tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 16 17:42:50 1998
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Re: Klingon comic?
- From: "WATT FAMILY" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon comic?
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 11:40:44 +1000
don't send anymore funcking messages to this address.
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> From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Klingon comic?
> Date: Friday, 16 January 1998 1:46
>
> The March 1998 issue of _MARVEL VISION: the Marvel Fan Magazine_ (Vol.
> 1, No. 27, ISSN #1093-0817) has a two-page story on it. It's titled
> "Breaking the Language Barrier: Marvel and Paramount join forces for
> first-ever all-Klingonese comic book!"
>
> They consistently refer to the language as "Klingonese", and while Dr.
> Lawrence Schoen is credited with undertaking the translation, they
> completely fail to mention the Klingon Language Institute or the names
> of the other people who did the bulk of the translation. [Insert
> pictures of ghunchu'wI' and SuStel, grinning and mouthing "Hi Mom!"]
>
> The Starfleet Academy story is written from the point of view of a
> group of Klingon cadets. Its writer, Chris Cooper, had apparently
> wanted for some time to do a "silent" comic book issue, told entirely
> with the pictures; he decided to treat this one as if it were silent
> but do the captions and speech in Klingon. He tried to keep the
> action obvious and the words simple, so that someone using the
> provided glossary would have at least a chance of understanding the
> story.
>
> STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY #18 goes on sale March 18. The issue
> will be released a second time two weeks later, in English.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'