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Not Just a Classic Issue, MAD #115 (December 1967) Predicted the Future

It’s time to look at another issue of  MAD , and the handy-dandy randomizer spat out the December 1967 issue. Though it was chosen randomly, MAD  #115 is a surprisingly interesting issue to talk about, being the source of a few tidbits of trivia. But, beyond that, it’s a strong issue and features a smaller number of longer articles than might be expected from  MAD .

Cover:  Normally, a crop of the cover would have been the featured image up above, but, as you might guess, this cover doesn’t crop so well. The cover is a riff on the rental car company Avis’ slogan, “We try harder!” — but more on that later, as it turns out that this cover is actually a teaser for an article.

The art is by Bob Clarke, one of  MAD ‘s underrated superstar artists, and you might notice something special about this cover. Namely, Alfred E. Neuman’s not on it. MAD #115 was the first cover since MAD #24 to  not feature the coverboy, and one of only twelve covers since #24 to not have Alfred’s face — and one of only eight to not feature  any representation of him at all.

That said, while it’s interesting from the trivia aspect, it’s also a relatively tame cover. It’s eye-catching with its huge white circle, but a little too simple for my tastes to be one of the truly classic MAD covers.

The inside front cover is just a house ad for the  Howling MAD paperback, and the letters column isn’t terribly notable, other than the fact that there’s a long debate about #113’s article “America the Beautiful — Revisited,” and a complete lack of editorial replies to any of the letters. But it  does have this adorable subscription ad, featuring Giuseppe Baggi’s origami made from money:

Star Blecch : While usually the  MAD movie satire appears as the first actual article,  MAD #115 changes it up with their  Star Trek parody. (As we’ll see, in terms of cultural impact,  MAD made the right decision.) One of Dick DeBartolo ‘s classic articles, “Star Blecch” is a clever, funny riff on Star Trek.  The spoof is about the Starship Boobyprize discovering that the planet Rama IV, populated by Don Martin-looking creatures, is about to explode.

Mort Drucker’s art is exquisite as always, and DeBartolo’s writing is top notch, loaded with puns and hilarious jokes. (Spook: “That’s what your MIND says! What does your HEART say?” Kook: “Pit-a-pat! Pit-a-pat! Pit-a-pat — just like everybody else’s!”) But one of the most interesting things about this parody is the way the story wraps up — the solution is for the Boobyprize to reverse orbit and go back in time. You might recognize this plot device from the first Superman movie. Somehow DeBartolo ripped it off, despite “Star Blecch” coming out 11 years before the film. No wonder they call him Dick Dastardly! (No one calls him that.)

When The Hertz-Avis Rivalry Really Gets Out Of Hand : If you didn’t guess, this is the article the cover’s teasing. A little bit of ad campaign history first: During the ’60s, the two main rental car companies were Hertz and Avis. (Unlike today when the two man rental car companies are Enterprise and Hertz, with Avis third.) Avis had a successful ad campaign based around the idea of “When you’re No. 2, you try harder.” The campaign was a huge success, and Hertz tried a countering ad. Avis replied with another ad to counter the Hertz ad, and there you have the premise of the article.

Frank Jacobs’ successfully apes the style of the Hertz/Avis ads, and the escalation is hilarious, ultimately ending with a joint ad declaring that, the rivalry was a complete fabrication. The ad announces Hertz and Avis’ intention to merge, buy out their competitors and then jack the rates up once they have a monopoly.

Boy, it’s hilarious what people in 1967 thought was an issue! Sure glad stuff like this never happens these days !

In a Supermarket :  MAD  #115 is odd in a different way — there aren’t nearly as many of the recurring features. Don Martin only gets one two-page strip, instead of his usual three one-pagers, and, as we’ll see, there’s no Spy Vs. Spy strips either. (Strangely, the second Spy-less issue in a row that we’ve covered!) It’s a good comic, though, and while I’ve left out the punchline, you can probably guess where it’s going. (But that’s not a bad thing; there’s value in a joke well-told, even if you can guess the end.)

TV Coverage of an Off-Year Election : Another Dick DeBartolo piece, and another one where he’s got his crystal ball polished up. Admittedly — it’s a low-key prediction: One of the one-panel characters is named “Tom Petty,” which just happens to share the name of a certain rock star who died way before his time. (I’m referring, of course, to Prince.)

While that’s a surprising and amusing coincidence, DeBartolo satirizes TV news’ desperate attempt to fill up time, a problem that’s only become exacerbated by 24-hour channels. I love how the piece depicts the frantic nature of these kinds of broadcasts though, as the newscasters try to impart excitement to engage the viewer as they report on small races.

This joke, about changing the ballots to more accurately reflect the polls, also seems strangely prescient. I wonder if DeBartolo ever felt a little like the mythical Cassandra. Though, I suppose, that question could be posed to just about any  MAD writer.

MAD Mintlies : A one-page piece by William Garvin and Bob Clarke that, honestly, feels a bit like filler. It’s in the vein of recurring features like “Horrifying Cliches,” where an idiom is made literal. It’s fine, and probably wouldn’t be notable were it not for one entry, the “Three Dollar Bill”:

This article ended up being yet another entry in the FBI’s file on  MAD . As  Mental Floss explains , enterprising fraudsters were cutting the bill out of the magazine and using it in the then-new automatic change machines. The technology wasn’t nearly as advanced as it is now, so despite looking to a human like an obvious fake, the machines weren’t so savvy, and spit out a dollar in change. Given that each issue of  MAD was 30 cents, that’s a 70 cent profit.

The Evolution of Dating : As mentioned before,  MAD #115 has a smaller number of longer articles than most issues of  MAD . This is one of them, a seven-page article by Larry Siegel and George Woodbridge about the history of dating. While it’s a pretty good piece, it really could have been trimmed. The premise is looking at romantic relationships through three eras, 1890-1910, 1930-50 and 1967. While some of the humor relies on stereotypes — including stuff that now would appear in memes like “ Are the straights okay? “— it’s surprisingly insightful about how the culture of the past screwed people up.

George Woodbridge’s art subtly changes to depict the different eras. The oldest era looks more like etchings, while the more modern eras are in his usual style. But remember how I said that this article could have been trimmed? That’s because the final two pages are about “Dating in the Future,” which is amusing — and not entirely inaccurate — but is somewhat sunk by Woodbridge’s strange decision to move to yet another style, this one weirdly cartoony in a way that doesn’t mesh at all with the rest of the piece:

While I normally love Woodbridge’s art, in this section of the article, it becomes ugly and off-putting. It doesn’t help that the premise has worn out its welcome by the sixth and seventh pages, either. I think if I had been editing this one, I would have lopped off the final two and given Sergio Aragonés a couple pages, as he only appears in the margins of MAD #115.

