![]() Working his way up through the lower ranks of professional fighting, he became the Chattanooga area's first Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor when he earned the call to be included on the Fight Night 220 card in Las Vegas on Feb. The Pisgah, Alabama, native - who also has family in Lookout Valley - found both direction and an outlet for his anger inside the MMA octagon. There's a reason I'm not in the ground or in jail, and it wasn't until I finally gave it all to God that he showed me my purpose in life." I had a lot of anger inside of me, and I was in constant misery emotionally for years. "I thought I was either invincible or destined to die before I was 21, and I was going to find out which. "From drinking and drugs, to giving the cops a few chases on those backroads, to rehab and sitting in a jail cell, nothing and nobody could stop me. ![]() "I should be dead already," said the 28-year-old Peek. Instead, after years spent running from the law and the Lord, Peek's miraculous turnaround has set him on a path toward a promising future inside a 30-by-6 Mixed Martial Arts cage. I'm very happy with how the book has been coming together.Everyone who knew him best - from close family members to the sheriff's deputies in northeast Alabama's Jackson and DeKalb counties - was certain Trevor Peek was destined to spend his days inside a 35-square-foot jail cell. It has its own visual identity, which is wonderful. I was also thrilled because it looks different from other "Trek" comics currently being published. When the colors first came in I couldn't believe what I was looking at. How DC is bringing out all the best qualities of Oleg's art is mind-bending to me. The colors are not flat, there's shaping, there's modeling, and texturing in every panel. But at the same time it feels like a "Star Trek" comic book, which is really what it wants to be. ![]() ![]() Oleg has embraced the comic book identity of it, while at the same time, the characters look like the characters, the ships look like the ships. It can't look like still frames of a movie or a tv show. It has to look and feel like a comic book. Oleg is doing what I think a comic book should do. Oleg and DC are just working in synch with each other and it is unbelievable. Guggenheim: Very rarely have I worked on a series where there's been such a great match between the artist and the colorist. : How do Oleg Chudakov's artwork and DC Alonso's vibrant colors enhance your storytelling and elevate the "Star Trek" material even further? But regardless, it was very serendipitous in terms of the timing. It just so happened they picked the one that became "Echoes." And maybe they chose it because of Nichelle, who knows. Guggenheim: I actually pitched IDW and Paramount several loglines and each story I picked had different focuses. : Was it always your intention to center your story around the character of Nyota Uhura being that Nichelle Nichols passed away last year? I chose "The Motion Picture" period because it's so unexamined compared to a lot of other "Trek" stories, and one that I have a great deal of nostalgia and affection for. I asked if she'd be okay with me pitching something set in the movie timeline and she said absolutely. In talking with IDW about doing a "Star Trek" story, Heather Antos, the senior editor, asked me if I had any interest in "The Original Series" crew. Between those two movies, that's what got me into "Star Trek." Then " Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" remains one of my all-time favorite films. That dynamic between Kirk, Spock and Bones McCoy can't be beat. There's a grandeur and a scope and this incredible Jerry Goldsmith score that's simply spectacular.Īnd at the end of the day you can't beat the casting. It's very different in terms of pace from the "Star Wars" movies. But when "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" came out I saw it in a theater and was completely entranced by it. I just wanted to do it because 'movie' "Trek" was my "Star Trek." When I was growing up in New York, "Star Trek" was syndicated and my dad would watch episodes and I'd watch pieces of them with him. Marc Guggenheim: I'm particularly bad at being commercial and reading the marketplace. : Why was this the perfect time to travel back into the "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" timeline in a new comic series and what did that iconic film mean to you? Cover art for "Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Echoes" #1 (Image credit: IDW)
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