Today would’ve been Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s 102nd birthday, author Dayton Ward notes on his blog.
“I would hope there are bright young people, growing up all the time, will bring to [Star Trek] levels and areas that were beyond me, and I don’t feel jealous about that at all,” Roddenberry said in 1988. “It’ll go on without any of us, and get better and better and better. That really is the human condition–to improve.”
“Thank you, Mr. Roddenberry,” said Dayton, “for giving us such a wonderful sandbox in which to play and dream.”
Happy Birthday, Gene Roddenberry.
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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