“Protest Buttons” Through History : One thing I love about reading old  MAD magazines is seeing what fads stuck around and which ones disappeared. Stan Hart and Bob Clarke’s piece looks at the then-new concept of amusing “Protest Buttons,” as they call them — buttons with a pithy one-liner. Again, this is a little filler-y, but it should be commended for Clarke’s panorama across the bottom of the pages. And I do have to say, I laughed at “The Marquis De Sade Really Knows How to Hurt a Guy.” (I’m less thrilled with the gay joke about Billy the Kid, though.)

A   Portfolio of  MAD Blooming-Idiosyncrasies : While we don’t get any Spy Vs. Spy in this issue, Antonio Prohias makes a welcome appearance in one of his few non-Spy articles. Like Aragonés, Prohias is a master of pantomime comedy, and I’ve always loved this piece. It’s a simple premise, depicting flowers with the various neuroses of modern man. Prohias’ art is as vibrant as it always is, and while there’s not a lot to say, it’s a classic  MAD piece.

Prodigy: Entertainment for the Gifted Child : One of  MAD ‘s beloved magazine parodies. While “Prodigy” is filled with great gags from Stan Hart and art by Joe Orlando, it seems like an odd target. I’m not sure if there was a rash of child prodigies in 1967, but at least Hart and Orlando are here to take those smart kids down a peg!

I gather this may have been a piece where it was pitched, and Hart then realized he perhaps didn’t have enough material to fill five pages. There are a lot of variations on the same gag — namely that the kid is smarter than their already genius-level parents — but the variations are still amusing. And, too, Hart gets into the resentment that parents may feel towards a gifted child when precociousness curdles into arrogance. ( MST3K fans might get a chuckle from a throwaway gag — “For example, there’s Marvin’s older sister — a ten-year-old with an I.Q. of 148. Recently, we’ve begun calling her “Big Stupid.”)

The Lighter Side of Young Marrieds : This is a pretty average installment of Dave Berg’s recurring feature, but there are a few gags I particularly like. For example, this gag which (lightly) pushes back about the idea of women having to give up their careers to work in the home:

“The Lighter Side” is never particularly revolutionary — and even this gag doesn’t really condemn the practice of forcing women out of the workforce, but this is about as edgy as Dave Berg got, so I’ll take it. I’ve always been fond of “The Lighter Side” even if it’s always been one of the more creaky features of  MAD . Berg’s always been an outstanding draftsman, though, and sometimes it’s enough to look at his great art coupled with amusing-enough jokes.

MAD ‘s Pictorial Political Dictionary : In the piece about the  National Lampoon   MAD parody , I praised Max Brandel’s photo essays. Sadly, uh, this ain’t it. A collection of simple gags, none of them are terribly insightful, which is a disappointment, given Brandel’s “America the Beautiful — Revisited”   from two issues prior that caused such controversy on  MAD #115’s letters page. It’s downright lazy, which is shocking given Brandel’s immense talent. I guess everybody has an off day now and then.

Grim Pix : And we hit the second DeBartolo/Drucker collaboration of the issue, the parody of the now nearly-forgotten film Grand Prix . While  Grand Prix didn’t stay in the cultural consciousness, it does make sense why  MAD would parody it — the film was directed by the great John Frankenheimer and starred James Garner and Eva-Marie Saint. Unlike Star Trek , though, I’m completely unfamiliar with the “Grim Pix” source material.

Of course, that doesn’t matter, as the best  MAD spoofs don’t require you to have seen the movie. “Grim Pix” is, again, loaded with great gags. I particularly love how, as the story progresses, Mort Drucker ads more and more racing-style brand sponsorships on nearly everything . While I still don’t really care much about seeing  Grand Prix , “Grim Pix” is a funny, engaging spoof and another highlight for DeBartolo who is, to use an apt idiom, firing on all cylinders in this issue.

MAD’s Modern Believe It or Nuts! : Sadly, while Dick DeBartolo’s having a strong issue, Bob Clarke’s not so much. It’s not Clarke’s fault; his art is great as always, but his pieces this issue all reek of filler. A one-pager that ends the issue’s interiors, Arnie Kogen’s take on the  MAD recurring feature is weak. Some of it is due to sexist jokes that are incredibly dated now — how dare Kogen not write for the sensibilities of comic readers 50 years in the future! — but even the jokes that aren’t dated just fall flat.

The alligator is cute, though.

MAD Fold-In : The Fold-In is still relatively new, and Al Jaffee hadn’t put in the detail of his later works, so the gag is pretty easy to guess just from the unfolded image. Still, even Jaffee’s weaker Fold-Ins are still great and clever, and it feels unfair to blame him that a Fold-In from the first few years of the feature doesn’t compare with ones made after he’d perfected the format after 20 years. But I’ve always loved Jaffee’s paintings, and while not as complex as his later stuff, it’s still great

to look at.

I’m also amused by the slang terms that apparently  didn’t stick around, like “Isague” and “Gunge,” neither of which I’ve heard of in the context of drugs.

Finster Glints Ad : And finally, we reach the end, with a ad parody of… well, okay, I don’t know what the original ad was, and Google’s coming up empty. I think this piece would land better if I knew what the original ad was, though I can get the general gist.

I imagine the original ad was simply a fashion shoot of Yul Brynner in various sunglasses from, uh, whatever company hired him to model sunglasses. (Seriously, I have no idea what the original brand was.) Without the context, though, it’s a little weird since I’m not sure how cheap sunglasses would cause eye strain, since they’re just colored lenses. But maybe I’m just being naive and 1967 was awash in cases of sunglass-induced blindness.

Update:  Charlie Kadau pointed out the original campaign — they were for Foster Grants. He attached an example of the real ad:

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

1988 mad spoof: star blecch: the next degradation.

5 comments:

Great site - it's interesting to see snapshots like this of how the new show was perceived at the time.

That's what I like about it too. Also, MAD had a habit of really being able to indentify little things and make great gags out of them... in this case, the idea of a Star Trek series without conflict vs one built around it ;)

I'm watching TNG on Netflix and have been looking for this for weeks. Thanks for posting it.

FACT: I used to own this issue as a little kid, I don't have it any more. MAD Magazine and Star Trek are both treasured parts of my childhood. Thanks for posting this!

At the initial launch of ST TNG, I proposed promotion of its vastly developed Federation --- a civilized culture where EVERYTHING IS BEIGE! Especially the people.

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Watch ‘Star Blecch’ The Animated Mad Star Trek 2009 Parody + More Mad Trek fun

| October 16, 2010 | By: John Tenuto 55 comments so far

Mad takes on Star Trek 2009

The new Cartoon Network animated Mad series has taken on the 2009 Star Trek movie. Here is the full episode, with the "Star Blecch" spoof as the first bit after the credits.

