mother has seen, it seems.Even chicks who normally shun this type of movie like it was the Ebola virus have seen CONAN THE BARBARIAN.It’s violent, it’s raw, it’s sexy, and it’s fun. There’s an excellent reason why CONAN THE BARBARIAN is rightly regarded as a classic.It truly is inspired by the spirit of Robert E. Howard in a way that the recent remake never even comes close to.If you’ve seen it, what the hell…watch it again.And if you haven’t, I envy you discovering it for the first time.Enjoy.
For whatever reason, my kids didn’t want to see Cars and we even missed it on cable and home video. When word spread that it was good but not Pixar’s best feature, there wasn’t a lot of desire among the family to check it out. The same feeling arrived this June when the inevitable sequel, spurred by enough box office revenues and massive merchandise success, arrived. We empty-nesters just couldn’t muster the desire to go see the film, despite an engaging trailer and a love for all things Pixar.
The home video release of the movie this coming week remedied this void in my Pixar knowledge. The movie is entertaining enough, moving at, appropriately enough, a racing clip; it reintroduces the established characters, moves them to a new setting and gives audiences (and merchandisers) some new players. Hilarity ensues for 106 minutes and the film itself is entertaining but it felt cookie cutter in its approach with little in the way of either heart or surprise. Where I found Up too implausible to make me suspend my disbelief, this felt far more like pure kiddie fare than the usual family friendly feature that offers something for everyone.
I suppose the espionage angle was for the adults in the crowd and yes, Michael Caine was a perfect choice for the automotive version of James Bond. Still, it felt unnecessarily tacked on, although his contrast with Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) was a nice idea. Mater is a supporting character uncomfortably thrust into the spotlight and much like a television sitcom spinoff written around a supporting character (Joey anyone?), Mater just isn’t a strong enough personality to handle the lead.
In the fall of 1972, I was 14 and consuming as much science fiction and heroic fantasy as I could mainline. As a result, I was the prime candidate to fall in love with a television series that had great concepts, an appealing cast and plenty of action. None were more disappointed when the series, Search, faded after a single season. Thanks to the Wayback Machine that is Warner Archive, the pilot film, Probe, is currently available with hints that the series itself may follow.
Billed as “science fiction in today’s world”, NBC offered up a series that may be a little creaky upon watching today but the series offered some forward looking thinking that was all too rare during the 1970s. It all began with a two-hour telefilm that served as a pilot from Outer Limits creator Leslie Stevens. Producing the show was Star Trek veteran Robert Justman which may well explain why so many of the sound effects at Probe Control remind you of the Enterprise bridge.
World Securities Corp. was a nondescript business but within its office building lay the ultra-high-tech, secret Probe division. The field agents were outfitted with neural earjacks and dental implants that were wirelessly connected to the control room. Each agent carried a scanner that could transmit audio, video, infrared, medical telemetry and the like. Worn as a ring, cufflink or medallion, it was the ultimate fashion accessory. At Probe Control, a quintet of operatives monitored incoming and outgoing data, the physical health of the agent or the target, and could call up information from international databases. Orchestrating the flow and playing Jiminy Cricket to the field operatives was the no-nonsense VCR Cameron. (more…)
PULP ARK settled into a groove pretty quickly, everyone eager to meet fans, but visiting with each other and hammering out ideas and making suggestions as well. Then a newsboy walked in hollering ‘EXTRA! EXTRA! followed by two people who set up a magazine on a stand, and began going on about mystical happenings, disappeared authors, and things that go bump in the night. A few minutes later, a black suave stranger with a gun strolls in followed soon by a black clad progeny of the Nazi party and her pet boy…Yup, you guessed it, the first act of Pulp Ark’s original Pulp Play THE CASE OF THE BLOODY PULP had begun!
