Star Trek: Celebrations

by Steve Orlando, Vita Ayala, Magdalene Visaggio

IDW proudly presents a one-shot anthology centering and celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters from across the Star Trek universe! Join legendary heroes from each era of the beloved franchise in stories that showcase the strengths of infinite diversity in infinite combinations, brought to you by a star-studded cast of writers and artists including Vita Ayala, Steve Orlando, Mags Visaggio, and more!

Genres: Comics, Star Trek, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, LGBT, Queer

40 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 29, 2024

Reviews

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to admit I was a bit disappointed in this. When you look at the cover you see what great representation Disco has, and yet they only had a one of the stories with only two of their people in. And I get that they just wanted to show queer people going about their lives in this, rather than having Coming out/trauma stories. But it would have been nice to have had some community based stories. Like the little scenes with Tig in disco where she helps Adira with their girl!crush. But I'm grateful it exists.

[timber rose, book witch (semi-hiatus)]

never been a trekkie, but i'm definitely interested in this!

[Paweł Dembowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disappointing that Adira, Gray and Culber don't appear in the comic despite being on the cover.

[Theo · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a lifelong Star Trek fan, who is queer, this made me extraordinarily happy. Roddenberry always included us in his vision; unfortunately, the leadership who took over Star Trek after his passing blocked almost all queerness from being part of Star Trek canon for decades. It is only now that queer characters (multiple characters on each show) populate the universe in a way that displays IDIC. I wish that more trans characters had been featured here.

"The Knight Errand" was cute, but I don't know if it added any kind of behind-the-scenes look at Sulu and his family that we already haven't figured out. Of course, Sulu is a great dad and a tough Starfleet officer.

I'm always here for more Raffi and Seven, and "Lady Luck" didn't disappoint. This was a nice tie-up of Raffi's stories left hanging from Picard: how undercover her work is and how that often makes her look like a failure on the outside. We know Raffi is anything but. Also, you love to see a couple back each other up. Raffi and Seven are the last two people you want to mess with.

I loved "Facemaker," as Christine Chapel from SNW is one of my favorite reimaginings and expansions of any Star Trek character. She's a complete chaos bisexual. Of course, Visaggio, a trans woman, would write a story discussing how Chapel's work for nonsurgical solutions to changing people's bodies to go undercover buts up with the Federation's ban on genetic enhancements and how that possibly intersects with trans healthcare. Upon Chapel's first introduction in SNW, I already pegged her as the person I wanted as my HRT doctor. I love that she worked with Phlox and that she has a girlfriend who is a trans lady. I've really wanted to get a closer glimpse at adult trans people since we've mostly seen just the youths.

"Innovation Interruption" was also cute, but not much to write home about — even though I'm always happy to see Jet Reno.

Mariner quickly became one of my all-time favorite Star Trek characters, so I'm beyond thrilled she gets a story here. Her romance with Jennifer never moved the needle for me, even if I'm happy we get to see more bisexuals. But this was a sweet little story that expanded on Risa's weirdness. Does anyone actually have a relaxing time there?

I hope that IDW continues to put these Pride specials out.

[Thalla Rothach · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another mixed bag because the writers messed-up in-universe facts. "Face Maker," a prequel to Strange New Worlds, has Christine Chapel invent the completely painless artificially induced anatomical alterations using a transporter and a gene-altering bandage stuck to her ear...but in the first episode of Strange New Worlds, she simply uses a hipospray and lots of anesthesia because the process is agonizing and, unlike the transporter thing, only last a few hours. The next story in the mag is even worse, a Discovery tale called "Innovation Interruption," it specifically states that it takes place in 2257, but a group of visiting scientists already have programmable matter and it's so advanced that you can make autonomous robots out of it-no...effing...way. Programmable matter was not even the dream of madmen until the 31st century. Again the best story is the Lower Decks one. The Sulu story that opens the magazine appears to take place in the Kelvin universe because Demora and his husband are portrayed as they looked in "Beyond."

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was alright. I didn't think most of the art captured the likenesses of the actors very well so I had a difficult time telling wh0 was supposed to be from the shows other than Seven of Nine and Sulu. I did really like that the stories weren't about being gay or being in a relationship. They were just about living their lives as everyone else does and they just happen to be LGBTQIA. And that's how it should be. Who cares what your sexual orientation or preference is?

[zoë · Rating 3 out of 5]

art was good, story was interesting. didn’t love that they had raffi going through it once again (she can truly never know peace) but i liked the easy back and forth between her and seven and how sweetly the story ended. it’s no no man’s land (top tier, elevated a genre and a franchsie tbqfh) but it’s a step in the right direction (gay, fun).


read for LADY LUCK

[Gabriele | QueerBookdom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Representation: gay Japanese protagonist, bisexual Black protagonist, queer protagonist, lesbian Black protagonist, lesbian white protagonists, trans lesbian Latina protagonist, gay white protagonist, gay Japanese tertiary character, Japanese tertiary character.

Content Warning: violence, blood, xenophobia, bullying.

[Louis Skye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved all the stories! The various art styles were fun and I liked how they suited the characters so well. Gutted they didn’t have a Grey/Adira story though. Why have them on the cover if they never appear in the book?

[Emma Dargue · Rating 4 out of 5]

A set of four stories containing lgbtqia rep from star trek. Of the four my favourite was the raffi and seven story. But all the stories were illustrated beautifully and the stories whilst short really were well written.

[ashley✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

WE NEED MORE SEVEN AND RAFFI! GIVE THEM THEIR OWN COMIC!

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

An entertaining anthology from some of the best of IDW's Star Trek writers and artists.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Really glad this was created but the stories were just so so. Nice to see queer Star Trek characters though and the art was fun!

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Star Trek: Celebrations

Some interesting stories, all of which could easily be expanded. The artwork is superb and it's nice to see the characters off duty once in a while.

[Ime Corkery · Rating 5 out of 5]

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0

[Skye · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yes plz, give us more queer Star Trek.