Mad Star Trek

Mad Magazine has a long history of taking on Star Trek. The first "Star Blecch" parody was in Mad #115 in 1967. If you want to check it out, the website Star Trek animated has posted it frame-by-frame online .

Here is a famous photo of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy on the set of Star Trek checking out the Trek parody.

After that Mad Magazine continued their "Star Blecch" franchise through the years. The next time they took on Trek was when the show was having its big resurgence in syndication in the seventies, getting it onto the cover with "Mad Star Trek Musical" parody in Mad #186 (October 1976). Scans of the musical are available online at MyStarTrekScrapbook .

And Mad continued taking on Star Trek. Mad parodied all of the TV series except for Enterprise . Here is a breakdown of Star Trek TV series Mad parodies:

• TOS: Star Blecch (Mad #115 – December 1967)
• TNG: Star Blecch The Next Degradation (Mad #282 – October 1988)
• DS9: Star Blecch Deep Space Swine (Mad #321 – September 1993)
• VOY: Star Blecch Voyeur (Mad #339 – September 1995)

Mad has also been taking on the Star Trek feature films. Six Star Trek films had parodies inside magazines, here is a breakdown (note links for where MyStarTrekScrapbook has some scans online):

In addition both Star Trek VI and Star Trek: Generations had parodies inside special Star Trek editions of Mad Magazine, which compiled previous parodies. The two issues were:

The Mad Magazine inspired sketch comedy show MADtv also took on Star Trek a few times over the years, mostly. All of the sketches are available on YouTube, check them out below.

Mexican Star Trek

The Kirk and Spock Variety Hour

The Captain Kirk Show

Star Trek: Deep Stain Nine

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Thanks to Doug Gilford’s Mad Cover Site

Yikes…..that sketch was terrible….how could 3 and a bit minutes feel like 3 and a bit hours?

I’m referring to the first sketch…too tired to watch the others..

Anyone else watching Film 4’s star trek weekend? Cripes, it great to see how wonderful the movies still are…

Gosh these sketches are terrible.

They misspelled “Trekkin'” on that Mad magazine cover. (October 1976.)

It’s nice to know that so many people find humor in Trek.

In these humorless times, Trek parody can bring a light touch to life.

THAT SKETCH SUCKED BIG TIME!!! It was One of the Worst Sketches I’ve ever seen.

That is how the new movie was.

The Amok Time duel music!! Ala Disco! FTW!

So it’s basically an un-funny copy of Robot Chicken.

I had no idea they were still producing Mad Magazine.

Oh okay!…..it’s funny I laughed a bit…..just a little bit I confess!!!!

Oh ok. I t was a little funney. But I like the Spoof of Trek on In Living Color. That was funney. Of course everyone remembers the Sketch of the Shat on Sat night live where he said to Get a Life. Love that. But my Fav was with a Fat Sulu with Khan where the Big E Was Cited for Food Violations. Or when Picard was on with Star Trek the Next Gen Love Boat with a Fat Sulu.

I’m a lifelong Mad reader and collector, and I’ve always loved the Star Trek parodies!

Ive always loved Trek Parodies too but that TV with actor head cut outs sketch was not very funny at all. just mostly stupid…has this been on tv already?? No advertising for the show on cartoon network I guess…

They woulda been better off using regular animation in the styles of their comic magazine and also have the writers who actually can write something funny while spoofing it…

As someone else already mentions ROBOT CHICKEN does the same thing, far more creatively and far more funny as well with the toy stop motions they use….

Their Star Trek experience spoof was dead on and funny as hell…

AP you might want to get rid of that Digits ad – it plays a video and eats up a load of MB wether you want or not

Surprisingly unfunny.

Funny: “Mum’s the word. *ejected*”

Not funny: Everything else.

Star Trek: srs bsnss.

Wow. If Bob Orci says it is not funny then it is realy bad.

Ha ha ha, oh wow. I think the parody of the parody may have managed to improve on the original parody.

That was funny!

Really bad sketch….Ensign Sue-level bad.

The movie parodies are the best — the caricatures are superb, and I love all those little visual gags in the background, like the go-go dancer in the turbolift tube, or the lonely bowling ball pining for Ilia, or the search for anything that rhymes with Spock! :)

That was embarrassingly bad. Just stupid man.

So, props to CN and MAD for having Star Trek as one of the sketches, and it cracked me up at how accurate it is, but really? Ben 10? Uhura watches Ben 10? Even with Dwayne McDuffie writing in Ultimate Alien, I can’t pay attention while watching. Overall, I laughed, but MAD art bothers me overall and the animation style makes me think of that one show that used to come on HBO Family. And toilet/fart jokes? So last century.

I think what really bothered me was that Spock’s voice sounded like Roy Mustang from FMA and two of my fav characters mixed together didn’t really make me happy when I see their creepy big heads and small bodies.

Why even post the video. Is this site THAT slow for news it has to post this? Trekweb is leaving you in the dust, and that site still looks like it did in 1999.

Even if Trekweb posts more news (which is cool but their site is pretty cluttered), Trekmovie seems to have more people commenting on the main page and if that is any sign, I’m sure the forums are the same.

Yeah, that TrekWeb page really needs an overhaul.

I found it to be hilarious!

My older brother had copies of all those old Mad magazines, including the 1967 one. I remember reading them over and over way back when as a kid. The first time I read one, I recall being too young to be able to read all the words, but he wouldn’t read it to me. LOL! I was a Trek fan even then! Wonder whatever happened to them. :)

Why couldn’t the poll say “all of the above?”

Yep, agreed, not funny.

#28 right way to go! I too still have my Mad m. Star blechhh paradies since 1967. I believe I mentioned them a few months ago along with Spock @ kirk reading one on the filming set! I’m happy they brought these out of the moth balls for all to see and share. If mad would agree to consoludate all the paradies into one book that would be realy cool. Now to wath the videos! Memoies and laughing to come!

Wait. Chaceldon Presbyterian Church is closed because of snow? What about the blueberry pancake breakfast? This is a disaster!

ps- Lighten up, folks.

None of them were funny. But I gotta give them props on “The Captain Kirk Show” … They got the hair right.

i have nearly all these issues.

Back in the 60s-70s marvel comics had a humor mag called crazy–loved it i even had letters printed in it–also for comic fans marvel had not brand ecch–funny as hell with humor written n drawn by the likes of stan lee n jack kirby spiofing their own superheroes–was great-ahh the good ole days

Star Blecch is right. Not funny and just bleh.

Thanks, Anthony, for the kind links! Hope everyone enjoyed reading the posted Mad spoofs.