THE CASE OF THE BLOODY PULP, written and directed by Tommy Hancock is a Pulp Play that went on throughout the entire convention in the midst of the regular flow of the event. Although pictures were taken, none have surfaced at this time and will be posted when they do. In lieu of that, however, I will be posting the acts of the play in the order they were performed right here! So without further ado…
CAST- Newt the Newsboy-Alex Hancock Merlin Montgomery-Tommy Hancock Benita Isadore Magready (Bim)-Shannon O’Cain Simon Sanders, The Rogue-Brian Coltharp J.C. Givens-David Jones Nikola Deveraux-Tanya McClure August-Bo Elrod
THE CASE OF THE BLOODY PULP
SCENE ONE
BIM AND MERLIN MONTGOMERY BLOODY PULP, ACT ONE
(Scene opens with Newt the Newsboy walking around room, holding up papers, shouting)
NEWT:Extra! Extra! Read All About It.Famous Rare Pulp Magazine on Display at Pulp Ark today!Explorer Merlin Montgomery does it again!Bloody Pulp supposed to be cursed, here at Pulp Ark!Extra! Extra!
(Scene shifts to focus on Merlin Montgomery, famed explorer and Benita Isadore Magredy, Bim to almost everyone standing near b getting ready for the display.)
MONTGOMERY-There, everyone should be able to get a good look at it as they walk by, but not touch or snatch it.We’ve given the bloody pulp a nice bit of attention.
BIM-Too much attention if you were to ask me.More than that bit of ink and paper deserves.
MERLIN (laughs) I understand, Bim, but this yellowing print and fading words is a piece of history.Not only is it the only existing piece of the work of JC Givens left, there’s all the stories surrounding ir.
BIM-That’s for sure and certain what I mean! I’ve tagged along with you long enough to know that anything that is hexed, vexed, damned, or cursed should be destroyed, shredded, shot, and buried!Like that little ugly statue we found in Georgia, you know, Merlin, in that abandoned sani-
MERLIN-BIM!That’ll be enough.I’m sure this won’t turn out to be that kind of fiasco.
BIM AND MERLIN MONTGOMERY BLOODY PULP ACTONE
MERLIN-You don’t know how this will be!I mean you might know more than most since you are an expert in most forgotten languages, but that would mean you’d have to be able read it. Canyou?
MERLIN-Yes and I see where you’re going.The stanza at the beginning of Given’s story.The one that has the header-IF YOU CAN READ THESE FOUR LINES, THEN SHE WHOM ALL FEAR WILL ALLOW YOU THE REST OF THE STORY’.And to answer your question, no, I can’t read them.
BIM-Well, who could for Queen’s sake?Just a lot of gobbledy gook thrown together.
MERLIN-It has similarities to ancient Sumerian and a hint of Lemurian, but I can’t even begin to untangle what it says. No one else can either.I’ve had experts look at it after the experts you had look at it.And, if legends to be believed, the secrets within the story hinge on reciting that stanza.If you can’t, its just an averagely written story about a writer turned detective who gets into a scrape over an ancient manuscript.
BIM-Except it isn’t!You know the kind of busybodies and baddies that have been after this scrap of story, Merlin!
MERLIN Quiet, Bim!It’s time to announce the display.
(Merlin at this point calls attention, gets up in front of crowd and begins to give a speech concerning THE BLOODY PULP and explains the rumors behind its writing as well as the fact that its author JC Givens vanished the day it was submitted to be published and how the publishing house printed one copy and burnt to the ground.Merlin’s speech will end…. With..)
MERLIN-And although we do have the single copy of the magazine containing ‘THE BLOODY PULP’ here on display for a limited time, author JC Givens disappeared 61 years ago and has not been since since-”
BIM, MERLIN MONTGOMERY, THE ROGUE BLOODY PULP ACT ONE
ROGUE- UNTIL TODAY!
(Attention turns to Simon Sanders, also known as The Rogue, standing at the far side of the room from Montgomery, and Bim.He is suave, debonair, not greasy and slimy, very much James Bond like, but of highly questionable morals)
BIM- Well, if it isn’t Lucifer’s stepson?Let me at-”
MERLIN-Easy, Bim…not yet.He’s not shown his cards in this hand yet and you know how The Rogue likes to hop fence.
BIM-Hop fence?After what he did to you in Jamaica over this bloody book?
MERLIN-(As the Rogue steps up) Hello, Simon.
ROGUE-Ah, Merlin.It’s so good to see that you escaped those fanatical snake worshippers and their pet in Jamaica.
BIM-And the zombies!Don’t leave out the zombies! I oughtta-
ROGUE-Ah, yes, Miss Magredy.I’d say it was good that you escaped as well, but I actually rather hoped that giant snake was picking its fangs with your bones.
