On Talking With William Shatner

Three weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interview William Shatner.

He has a line of comics coming out from Bluewater Productions, an up-and-coming comic book company. Bluewater is adapting some of his science-fiction novels including TekWar and Quest for Tomorrow — and launching a new original-to-comics property — beginning with the William Shatner Presents special on Free Comic Book Day in May, followed by TekWar in June.

I got to talk to Shatner about the series, his thoughts on comics, even my favorite novel of his. (And no, it’s probably not any one you’d think of.)

You can check out my interview with William Shatner online now, or you can go to a comic shop next week and pick up the new Previews and catch it in print.

If you’re interested in Bluewater’s upcoming line of William Shatner comics, their press release on the series can be found here.

And yes, I do know what the secret fourth William Shatner comic series is. I actually got great material from Mr. Shatner about it. But Bluewater is keeping that under wraps until William Shatner Presents arrives on Free Comic Book Day, so I couldn’t use that material; it’s not my place to talk about it. 🙂

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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