Re: #35, Jim, I have posted a couple of Crazy Trek spoofs… http://mystartrekscrapbook.blogspot.com/search/label/Crazy%20magazine The Cracked spoofs were fun also: http://mystartrekscrapbook.blogspot.com/search/label/Cracked%20magazine

#37 Frederick I give full kudos for preserving thes trek treasures from the paradies to all things trek with news clippings and such. I think its high time for Anthony to give you a tribute to you and your fab collectionn trust me I felt your agnst in parents thas or my father that was anti trek mom was cool about it. Thanks for the links and the great memories like taping trek on a cassete recorder. Those were great trekkie days! And Anthony thanks for this star Blecch!

I loved that “The Captain Kirk Show” got the Klingons right!

I actually loved those early days of MAD-TV. Very clever at a time when SNL had gone stale. I think Will Sasso (Kirk) is hilarious. Funny that he is now among the cast of “Crap My Dad Said” with the Shat.

Re: #38, Losira, Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Anthony has done very well by me already, he awarded the blog “Best New Fan Site for 2008,” which was quite an honor; and he regularly links to stuff there that has relevance or interest. I’m grateful!

Cool Frederick. Thanks for the Crazy Spoofs links…Been a lonnng time…I still have my collection somewhere molding away at my folks garage sigh ahahah

My two favorite childhood memories….Mad Magazine and Star Trek!!!

I still have that Mad Star Trek Musical!

Just wanted to pipe in and say “Enterprise” DID have a parody in Mad Magazine (Issue No. 420 “Endless-Prize”). Just a little FYI. I’m a huge fan, have been since I was a kid.

P.S. They also parodied Star Trek’s V, VI, and VII (as a part of the Star Trek Saga in the Trek Super Special).

ohmogaree biteo mr mugato?

Re: Mad I Should clarify: ST V was a two page parody, STVI was a full parody, and STVII was part of “Star Trek Saga” in the all Trek Super Special.

I would give my left arm if someone has a link to a hi-res version of that pic of Nimoy and Shatner reading Mad Magazine.

Or at least someone’s left arm.

What is amazing is how accurately prescient the last panel of the 1976 parody is, showing the young boy watching Kirk & Spock on the living room furniture t.v. set, then the adult watching the same scene on a spherical Panasonic set from the ’70s, then the old man in his wheelchair watching the same scene of his heroes on a flatscreen from his wheelchair. I read that when it first appeared and recognized myself in it immediately — and the truth of it is proved every single day, all around the world.

Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (pictorial)

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The following are Star Trek parodies and references in pictorial literature.

• 1 After Eden
• 2 Baby Blues
• 3 Calvin and Hobbes
• 4 Chief O'Brien at Work
• 5 Centaurus
• 6 Coffee With Jesus
• 7 DC Comics
• 10 Donald Duck
• 11 Ensign Sue Must Die!
• 13 Geeks & Greeks
• 14 General Protection Fault (GPF)
• 16 The Hitchhiker's Guide to Star Trek, the Next Generation
• 17 Jump Leads
• 18 The Book of Bunny Suicides
• 19 De Kiekeboes
• 21 Les Naufragés d'Ythaq
• 22 Least I Could Do
• 23 Mad Magazine
• 24.2 Fantastic Four
• 25 Megatokyo
• 26 Mother Goose and Grimm
• 27 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (IDW Comics)
• 28 Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary
• 30 Pardon My Planet
• 32 Penny Arcade
• 34 Prayer Pups
• 36 Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
• 37 Sev Trek
• 38 The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford
• 39 Snippers
• 40 Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series
• 41 Suske en Wiske
• 42 Star Wars
• 44 Tales From Salonbay: Adventures in Xenocosmetology
• 45 Thatababy
• 46 The Technopriests
• 47 The World God Only Knows
• 49 Y The Last Man

After Eden [ ]

"Kirk or Picard?"

A creationist comic by Dan Lietha.

In one cartoon, a kid asks a creationist whether he likes Kirk or Picard.

Baby Blues [ ]

A comic featuring the McPherson family.

After Hammie (around 7 or 8 years old) tries to sign up for a dating service online, his father, Daryl, says he's changing the computer's parental controls from "stun" to "vaporize".

January 15 2018: Wanda describes Zoe and Hammie as having been "going at warp speed all day" (running around really fast)

Calvin and Hobbes [ ]

January 25, 1987: After losing to Hobbes in a game of checkers, Calvin accuses the tiger by saying, " You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mind-meld to make me lose! "

June 15, 1987: While imagining having found a magic carpet, Calvin says, " Ok, rug, warp factor five! "

Chief O'Brien at Work [ ]

A Star Trek inspired webcomic primarily focusing on the presumed loneliness of transporter chief Miles O'Brien during his tenure on the Enterprise -D. [1]

Centaurus [ ]

Centaurus is a French language series about a generation ship reaching its destination. It is a collaboration between several high profile sci-fi BD creators, Leo, Rodolphe, and Janjetov. At the climax of the third album of the French language series, "Terre de folie", a control center is with many screens depicting star charts. Among them is The Explored Galaxy . Artist Zoran Janjetov has previously incorporated elements from Star Trek as interfaces in a similar manner in a previous series, The Technopriests .

Coffee With Jesus [ ]

In the January 4th, 2017 comic, Jesus encourages man to explore the heavens by saying "Boldly go." .

DC Comics [ ]

Over the years, DC comics artist have included multiple visual homages to Star Trek in their art. In the 1970s, one member of the Green Lantern Corps was recognizable as being a Vulcan. [2] In the 1990s, backgrounds in both "Legion of Super Heroes" and "Legionnaires" included recognizably Star Trek -inspired ships.

In the 1986 MASK comic miniseries, the first panel of issue 1, shows characters on the deck of aircraft carrier USS Hancock CV 19, . A piece of equipment on the carrier's deck has NCC 1701, written on it though.

Dilbert [ ]

Dilbert is a popular newspaper comic featuring an engineer called Dilbert and satirizing corporate and office culture. There is also an animated series, which also features a number of Star Trek references. ( documented here )

The comic for August 19, 1993 has a mind-reading Dogbert discovering that all the company employees care for are romance, ski trips and Star Trek . [3]

The comic for August 21, 1993 mentions the Vulcan death grip . [4]

The comic for December 13, 1993 has a customer asking if a product will be capable of detecting tachyon field emissions. Dilbert notes that he's confusing the company with Star Trek again, but when a salesperson promises to include it in the next update, Dilbert thinks " Beam me up, Spock , there's no life on this planet ". [5]

The comic for July 25, 1994 has Dilbert remarking that it seems unnatural for him to have an actual girlfriend, because when the captain on Star Trek falls in love, the women always dies in an unlikely accident. [6]

The comic for October 14, 1994 has Dogbert predicting that holodecks will doom society. [7]

The comic for March 3, 1996 has Dilbert interviewing a potential new employee. When she looks right through his attempt to portray company culture in a positive light, he panics, his inner thoughts being " My shields are down... a hull breach is imminent ". Later Wally also independently identifies Dilbert's state as a hull breach. [8]