(At that point, Bim breaks loose from Merlin and charges the Rogue…from out of nowhere, he pulls a gun that stops Bim in her tracks.Merlin pulls the gun from her holster, both of them now pointing pieces, with Bim in the middle)
ROGUE-Ah, now my dear Benita, we both know that I won’t let you get close enough to me to do you any good.
BIM-Of course you won’t, not after the beatin’ I gave you in Timbuktu!
MERLIN-We also know, Simon, that I’m a better shot than you are.Faster, too.
ROGUE-True, but your friend and confidant stand between us, Merlin.We can’t shoot for risk of shooting her.
MERLIN-Speak for yourself.Everyone’s got spots they can be shot that won’t kill them.Thin, fleshy spots that won’t even barely slow down a bullet.
BIM-NOW JUST WAIT A BLOODY MINUTE!!
ROGUE-(laughing)Do not worry your monkey like head, Bim.As much as the world would thank me for ridding the world of a nuisance, I didn’t come all the way from Jamaica to Arkansas with a side trip to Turkey to shoot you.
(While all this is going on, Merlin is studying the older man behind The Rogue.He walks up to him, looks him over and over, then steps back and at this point says
MERLIN-Well I’ll be Dented and Gibsoned!It…it can’t be… Rogue, what is all this?
ROGUE-Oh, my friend here?Why, he’s the reason I’m here.As a matter of fact, Merlin, he’s the reason you and all these nice people are here.Found him living in a cave system in Turkey with a bunch of monks.(He turns, like a circus ringmaster and shouts) Ladies and gentlemen and those who think you are, allow me to introduce myself.I am Simon Sanders, adventurer-
BIM-scoundrel
ROGUE-Explorer
BIM-Phony
ROGUE-And hero
BIM-For hire
ROGUE-I’m also known in many circles as THE ROGUE, an unfortunate epithet I assure you.I am here today to bring you one of the greatest mysteries of the modern day, right here to your doorstep.Yes, true believers and skeptics one and all, please welcome to speak about that rotting piece of periodical there that he himself wrote….looking just as spry as he did the day he vanished…JC GIVENS!!
J.C. GIVENS BLOODY PULP, ACT ONE
JC GIVENS Uh…um…hello.I…I have not left a cave in Turkey since I was spirited there by an order of ordained men dedicated to the safety of our world known only as THE MONKS in 1940.I would not be here now, except that..The-Mr. Sanders in his own way (The Rogue holds up the gun and smiles) spirited me away from there.
I know there are many questions and much confusion.First, let me say I am…sorry.I was a fool in years past, a man riding the wave of his own hubris and talent, believing that he could do anything he wished and daring anyone to tell him differently.I dabbled and played with beings and powers that no one had any business even thinking of.And I did more than think of them.
J.C. GIVENS, BIM, THE ROGUE BLOODY PULP, ACT ONE
Everything this gentleman (pointing at Merlin) said about the story in this magazine is true.It is more than just a made up tale.It holds a great secret.It is not simply fiction. It is a prison.A genie’s bottle, if you would, holding something much more ominous, more evil than any imagined genie.When I first wrote it, I hoped to capture this…thing…and use it for my own ends, to basically have anything I wanted.But in the years I have been with The Monks, I have learned and been shown things that would melt most men’s eyes and I can tell you that the four line stanza, which holds the key to open the story up…can never be read by anyone who knows that language.That stanza also holds the key to destroy the…evil that would be unleashed, but not even I can make sense of the antidote to this poison.I began writing that story to be a God…I wrote the last word of it knowing that I would be a prison guard…hopefully keeping what lives within my words and thoughts trapped there forever.
That is why (he pulls out a lighter and lights it) that I must do this.I must destroy the bloody pulp.
NIKOLA-One does not think so, my aging flower.
(GIVENS drops the lighter, falls forward, either after a shot or a knife in the back…and from behind him Nikola Deverueaux and her right hand man, August, step up.
BIM-Bloody Queen of crazy herself!
MERLIN-NIKOLA!
NIKOLA DEVERAUX, THE ROGUE, BIM, A DEAD J.C. GIVENS BLOODY PULP, ACT ONE
ROGUE-Now, that wasn’t part of the plan, was it, dear?You paid me more money than Midas to bring him to this backwater town to kill him?
MERLIN-Simon…you’re..working for Nikola Devereaux…I knew your morals were barely visible..but..she’s…pure evil.
