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Lee has written for Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Starship Troopers, Sherlock Holmes and Wallace and Grommit… so he knows some tricks to playing with other people's toys Here are some of the highlights from that conversation. Q: My first question is how much creative control do you have over the characters and story? Do[...]

If you were a child growing up with the original Battlestar Galactica television series, then you probably had a favorite between Apollo, Starbuck or Boomer Well, if Apollo was your choice, then I have some bad news for you Dynamite Entertainment has hired Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy) to kill him and Dietrich Smith[...]

A couple of decades ago, Battlestar Galactica was this sci-fi TV show from the seventies and eighties that was roundly mocked for being cheesey, trite and quite a bit Mormon. When Rob Liefeld got the license to create comics based on the show, he picked them up for pennies There was no interest in the license[...]

I did work on projects such as Vampirella and Battlestar Galactica. BC: What are you working on now? CR: I'm working on Red Sonja: The Black Tower. BC: What is your dream project? CR: Among many projects that Dynamite gave me to work on, the one I most liked was Vampirella and Red Sonja, Id love to[...]

Writer Tony Lee is telling the tale of Steampunk Battlestar Galactica 1880 starting this August and I got a chance to chat with him about the project. BLEEDING COOL: Let's start with the steampunk movement Where do you think it came from and what do you think is the draw of it for so many people? TONY[...]

Battlestar Galactica has always been an interesting show time wise as it seemed to be set into the future but at a certain point where they reached Earth in the television series it was our present… Now Dynamite is having fun by taking BSG to the past, 1880 to be precise Writer Tony Lee sat[...]

With new comics out this week, Dan Abnett sits down and gives us a behind the scenes commentary on the last issue of his Battlestar Galactica run with issue #12… or is it his last? Battlestar Galactica #12  Issue twelve marks the end of my run (well, not really… just wait to see what Dynamite is about[...]

Seven titles from the new Vampirella and Dresden Files books, to the second issues of Chaos and Captain Action Cat, to classic science fiction with Battlestar Galactica #12 to a pair of pulp entries with Doc Savage #6 and The Black Bat #11 Lots of pages to help you decide what to pick up at[...]

With Legion Of Superheroes for DC and Guardians Of The Galaxy for Marvel he's the perfect fit for another space based comic franchise Battlestar Galactica Our own Jim Kuhoric got to chat with Abnett about his run on the classic 70s TV series turned comic book. JIM KUHORIC: Classic Battlestar Galactica is one of the properties[...]

Just in case you ever thought of becoming one. Battlestar Galactica #11 gives us, well, what sounds like a euphemistic sexual cry… And Pathfinder City of Secrets #1 delivers us the possible results. Flash Gordon #2 caricatures the critic, handily before any of the reviews are in Just in case. Shadow Year One #9 has a very very nice sound[...]

Battlestar Galactica: 1880, a steampunk tail set in the BSG universe. Written by Tony Lee, with art by Aneke and covers by Ardian Syaf and Sergio Fernandez Davilla. Welcome to the world of Battlestar Galactica, as never seen before, in Steampunk Battlestar Galactica: 1880, where #1 NYT Bestselling Author Tony Lee gives it a Steampunk spin! After[...]

The Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck series concludes this week with issue #4 Here we have an exclusive extended preview of the issue and a short Q&A about the book between series writer Tony Lee and Robert Place Napton. Robert Place Napton: Without giving anything away, the character of Athena shines in this issue.  I always thought she[...]

Dynamite has shared with us an exclusive first look at the Battlestar Galactica Annual 2014 by Robert Place Napton and Kewbar Baal The issue is due out April 2nd. The origin of the traitorous Baltar is revealed at last! As portrayed by legendary genre actor John Colicos, Baltar from the classic Battlestar is one of the[...]

By Ken Haeser for Battlestar Galactica #12 subscription variant cover from Dynamite… sadly not in time for Valentine's Day. By Ken Haeser for Battlestar Galactica #12 subscription variant cover from Dynamite… sadly not in time for Valentine's Day. By Ken Haeser for Battlestar Galactica #12 subscription variant cover from Dynamite… sadly not[...]