The comic for March 20, 1996 has Alice ordering Asok into what she claims is a Jefferies tube , where he gets stuck. She explains he is about to learn that life is not like Star Trek . [9]

The comic for October 9, 1996 has Dilbert saying " Resistance if futile. You will be assimilated. " [10]

The comic for January 15, 1997 sees Bill Gates' house coming to Dilbert's house yelling "prepare for assimilation" after he accidentally agrees to be Bill Gates' towel boy by not reading a software license. [11]

The comic for November 15, 1997 has Dogbert recalling a story in which Dilbert yelled " I'm an engineer, not a diamond cutter, dang it! ". [12]

The comic for July 7, 2003 has Carol sarcastically responding to the request that she print out the company website and put it into a binder for easy reference that she will also translate it in Klingon to make it even easier. [13]

The comic for May 3, 2005 has a character asking Dilbert which of the Star Trek seasons he liked best. [14]

The comic for November 19, 2009 has Dilbert describing a consultant with pointed ears as a "Spock-eared sociopath". [15]

The comic for January 12, 2011 mentions pon farr , which Dilbert claims affects Vulcans and engineers. Dilbert and Alice are both seen to experience it. [16]

The comic for January 13, 2011 again mentions Dilbert and his college Alice being on the same pon farr cycle. [17]

Dirkjan [ ]

Dirkjan is a popular Dutch short gag series. The eight album, simply called "DirkJan 8", contains a sizable selection of science fiction themed gags, the majority referencing the original Star Trek . Several characters are translated into original series crewmembers, and gags include feature Klingons, cloaking devices (in the form of hiding your ship behind bushes), Borg (who have developed peculiar speech patterns after assimilating a smurf) transporter accidents, the series writer appearing as a Q like entity, and more.

Donald Duck [ ]

The Donald Duck story "Beam Me Up, Mr. Fargone", ( D 97619 ) written by Kari Korhonen and drawn by Vicar , is a spoof of Star Trek , particularly the fandom, conventions and merchandise. The story is set in a science fiction convention. Some of the items sold at the convention include a wooden log labeled "Captain's Log" and a Vulcan ear labeled "Final Front Ear". The creator of the series lives in seclusion, and in a video shown in the convention, tells the interviewers to get a life .

Ensign Sue Must Die! [ ]

A Star Trek inspired web comic that draws primarily from the events of the alternate reality movies. The basic premise is that a Mary Sue character who has newly transferred causes mayhem for the crew of the Enterprise . This cartoon has several crossovers with characters from various other films, shows (including The Next Generation ), and books, including those portrayed by Star Trek actors. [18]

FoxTrot [ ]

" Redshirt " Christmas cookies

The comic Foxtrot has made fun of Star Trek numerous times and the youngest member of the family, Jason, is an avid Trek fan. Contemporary real-world happenings in the Star Trek franchise sometimes serve as the basis for the stories; for example, all the Foxtrot strips for November 14-19, 1994 focus on the theatrical release of Star Trek Generations .

In one comic, Jason makes Christmas cookie red shirts. In another, one of his product suggestions for beef jerky is "beef Kirky", jerky in the shape of Kirk's Enterprise . [19]

Jason had sung Aktuh and Maylota in the shower at least once, making his parents think he was dying.

Geeks & Greeks [ ]

The graphic novel Geeks & Greeks contains various references to Star Trek , including Captain Kirk, " The Gamesters of Triskelion ", " Whom Gods Destroy ", the Gorn , and red-shirted crew members. [20]

General Protection Fault (GPF) [ ]

The comic General Protection Fault contains various references to Star Trek and Trekkies, among them to " In a Mirror, Darkly ". [21]

Gutters [ ]

A web comic that pocks fun at the comic industry, Gutters has made a joke or two based on the Star Trek line of comics:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Star Trek, the Next Generation [ ]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Star Trek, the Next Generation is an Internet cross of Star Trek and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . [22] It was written by David T. Lu and Mickey McCarter. An HTML version of it was made available in 2011. [23]

Jump Leads [ ]

The webcomic Jump Leads has referenced Star Trek several times, from mention of a hypothetical "goatee-toutin' doppelgänger" in the first issue, "Training Day", to characters and locations named after actors involved with the production of the various shows, right up to the tenth issue, entitled " The Voyage Home ", which features cover art that pays homage to the poster for the movie. [24]

The Book of Bunny Suicides [ ]

This book is a collection of cartoons about suicidal rabbits, includes one cartoon in which a bunny places itself on a transporter next to what appears to be Kirk and Spock, but positions itself half inside and half outside the beam so that when the transporter energizes, only half of it is transported.

De Kiekeboes [ ]

De Kiekeboes is a popular Dutch language Belgian comic book series, which despite having a mostly realistic modern day setting has on occasion flirted with science fiction inspired plot elements.

One such elements is the appearance of a holodeck in the album "De truken van Defhoor". The holodeck functions much like the ones in Star Trek , and visually looks like the ones aboard the Enterprise -D.

The now-defunct Hungarian version of Mad Magazine featured a three-issue parody of Star Trek: The Next Generation , entitled Star Tok , in 1999. [25]

Les Naufragés d'Ythaq [ ]

In the twelfth album of this French science fiction comic, "Les Clefs du Néant", a spaceship is commanded by a captain that looks like a slightly gritty version of Spock .

Least I Could Do [ ]

The web comic Least I Could Do makes various references to Star Trek , and all other manner of science fiction, throughout the series. These can be seen at their website or in the book collections.

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Mad Magazine [ ]

Mad Magazine (#115, December 1967) had a parody of Star Trek called "Star Blecch!". [26] The title alteration followed two parodies of the films and spin-off series. [27] The October 1976 issue (#186) featured a musical parody called "Keep On Trekkin'", with Kirk , Spock , and Alfred E. Neuman dancing on the cover [28] ; thirty-five years later, in June 2011 (#509), that image would appear at the end of Dancing With The Star Wars (a Dancing with the Stars satire using Star Wars characters) advertising a similar Trek treatment the next week - but Kirk and Spock now have the faces of Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto , to which a senile-looking William Shatner , sitting in a motorized scooter onstage, takes great offense. Kirk appeared again, " green woman " in tow, in the very next issue (#510), one of many well-known "captains" (including Morgan , Sparrow , Kangaroo , Sullenberger , and Ahab ) to whom upcoming film subject Captain America is compared unfavorably; the character's likeness is once again that of TOS-era Shatner. The October 1983 issue (#242) includes a parody of Star Wars : Episode VI Return of the Jedi , in which Spock appears in the background of the final panel. The magazine will frequently insert Trek references into stories with Trek actors: for example, the beginning of the Samantha Who? parody in the May 2008 issue showed Tim Russ 's character with Vulcan ears and a Starfleet combadge on his jacket (a later scene showed two Trekkies ogling the main character, played by Christina Applegate), while in a June 2003 parody of the X-Men film X2 , Professor X ( Patrick Stewart ), asked how he could stand to be around so many "mutants", replies that, after enough Star Trek conventions, it was easy – or other science-fiction franchises: Worf , Quark , Odo , and Morn could be seen in the background in various parts of a May 1995 X-Files parody, while the beginning of an April 1998 spoof of Alien Resurrection showed a group of famous sci-fi aliens concealed in pods behind the main characters: one of them is Spock , clearly looking in the direction of his mother . Mad has recognized Trek 's contributions - on the cover of the November 2002 issue, celebrating the magazine's 50th Anniversary, the fifty different images used to create "5" and "0" include Alfred E. Neuman as a Vulcan (from the "Keep On Trekkin'" cover) and a Ferengi .

