by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief
Official Description:
From New York Times-bestselling author Sam Maggs (Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars) comes a new ongoing series unveiling the past of one of Starfleet’s most celebrated officers: Captain Jean-Luc Picard! Before becoming the Federation’s finest, Jean-Luc was an ordinary student at Starfleet Academy with sights on the stars. His path forward was charted: blow his classmates out of the water on the infamous Evasive Maneuvers exam and graduate early. But there’s a detail Cadet Picard hadn’t factored into his plan: the exam was a group project and he’d need to make friends with, ugh, people if he stood a chance at passing. Federation starships aren’t run by a party of one, after all!
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As a lifelong Star Trek fan, I have really enjoyed all of the Star Trek comics since IDW Publishing started publishing them. Star Trek: Picard Academy is the latest such new title to launch and it’s a bit different. This release is drawn by Greco Ornella in a very manga/anime type style and while it does lend itself to an Academy type environment, I felt it was a bit odd. What I mean is that I’m used to seeing Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation with its ’80s-’90s chic, and then more recently with Star Trek: Picard’s contemporary aesthetic. The looks of the rest of IDW Publishing’s Star Trek comics lean very close to the looks of the shows and movies from which the characters therein are drawn and this is far from it.
That said, this is a fun little romp that looks like it’s for kids but doesn’t eschew swear words. And it’s Star Trek. And it has Boothby and Professor Galen. And…Spock? Okay, I’m in. I gotta read Star Trek: Picard Academy #2 to find out where this cliffhanger goes. LLAP until next month!
Rating: 
ComicsOnline gives Star Trek: Picard Academy #1 – 3.5/5 Kobayshi Marus.
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