Star Trek: Lower Decks, Volume 1
creator(s): Ryan North | Chris Fenoglio |
Franchise: Star Trek | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Star Trek IDW |
medium(s): book | comic |
date reviewed: 1 July 2025
rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is a very Ryan Northy comic, and I mean that as a compliment. It’s a great adaptation of the Lower Decks vibe (and Fenoglio’s art is a fantastic recreation), but it also has a lot of North’s signature moves. I love his physical comic adaptation of webcomics’ alt text jokes, his voice in those jokes, and his fun with science and public domain characters. I don’t know how much more there is in this series, but I’ll be keeping an eye out for additional volumes.
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Okay, also: In the ranking of Khans, Cumberbatch is way down at the bottom, and Montalbán should be clearly at the top, but this Lower Decks!Khan is at least a close second… and might even be my favorite?
Every once in a while I surprise myself with how well I can read music, despite all I’ve forgotten since long ago piano lessons. Getting the musical jokes in Ryan North’s Lower Decks comic is the most delightful this has ever been, though.
📚 bookblog: Star Trek 2011-2016, Volume 13 (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)
This is mostly because I grew up in Northern Kentucky, but my favorite Lower Decks throwaway joke so far is the idea of an adopted Orion growing up in Cincinnati.
📺 tvblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for Star Trek: Lower Decks (Season 2)
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