I didn’t mean “long tail” as a joke.
First, sorry I missed posting on Wednesday…some days I can fight the effects of this new medication, some days I can’t, and that was a “can’t” day. Even as I type this, today is a “well, maybe day” so we’ll see what happens.
Second, there were a couple of specific things I wanted to point out in an addendum to my Peter David post from Monday.
For example, I really should have noted his Disney work on 1992’s Little Mermaid:
…a character he loved so much that I believe it was the reason he named one of his daughters “Ariel.” This, and the spinoff Sebastian series he also wrote, remains popular back issue items for many years.
David also wrote a series of Star Trek novels called New Frontier, based around a crew assembled either from supporting characters from other Treks and original characters David pulled from the always-expanding Trek lore. Its mix of deep cut continuity, irreverence, and sci-fi adventure makes it kinda/sorta a proto-Lower Decks, if you sort of squint right.
Anyway, there were some comic book spinoffs from these novels, including the first one pictured above, a David-scripted one-shot released by DC imprint Wildstorm in 2000. A five-part mini-series came out from IDW in 2008, also written by David.
As far as sales go, these didn’t have quite the long tail that the Little Mermaid books did. However, the fans of the books who also read comics were very excited to have these. And I was too! New Frontier was an entertaining extension of the franchise that I hope isn’t forgotten.
Mike,
As a long time follower of the blog, I sincerely appreciate ANY content you post. Post when you feel you can. You’ve given us years of great stuff to look back over if we need a fix!
Your loyal followers will stick with you through all the days you “can’t.”
Wishing you the best of luck with the procedures and medications!