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Star Trek, But Not as You Know It… Michael J. Friedman's Empty Space Hits Kickstarter

Michael J. Friedman is best known for writing over thirty Star Trek novels, including creating the Star Trek: Stargazer series. and plenty of comic books including the nineties series Darkstars, Flash, Outlaws — and plenty of Star Trek comics, too, including most of DC's Next Generation series. He also wrote the Voyager episode, Resistance. But of late he's stuck to prose.

Star Trek, But Not as You Know It… Michael J. Friedman's Empty Space Hits Kickstarter

That's all changing for 2018, as he is writing a new graphic novel, Empty Space, described as a cross between Star Trek and Lost. And no, that doesn't mean J.J. Abrams's Star Trek. No, not Discovery either. Come on now, you're better than that. But it's his very own thing.

Star Trek, But Not as You Know It… Michael J. Friedman's Empty Space Hits Kickstarter

I've described Empty Space as a cross between Star Trek and Lost, but it's really more than that. It's a twisty, turny, sometimes unsettling narrative set against the limitless backdrop of the stars, with the sort of bizarre alien species and against-all-odds derring-do that's always characterized the best space adventure–along with a heaping dollop of the macabre.

Star Trek, But Not as You Know It… Michael J. Friedman's Empty Space Hits Kickstarter

It will be a 128-page graphic novel, with artist Caio Cacau, and it's on Kickstarter right now… check out the many rewards and donor levels.

 

Star Trek, But Not as You Know It… Michael J. Friedman's Empty Space Hits Kickstarter

And here's a full page of artwork by Cacau to get you in the mood for what's to come.Star Trek, But Not as You Know It… Michael J. Friedman's Empty Space Hits Kickstarter

Yeah, that'll leave a mark.


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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