Hermes Press publisher Dan Herman believes that the strength of the original newspaper strip is “its great sci-fi tales, characters, and its vision of the future — it’s a great tradition to draw on and this new series will pay homage to the classic version of the newspaper strip.”
"When Dan casually asked me whether I had any interest in reviving BUCK ROGERS, my reaction was first physical--genuine goose bumps--followed by complete delight at the thought of paying back a concept that was so utterly seminal in my thinking about our medium and our field."
Chaykin will be at Hermes Press’ booth on Friday July 13, from 2-4 to talk about the new series. Hermes Press will also have a “Buck Rogers, Past, Present, and Future” panel on Friday, July 13 from 6:00-7:00 PM in room 4. In addition to Chaykin, the panel will include: Flint Dille (his father and grandfather published the strip), to talk about the strip’s past; Erin Gray (Buck Rogers’ Wilma Deering) to talk about the TV series; and publisher Daniel Herman to talk about reprints of the classic newspaper strip, plans to reprint the TV tie-in comics from the US and England and, of course, plans for the all new BUCK ROGERS. A free promotional poster (by Chaykin) will be given away only at the panel.
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