The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters appeared on the cover of issue 115 in September 1993. [29]

Marvel Comics [ ]

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Marvel included Star Trek -inspired characters and artwork depicting members of the Shi Ar Empire, most notably "Captain K'rrk", commander of a multi-species crewed Shi'ar vessel. Their uniforms were depicted in the Trek service division (Command, Science, Operations) colors, using the original lime/olive green for Command. K'rrk, like his Trek inspiration, was promoted to admiral later in his career.

In the late '90s-early 2000s, another Shi'ar captain was introduced as Captain P'crrd. In keeping with his namesake, he was bald.

After their introduction to the Shi Ar, the X-Men incorporated "hard light" technology into their Danger Room training environment, rendering it functionally equivalent to a holodeck .

In one issue of Excalibur , the character Peter Wisdom makes fun of Professor Xavier by being pushed around in a wheelchair and wearing a bald cap, spouting out various Xavier-originated phrases before saying " Make it so! ", one of Picard's catchphrases. Ironically, this issue came out long before Patrick Stewart was cast as Xavier.

Fantastic Four [ ]

In issue #275 of Fantastic Four Vol. 1, entitled "The Naked Truth", the character Johnny Storm references the mishap concerning the coloring testing with Majel Barrett Roddenberry in TOS : " The Cage " when he reveals that naked photos of his then-teammate She-Hulk had been unwittingly color-corrected to a non-descript brunette female because the photographer didn't tell anyone who the pictures were of.

Megatokyo [ ]

The Megatokyo comic 1337 has a reference to redshirts .

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Mother Goose and Grimm [ ]

This comic has several references to Star Trek , including Spock summoning McCoy to the bridge because Kirk had knocked himself silly after setting the laser printer on stun.

The April 6th, 1995 comic shows Captain Kirk reading a letter with Spock near him. The caption states: Once again Capt. Kirk gets turned down for a cabinet post because he hired an alien... The film Star Trek: First Contact which was released in November 1996, states April 5th is First Contact Day

The [June 5th, 1996 comic] shows Mother Goose taping up Grimm's ears, so they stand up like other Bull Terrier dogs. Grimm looks at the audience, brings his paw up in the shape of a Vulcan salute & says "Live Long & Prosper."

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (IDW Comics) [ ]

In Issue #2, Pinkie Pie finds a pony skull in the Appleloosan Mountains and it names it "Mr. Bones", due to the skull having Leonard McCoy 's hair style. Though this is referenced to the late DeForest Kelley .

In Issue #3, Fluttershy's line, " The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few " is a line from Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .

In Issue #9, Princess Luna's shapeshifting t-shirt gains an Starfleet emblem during the race event with Big Macintosh.

In Issue #10, there are some ponies that resemble James T. Kirk and Spock , a gray pony that resembles Bilar tells them, " Joy to you friends! Come for the festival are ya? "; this is a reference to the episode " The Return of the Archons ".

In Issue #11, in the basement were Shining Armor plays a game similar to Dungeons & Dragons with his friends, there is a poster that has a Constitution -class refit, possible the USS Enterprise , and the title is "Star Trot II", an obviously reference to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .

In Issue # 16, Rainbow Dash's imagination drops them straight onto the pony version of Star Trek: The Original Series . Naturally, she's Kirk, Twilight Sparkle is Spock, and Rarity is Uhura. There's also a pony version of Yeoman Rand in the background of one shot.

In Issue # 25, when Rainbow Dash asks Twilight Sparkle why Spike isn't carrying Rarity's bags, she tells her that he is currently at a Pony Trek convention.

In Issue # 41, "Rainbow Dash and the Very Bad Day", Zecora's cottage is shown to have a book containing Vulcan script , or a script modeled after it.

In Issue # 71, Bon Bon's Nightmare Night costume is a classic Redshirt uniform.

In Issue # 75, Qo'NoS and Praxis as well as Wolf 359 appeared on a list of planets in the "Andalusian" star system.

In the Micro-Series #10, there are several references in the next order: Princess Luna's pet opossum is named Tiberius, a possible reference to James T. Kirk , during the conference, an Earth pony has a cutie mark with the Starfleet emblem, and at the fair page, there is an airship with the number "1701", referencing the registry number of the USS Enterprise .

In Friends Forever Issue #2, among the various scenarios that Discord puts the CMC through includes a full-on take of Star Trek: The Next Generation .

It has the Cutie Mark Crusaders (Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle) dressed up as Riker, La Forge, and Picard, respectively, and were seen on the bridge of the USS Enterprise . Rarity's cat, Opal, is dressed up as a TNG-era Romulan . When she attacks, Scootaloo shouts that they should " Split the ship in half ". Discord is seen at the end of that portion, dressed in Q 's judge outfit from " Encounter at Farpoint ", musing where he had seen this before.

In The Movie: Prequel Issue #4, The Mane 6, Spike, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna appeared on the cover, a parody of The Motion Picture poster.

Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary [ ]

• A Ferengi appears in Chapter 32, and Sisko and Garak appear at a table in the background of one panel.
• In chapter 36, there's a teacher named Picar-sensei who looks exactly like Jean-Luc. In another chapter, Hitomi and her father see a movie called "Star Track" with a ship identical to the Enterprise on the poster.

The 1980s UK children's comic Oink! featured a Star Trek parody photostory, "Star Truck", in its issue dated 31 May 1986. The story concerns the crew of the Star Truck Enterpies : Captain Slog, engineer Jock (with kilt and tam o'shanter), and science officer Sock, in pursuit of Jerm, a chicken-headed humanoid with powers of mind control which he intends to use to conquer Earth. The pursuit causes the characters to pop up in several other strips scattered throughout the issue, before Jerm is finally cornered and regressed to an egg by Sock's time warp ray.

The story, translated into German (and also colorized), subsequently appeared in the first issue of the short-lived German licensed version of the comic, Dr Ruebenschwein's Oink! .

A second adventure, "Star Truck II: The Search For Sock", appeared in The Oink! Book 1988 .