ROGUE-And unbelievably filthy rich to boot.Sorry, Merlin, but even I have to work where I can get it, economic downturn and all that.
NIKOLA-Yes, Merlin (she approaches Merlin) he is like all men…weak, drawn to money and desires, no different than any of their kind.But you, in all the times we have met, you…still intrigue me like no other.
MERLIN-That’s funny, Nikola….because you disgust me..Even more than your insane father and twisted mother did.
NIKOLA-(SLAPS HIM HARD, then laughs) Ahhh, words of hate and spite are songs of life and love to my blackened soul.Please, Merlin, say such things again.Don’t tease a girl.
ROGUE-Nikola, you’ve put us in a spot here.Backwoods or not, this burg has local authorities that will be here soon.Bodies tend to draw them out, even the body of a man missing for sixty years.But why kill him?You needed him to read that stanza!
AUGUST, NIKOLA, MERLIN MONTGOMERY BLOODY PULP, ACT ONE
NIKOLA-No, I do not.Not if what August has told me is true.August, come.
AUGUST-Yes, Madam?
NIKOLA-Tell me again what you have just learned. Speak, August, Speak.
AUGUST-Yes, Madam.A piece of parchment has been discovered that can be used to decipher the stanza.And because you control all you wish to, Madam, you have arranged for that parchment to arrive here tomorrow.
AUGUST-Good, August, good.Now all we must do is be sure we have the pulp magazine in our hands. And wait.
BIM-Merlin, tell me you’ve got a plan.
MERLIN-You remember why I never lose at cards, Bim?
BIM-Because you’ve read the deck and the players before you sit down to the table.
AUGUST, NIKOLA, THE ROGUE, MERLIN MONTGOMERY, BIM BLOODY PULP, ACT ONE
MERLIN-Right…and taken steps to insure I win before the first chip is thrown.Just like today!NEWT, go, kid. NOW!
(From a crouched position where he’s been the whole time near the magazine, Newt the Newsboy jumps up and snatched it just as NIKOLA is reaching for it.He grabs it and runs from the building.)
NIKOLA-August! Go! FETCH THE BLOODY PULP! GO!
MERLIN-What about you, Simon?Her purse strings are still tied around your neck.
ROGUE-I’ve got the money, she’ll have a deuce of a time getting it back.Besides…I liked the old man.Death doesn’t bother me, but I liked him.
NIKOLA-No matter.August is well trained.He will find that little urchin.
MERLIN-Don’t bet on it, Nikola.Newt will blend in with any kid in a school yard, any dirty faced boy on a playground.He’ll vanish.
NIKOLA-No, passionate Merlin.He will die.And unfortunately, so will you if you do not stay out of my way!(she leaves the building)
BIM-Well, let’s get after the lot of ‘em then! (And out she goes)
MERLIN-What about you, Simon?Switching sides?
ROGUE-Not just yet.Let’s say I’ll be Switzerland for a bit.Find something to read here, maybe.
This is the first time we’ve had Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench as James Bond and M in over two years, going on three… and they’re back together for a good cause, supporting International Women’s Day. Watch:
In the spirit of the day, you may want to take a look at this piece as well: Joss Whedon’s acceptance speech to Equality Now, introduced by Meryl Streep.
A couple months ago it was a simple suspension. The world continued to revolve, the property owners continued to license new books, and everybody thought one of the most
successful movie franchises – and one of the most successful reboots in modern media – would return after a short delay.
Today? Not so sure.
Bond 23 (that’s how they title them, until they actually title them) was suspended last April due to “financial troubles” on the part of the
studio, MGM. This is code for “we’re broke and we’re for sale.” Director Sam
Mendes, writer Peter Morgan, and star Daniel Craig were all lined up and
waiting for a start-date.
All they needed was a mere $200 million to make their budget and their 2012 release date. But now the London Mirror is reporting it’s all over, and the production crew has been told to seek work elsewhere.
Logic and history dictate eventually there will be a new James Bond movie – after all, they’re still making new Tarzan movies (occasionally) and just about every franchise is relaunched from time to time. Remember Sherlock Holmes? But, according to the Mirror, it could take years.
