Assignment Earth Comics.
Running Time: 1 Hour 34 minutes 20 seconds
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At the end of its second season, the return of The Original Series was in doubt and creator Gene Roddenberry wanted to find something to replace his imperiled show. In 1966 he pitched a pilot script to Desilu studios entitled Assignment: Earth, hoping that this would be his next project. But the studio passed, and so he slipped lead characters Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln—along with their cat Isis—into an episode of TOS in hopes that Kirk and Spock would give the extra push needed to get the new series on the air. It failed, but nearly 40 years later comic legend John Byrne resurrected the idea.
In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Christopher Jones take a close look at Byrne’s five-part series that delivers (mostly) all-new adventures for Seven, Lincoln, and Isis, and how these stories do more justice to Roddenberry’s concept than Assignment: Earth ever did.
In our news segment we take cover as Kor wields his bat’leth in new art from Keith R. A. DeCandido’s The Klingon Art of War, look at the beautiful cover for James Swallow’s The Poisoned Chalice, and get another peek at John Byrne’s upcoming photo comic. Plus, Chris becomes confused about a classic TV sitcom.
Hosts
Matthew Rushing and Christopher Jones
Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) Norman C. Lao (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Will Nguyen (Content Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Will Nguyen (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)