Pardon My Planet [ ]

Yet another redo of Kirk "going where no man has gone before." [30]

Peanuts [ ]

The February 28, 1972 edition of the Peanuts comic strip involves Linus saying Snoopy should think he'd get bored just sitting on top of his doghouse all day, to which Snoopy replied with " On the contrary. Who could get bored flying the starship Enterprise ? "

Penny Arcade [ ]

The web comic Penny Arcade make various references to Star Trek throughout the series. These can be seen at their website , or in their book collections.

• Annservice, Part Four
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Pokémon [ ]

In the second chapter of the manga The Electric Tale of Pikachu , a loose adaptation of the animated series, Ash mentions that his Pikachu's name is " Jean-Luc Pikachu ". Pikachu is also seen to be wearing a Starfleet combadge in the panel in question.

Prayer Pups [ ]

Prayer Pups is a Christian comic featuring dogs.

Nim has a Klingon phrase book.

The web comic Player vs. Player make various references to Star Trek , most notably Star Trek: The Original Series , throughout the series. These can be seen at their website , or in their book collections, of which book five is titled "Treks On".

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• I'm A Doctor, Not A Veterinarian

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [ ]

This popular webcomic has referenced Star Trek several times.

In one 2011 comic, [31] the bonus joke accessed by the red button has a geek ineptly trying to diffuse an awkward situation arising from having different favorite Star Wars movies by mentioning "because all of Star Trek is great".

In a 2014 comic, [32] two kids explore the ethical questions arising from using the transporter, based on the assumption that a transported being would be killed and a clone created elsewhere. They ponder a number of scenarios, and then conclude that while they don't have answers now, " this is the kind of stuff you get all figured out by the time you're a grownup ".

Sev Trek [ ]

Sev Trek by John Cook, is a web comic parody of Star Trek (as well as many other popular sci-fi shows) from The Original Series to Enterprise . [33] It even spawned a computer animated "episode" of Sev Trek : TNG .

The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford [ ]

When Joker and Rafter Man first meet the Lusthog Squad, they're at a movie theater watching George Takei 's movie The Green Berets , where George is described as " Mr. Sulu ."

Snippers [ ]

Snippers (meaning snippets) is a comic that appears daily in the Dutch newspaper Metro . In one comic, included in the fifth collection album, two people find a toy robot dropped in a park and contemplate the child that is crying at this very moment. In the next panel, a huge geek is seen crying in a room filled with various science fiction merchandise, including what appears to be a Star Trek poster.

Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series [ ]

In the Knuckles the Echidna and Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series' produced by Archie Comics, the Echidna character Moonwatcher can be seen wearing a uniform that closely resembles the operations division TNG Starfleet uniforms . Furthermore, with the VISOR -like device over his eyes, he is quite similar in appearance to Geordi La Forge . A later issue introduced the "Battle Cruiser", a massive flying ship used by the Echidna group the Dark Legion. Its designs mimic those of the Klingon Bird-of-Prey , D'deridex -class , and Galaxy -class ships.

It should be noted that both instances were created by Ken Penders , who worked on Star Trek comics in the past.

Suske en Wiske [ ]

This is a long-running and very popular Belgian comic book series, of which a handful of albums have been translated under various titles in English (though none of the ones mentioned below).

In the album "De Verradelijke Vinson", a dog which has infiltrated the underground base of a mad scientist thinks that it looks like a space base, something he has seen on TV on something called "Stardrek" (which translates to something like star muck.)

The album "De Tikkende Tinkan" shows at one point various spaceships crashing down all over the world. One frame shows a ship very similar to the original Enterprise crashed into the Eiffel Tower .

Also, the album "Het Lederen Monster" features the usage of a holodeck greatly resembling the one aboard Voyager .

Star Wars [ ]

The pre-refit USS Enterprise also made a cameo appearance in the Star Wars comic A Death Star is Born . Also, in the comic book adaptation for the Star Wars novel "Dark Force Rising," a boy on the planet Jomark can be seen holding a model of the Enterprise ( Kirk , Spock , and McCoy are also in the frame).

Storm is a Dutch-British pulp science fiction comic book most popular in the Netherlands. The album "The Robots of Far Sied" has Storm saying " beam me up Scotty " as he prepares to be digitized.

Tales From Salonbay: Adventures in Xenocosmetology [ ]

A Star Trek inspired webcomic. The main character, Moxie Magnus, is a hairstylist and makeup artist on the Enterprise . Most of the comics feature Moxie offering beauty tips to the various aliens the crew encounters or annoying the crewmembers. [34] (X)

Thatababy [ ]

24 December 2022 's comic shows a Spock elf having transported gifts under a Christmas tree, and reporting to Santa sitting in a captain's chair. [35]

The Technopriests [ ]

In the first issue of this comic book, a few visual references to Star Trek are made. A computer displays a LCARS interface, and later the uniforms of the Techo-pre-school have a remarkable resemblence to original series uniforms.

The World God Only Knows [ ]

During Chapter 216 of the Manga "The World God Only Knows", Keima wears a uniform resembling one of starfleet when trying to convince Urara he's an alien.

The web comic xkcd is well-known for its references to geek culture, so it should come at no surprise that it has referenced Star Trek on a number of occasions.

"Impostor" [36] has a character asking a linguist if Klingon is in the Finno-Ugric language family .

"Quantum Teleportation" [37] has a researcher lamenting that that the press always connects quantum teleportation research to the transporter from Star Trek , and then always write the same disappointed story when they find out it is not the same thing.

"House of Pancakes" [38] mentions the closing of the Star Trek Experience .

"Height" [39] is a logarithmic map of the observable universe, which shows both real and fictional objects. Included are the edge of Federation Sector 001 and the Romulan Neutral Zone .

"Base System" [40] explains the Baseball metaphors for sex . "Downloading Star Trek fan fiction and replacing Riker's name with your Crush's" is depicted as out of play.

"Numbers" [41] charts the number of Google results for certain phrases with certain numbers inserted (for example; I'm <x> and have never had a boyfriend"). Among the sentences charted is "There are <x> lights", referencing the famous scene from " Chain Of Command, Part II ".

"Darmok and Jalad" [42] is a parody of the episode " Darmok ", and features Picard and Troi.

"Star Trek into Darkness" [43] concerned an epic Wikipedia talk page discussion concerning the question if the "Into" in Star Trek Into Darkness should be capitalized.

"Interstellar Memes" [44] charts how far certain memes would have traveled given "speed-of-light delay". According to the comic, "Live long and prosper" might have made it to HD 211415 by now, while "Resistance is futile" would have reached Vega .

"Questions" [45] shows questions found using Google autocomplete. One of them is "Why are there two Spocks?", seemingly referencing the alternate reality .

"Data" [46] has a character proclaim that after Kirk and Picard, the most popular Star Trek character are Data to annoy a grammar pedant.