Sadly, I thought Daniel Craig was a keeper. So were Judi Dench and Jeffrey Wright. And it would have been nice to see John Cleese take another turn as “Q.” An indefinite delay of any real length jeopardizes the return of these performers.
I’ve spent my entire life going from James Bond movie to James Bond movie, and I’ve seen a lot of crap in the process. Loyal supporters – all of us aging baby boomers, I’m sure – deserve better. I’m just glad Warren Zevon didn’t live to see this.
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Columbia Pictures just bought a spec script for a movie called Supermax, about a prison full of people with creepy superpowers. The problem is that they’ve also been developing Super Max, a vehicle for DC Comics hero Green Arrow, also about a prison for people with powers. Now, the rumor is that even if it gets a name change, the thematic similarities may kill the comic book-flavored movie in favor of the new one. How fair is that?
Deadline Hollywood’s Nikki Finke broke the news that MGM is having severe cash flow issues and may have trouble financing eagerly awaited films starting with The Hobbit two-picture project along with the next installment in the revitalized James Bond franchise.
MGM execs held a conference call with their lenders and admitted this year’s releases missed their targets and left them short of operating capital. “The implication was that it’s teetering on bankruptcy,” one source told Finke. The studio reportedly stuck its hand out and begged for $20 million just to cover immediate needs plus the $150 million they budgeted for the Guillermo del Toro-directed adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien novel.
The call, she reported, did not go well. As a result, the equity holders have seemingly given up on the studio with bondholders suspecting the studio is overvalued given their poor track record and management. Bankruptcy is a possibility but no one wants to see the once venerable studio go under or lose valuable rights, such as Bond.
Should the unthinkable actually occur, studios are poised to swoop in and fund the existing projects. Pre-production continues Down Under with full casting for The Hobbit expected in the coming months. The next Bond film is also in the works with a 2011 release being eyed.
The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Samuel L. Jackson has signed an unprecedented nine-picture deal to play Colonel Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., in a series of Marvel movies that include Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers and its sequels.
Also on the table is the possibility of toplining a S.H.I.E.L.D. movie, which is in development.
Jackson, the unoffical model for the Marvel Ultimate version of Nick Fury, first appeared at the end of Iron Man and was expected to be part of the Iron Man sequel, but as Marvel negotiated with its cast, deals proved hard to come by. Terrence Howard was replaced by Don Cheadle. Mickey Rourke still doesn’t have a deal for the part of a villain despite almost two months of negotiations.
But now, Jackson has signed for a potential ten films as the same character. For perspective, Sean Connery only played James Bond in eight films, and that’s counting Never Say Never Again and The Rock— oh come on, he was playing James Bond in The Rock, you know it and I know it.
Hermes Press recently signed a deal to publish Star Trek: A Comics History, described as “the complete saga of the Star Trek universe in comic books and comic strips.” The March release is being written by Alan J. Porter, best known for his James Bond: The History Of The Illustrated 007. The 208-page, all color, large format deluxe trade paperback is expected to chronicle the four-color history of Star Trek from the first Gold Key comics to the English newspaper strip, to Marvel and DC’s Star Trek titles and the present-day comic and manga iterations.
Star Trek: A Comics History promises creator interviews, unpublished art work, and a detailed checklist of Star Trek comic publications. At the TrekkBBS, Porter said, “My intention is to include an index of the various comics by Stardate. At least I’m compiling one as I do the research and writing. I probably won’t have the time to create a full timeline (ouch – sorry about the pun), so if a story spans several time periods it will most likely only be listed by the establishing introductory Stardate. – But this is a work in progress so who knows.”
He also defended the steep $39.99 for a trade paperback, noting that Hermes Press books are “all published on very high quality glossy archival paper and designed to last. They aren’t mass market paperbacks, they are closer to glossy art books – hence the price point.”
A couple months ago it was a simple suspension. The world continued to revolve, the property owners continued to license new books, and everybody thought one of the most
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Hermes Press recently signed a deal to publish Star Trek: A Comics History, described as “the complete saga of the Star Trek universe in comic books and comic strips.” The March release is being written by Alan J. Porter, best known for his James Bond: The History Of The Illustrated 007. The 208-page, all color, large format deluxe trade paperback is expected to chronicle the four-color history of Star Trek from the first Gold Key comics to the English newspaper strip, to Marvel and DC’s Star Trek titles and the present-day comic and manga iterations.