Tony Lee is writing Dynamite Entertainment's Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck series As the project moves into it's third issue, Lee spoke with Robert Place Napton about the series and his connection to the old TV show. ROBERT PLACE NAPTON: So things are heating up for Starbuck in issue #3 in this intense origin story.  What can you[...]

It's New Year's Day. The chocolates have been eating, the kids are screaming around the house, the eggnog is on the wall, you've watched all the boxsets,

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Dirk Benedict's cigar smoking rogue Starbuck was one of the things that stood out from the original Battlestar Galactica series Dynamite Entertainment is highlighting the character with his own mini-series written by Tony Lee Chris Roberson chatted with Tony about his favorite episodes, original vs reboot and the amazing Fred Astaire. CHRIS ROBERSON: Tony, if the internet[...]

Dynamite Entertainment has sent us an extended preview of the Dan Abnett / Andy Lanning run on Battlestar Galactica as the first volume Memorial comes out tomorrow The writing team has become known for their space adventures having worked with both the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Legion of Superheroes, so it's cool to see[...]

Tony Lee grew up a fan of Battlestar Galactica and more specifically Starbuck With that love of the character, Lee has embarked on a four-part series that dives into not only the early days of the Viper-piloting rogue, but into the history of all the main BSG characters Jim Zub chatted with Lee about his[...]

Jai Nitz sat and chatted with the writer about the original Battlestar Galactica. JAI NITZ: Did the original Battlestar Galactica come to the UK in the late 1970s? How did you first see the original Battlestar Galactica? DAN ABNETT: It certainly did I remember going to see the first two (or three) episodes compiled as a "movie"[...]

Brandon Jerwa has always written strong female characters well, from Scarlet, Lady Jaye and Baroness from GI Joe to Starbuck and Number 6 from Battlestar Galactica So when his frequent writing partner was leaving Vampirella, Jerwa was the obvious choice to take over Jai Nitz chatted with the writer about the latest collection Vampirella Vol[...]

Jai Nitz sat down and talked to the writer about his new pulp filled series Noir for Dynamite Entertainment. JAI NITZ: Vic you're writing NOIR at Dynamite.  It's an ass-kicking girl team up.  Who's your favorite ass-kicking girl in fiction (or reality)? VICTOR GISCHLER: You know, with characters like Red Sonja and Miss Fury (and now Black[...]

Dynamite Entertainment goes all-ages with Li'l Dynamites, a collection of one-shot comic books appropriate for every age and features a wide range of characters from their publishing line, including Red Sonja, Evil Ernie, Battlestar Galactica, Vampirella, and Bionic Man.  Eisner award-winning all-ages writers Roger Langridge, Art Baltazar, and Franco join veteran Dynamite authors Jim Zub, Brandon[...]

Dynamite are launching a new crossover series featuring a bunch of pulp characters from Victor Gischler, Andrea Mutti, Noir, which features Miss Fury, Black Sparrow and a certain Shadow… well, they do want people to read it after all. Though getting my old friend Tony Lee to write Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck – I have no[...]

And sadly, against a teaser I ran about this, it won't be a biography of the international coffee chain. And it's a prequel, the Starbuck before the original Battlestar Galactica TV show… how he met Apollo, had a speciual relationship with Adama, and exactly why did the Cylons attack his home planet and give him amnesia? Let's[...]

As Action Comics continues it's own version of MODOK and AIM with the big headed Hector Hammond and HIVE, so it also introduces its own version of the

Fleeing from tyranny, the ragtag travelers strive to stay one step ahead of those determined to take away their serenity. Sound familiar? It should, assuming you're a fan of either Firefly or Battlestar Galactica. You can find the full article in Bleeding Cool Magazine #3 at a comics retailer near you  Here is the Bleeding Cool Directory[...]

It's one thing for a new project to be influenced by tone or certain ideas while being its own thing like the claims that BATTLESTAR GALACTICA might have been influenced by the anime series SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (called STARBLAZERS in the West) but has an entirely different plot It's quite another thing when the whole[...]

Last we heard about Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome, things weren't sounding so good  Deadline told us just a couple months ago: After lengthy deliberations, Syfy has decided not to go forward with the project, about the young years of William Adama, as a regular TV series Blood & Chrome, initially envisioned as a Web series,[...]