"Santa" [47] has a character using the phrase "the needs of the many..."

"Bracket" [48] mentions Spock (as well as in an unrelated section, Chris Pine).

"Gnome Ann" [49] shows part of the legend of Gnome Ann involving a ship reminiscent of the original Enterprise , stating "Our mission, to boldly go where Gnome Ann has gone before".

Y The Last Man [ ]

In issue #27, Yorick and Agent 355 walk in the street of San Francisco. Yorick comments that the city doesn't completely suck and says that it is no wonder that the Federation of Planets choose it as its HQ location. Agent 355 doesn't understand his comment, and thinks that it is a Star Wars reference.

The September 28, 2011 edition of the Ziggy comic strip involves a transporter mishap, with a request to Scotty for assistance being heard coming from Ziggy's toilet.

Ziggy cartoon for February 22, 2015. [50]

Ziggy cartoon for May 10, 2015. [51]

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Mad spoof of "the wrath of khan".

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Update: a personal note... sometimes as I backtrack links that lead to this site, I see they come from discussion boards where they are talking about something I've posted. The comments go on for pages, sometimes. But here on the actual blog, sometimes there are no comments left at all! So, if you like a post, leave a comment! It helps me to judge how my readers are enjoying the blog. If I see no comments, I assume my visitors aren't liking it, and that doesn't give me much incentive to post more very quickly. So, if you like the post, leave a comment and let me know, and you'll get even more, and more often!

5 comments:

Im loving your blog. I check it every day. Keep up the good work :)

Pnapples, Thanks for the kind comment! It's good to hear from you.

I remember reading this when first published. I esp liked the 'leaving drydock' joke- "'Total Automated Dock Departure' Button and 'Audio Up' Button".

Thanks for posting the screenshots of Uhura. I cannot get enough of Uhura - she is the sexiest thing I have ever seen! Spent many a time screenshotting her beautiful face in various TOS episodes ...

Vince, Thanks for the comment, I agree wholeheartedly! I have been entranced by her for over 30 years!

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Star trek: the next generation / cover / 1 page (report information).

Most Illogical (Table of Contents: 1)

Star trek / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information), [no title indexed] (table of contents: 2), credits, title page / 1 page (report information), the star trek saga (table of contents: 3), trek war dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information), star trek the outtakes (table of contents: 4), the cutting room flaw dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information), star blecch: deep space swine (table of contents: 5), off the beaten trek dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information), star blecch vi: the uninspired continuation (table of contents: 6), geriatreks dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information), william shakespeare... movie critic (table of contents: 7), to see or not to see dept. / photo story / 1 page (report information), star blecch: the next degradation (table of contents: 8), abandon hope, all ye who enterprise dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information), star blecch v the farcical frontier (table of contents: 9), up to their old treks again dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information), indexer notes.

Only the first page of the story is reprinted.

Star Blecch IV: The Voyage Bombs (Table of Contents: 10)

Humpback to the future dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information), star trek the outtakes (table of contents: 11), star blecch iii: the search for plot (table of contents: 12), a trivial pursuit dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information), star blecch ii the wreck of korn (table of contents: 13), profitable enterprise dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information), star blecch, the (gacck) motion picture (table of contents: 14), another waste of space dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information), star trek the outtakes (table of contents: 15), keep on trekkin': the mad "star trek" musical (table of contents: 16), spock 'n' roll dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information).

Mort Drucker draws two of the crew on page 5 in the style of Don Martin. This is a homage to Drucker's original parody of Star Trek, in which the castaway Star Fleet scientist was also drawn in the style of Don Martin.

Star Trek the Outtakes (Table of Contents: 17)

Star blecch (table of contents: 18), waste of space dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information).

The leader of the planetary council is drawn in the style of Mad artist Don Martin. Charlie Brown makes a cameo flying a kite in deep space.

Nothing but Head (Table of Contents: 19)

Cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information), keep on trekkin' (table of contents: 20).

Star Blecch, 'Mad Magazine' #115, December 1967, pp. 4-8

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The Alfred E. Neuman et al Collection

Most of the Star Trek television series and films have been parodied by the usual gang of idiots at Mad. The first part of this list focuses on the issues with these parodies. Only a few of the magazines featured Star Trek cover art. Visit Doug Gilford's MAD Cover Site and MADtrash.com for more MADness!

Other issues of Mad feature Star Trek cameos and gags, or reprint the original parodies. Over and over again. This is not a complete list.

These issues of international editions of Mad feature Star Trek cover art that wasn't seen in the US edition.

Mad original art is a sought after commodity, often found in auction catalogs.

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'Star Trek' Says Goodbye and Thank You to MAD Magazine

It's time to bid farewell to MAD, which parodied 'Trek' many times over the years.

StarTrek.com / MAD Magazine

The saying goes that "All good things must come to an end." Star Trek ended once upon a time, and came back stronger than ever. And we can all hope the same for the print edition MAD Magazine, the iconic humor magazine that debuted in 1952 and will reportedly conclude its 67-year run in the coming weeks. Star Trek , of course, was often lampooned on the pages of MAD as Star Blecch , beginning back in the day when The Original Series stars William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy opened Mad Magazine issue #115 (December 1967) while on location shooting a TOS episode (likely "A Private Little War"). We were partial to the musical interpretations, particularly the one sung to the tune of "Send in the Clowns".

To tip our cap to MAD, Alfred E. Neuman and the magazine's many genius writers and artists, StarTrek.com thought we'd share some iconic Trek -themed MAD covers and features.

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Cover by Mort Drucker. Stories and art by Don Martin, Dick DeBartolo, Henry Clark, Arnie Kogen, Don (Duck) Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Richard Williams, Paul Coker, Jr., George Woodbridge, Jack Rickard, Mort Drucker, and Sergio Aragones. A one-shot MAD special collecting all of its various Star Trek spoofs over the years. A previously unpublished parody of Star Trek Generations (movie 7) with art by Sergio Aragones. Reprints of the other Star Trek movie parodies, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Don Martin, among others. Mad's original Star Blecch TV spoof, parodies of Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, and a Mad Star Trek musical. One-page "mini-posters" of past Mad Star Trek covers. Plus William Shakespeare as a movie reviewer. The Star Trek Saga / Generations; Star Trek - The Outtakes; Star Blecch Deep Space Swine; Star Blecch VI - The Uninspired Continuation; William Shakespeare...Movie Critic; Star Blecch - The Next Degradation; Star Blecch V - The Farcical Frontier; Star Blecch IV The Voyage Bombs; Star Trek - The Outtakes; Star Blecch III - The Search For Plot; Star Blech II - The Wreck of Korn; Star Blecch - The (GACCK!) Motion Picture; Star Trek - The Outtakes; Keep on Trekin'; Star Blecch; Off Saturn, Around Jupiter. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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