Star Trek: Ongoing, Volume 9: The Q Gambit

author: Mike Johnson

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.95

book published: 2012

rating: 4

read at: 2015/04/18

date added: 2015/04/18

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'Star Trek: Ongoing, Volume 9: The Q Gambit' finds classic villain Q visiting the new crew of the Enterprise among others. It's a pretty classic Q sort of story.



We start with Q visiting/pestering Jean Luc Picard as Jean Luc is trying to enjoy a hot cup of tea. This story takes place just prior to the events in the Star Trek reboot movie. Spock has led the Romulans away, and supposedly died as far as Jean Luc knows. This leads Q into an alternate timeline where he meets up with Captain Kirk and challenges his notion that there are indeed no-win situations. He sends the Enterprise across the galaxy to prove this. From here, there are spoilers I'd rather let the reader find out. Of course, only Q has his best interests in mind, and it turns out to be a pretty good story, putting Q in with the new movie cast.



The art by Tony Shasteen is made to look like a animation over live action style, like in the movie 'A Scanner Darkly' or those Schwab commercials from a few years back. The effect works pretty well, but sometimes the character's faces appear a little distorted, and the black lines are a bit thick in places. But it's effective, and fun to read something where the characters seem so recognizable. I like the idea of Q battling wits with Chris Pine's Kirk, and it gets pulled off pretty good here. The additional surprises were a really nice touch and I enjoyed the story quite a bit.



I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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