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Fan-Made Comics: Fanzines With Star Trek Comics

With help from zine expert and collector Anna Moomaw, here are fan and convention publications with Star Trek comics, cartoons and more.

#1 Feb 1971
Quadrant
Rhubarb Publications
Contains cartoons "Oh, the disadvantages" by Pam Tacoma and other fan fiction and art.

1972
Fantasy Film Fans International, November 24, 25, 26 1972

Flyer for the first annual science fiction and fantasy film convention. Flip side of flyer has a Star Trek cartoon strip, Film Fan Funnies #2, written by Bjo Trimble with art by Tim Kirk.

#28 1973
The Collector
Bill G. Wilson
Contains illustrated article "The legacy of Star Trek" by Scott B. Miller and Joseph P. Fellabaum.

1973
Star Truckin: Where no beaver has gone before
Star Trek International Convention
Star Trek International Convention programs contain b&w comic strips. (Matt Howarth, D.M. Kister; Tony Sciarra)

#4,5 Sep/Oct 1973
Hailing Frequency
Star Trek Fans United
Articles and comic art.

1974
Star Truckin: The trouble with beavers
Star Trek International Convention
Art by Howarth and Sciarra

#1,2 1974
Warped Space
Michigan State University Star Trek Club
Contains "Star Trash - The man-hatchery, Part 1" by Gordon Carleton, b&w comic, pp 43-48. Third printing Feb 1, 1976.

1974
Vulcan K'artune B'ook/Portal #3

Flip book.

1975
Satire Trek Comix Cartoons

Jan 1975
Satire Trek Comicordance

A parody of the Star Trek Concordance.

Mar 1975
Star Trek Primer: A Child's Garden of Space
Boojums Press
Illustrated by Phil Foglio.

#3 1975
Warped Space
Michigan State University Star Trek Club
Contains "Star Trash - The man-hatchery, Part 2" by Gordon Carleton, b&w comic, pp 26-33. Third printing Feb 1, 1976.

1975
Star Truckin: The beaver of Oz
Star Trek International Convention
Story by Matt Howarth?

1975?
Star Trek: Houston
The Phantom Empire
Contains a b&w comic illustration by Don Rosa, of Kirk jumping through the Guardian of Forever, arms full of collectible comics, while Spock peruses a copy of Overstreet's Comic Book Price Guide.

Apr 1976
SekWester*Con Program Book

Art by Phil Foglio.

#17 Jun 1976
Warped Space
Michigan State University Star Trek Club
Contains "The Future Crew of the Enterprise", cartoons by Leah Rosenthal, and other fan art.

Jul 1976
The New York and Chicago Strektaculars!
Boojums Press
Graphic Star Trek convention account, written and drawn by Phil Foglio, lyrics by Ann Passovoy, lettering by Doug Rice.

1976
Trekkie Toons
Good Old Grandma's Comics
Contains "To save a dying race!". magazine format with cardboard covers (Don Regelin; Terry Lanham, Vince Ritchie;)

#5 Jan 1977
Alnihta
Orion Publications
Contains "The Six Million Credit Space Trek", a genre television crossover extravaganza. (Michael Eason, Margaret Austin; Michael Eason;)

#3 1977?
Rigel
Rigelian Rum Runner's Press
Contains "Star Bleep II Bloopers" by Cory Correll with other fan fiction and art.

#42 1978,1979
Starrag
Austrek
Collection of Doctor Who and Star Trek parodies.

1978
Star Trek: Dragonhunt

First publication of The Dragons of Berengaria, written and illustrated by Brian Franczak. Reprinted in Enterprise Incidents #7 and #8.

#4,5,6 1979
Rigel
Rigelian Rum Runner's Press
Contains "Star Bleep II", a cartoon strip by Cory Correll with other fan fiction and art.

#7 Nov 1979
Enterprise Incidents
James Van Hise
The dragons of Berengaria (Part One) Stardate 3126.6. The Enterprise must conduct routine medical checks on the Federation personnel assigned to Berengaria 7. Spock knows leader Dr. Martin Anderson from a mission under Pike to set up the colony nine years earlier. Also on the planet is Spock's Vulcan cousin, Sulik. Poachers are killing the huge dragons, an endangered species, for their horns. Guest stars Yeoman Miko Tamura and (briefly) Mr DeSalle. Written and illustrated by Brian Franczak. b&w comic, pp 12-23. The title refers the creatures Spock mentions in "This Side of Paradise".

#8 Apr 1980
Enterprise Incidents
James Van Hise
The dragons of Berengaria (Part Two) Kirk, Anderson and Tamura find an old model, spherical, Starfleet-issue cargo shuttle. Ambushed by the Andorian rebel Sharav, he explains that Andorians are unable to be warriors in such a peaceful galaxy, so he and his four colleagues came to Berengaria to hunt dragons for sport. Spock captures the other Andorians while Sharav plots an "accident" to rid himself of Kirk. He uses an electronic "cattle-prod" to ride a dragon towards Kirk and trample him. Spock stuns Sharav, freeing the dragon. Sulik suggests that the Andorians might be sentenced to lead Federation zoological expeditions. Briefly guest stars Lt. Palmer. b&w comic, pp 28-39. Also contains "Banned from Argo" by Leslie Fish and Jim Kuzee, pp 50-54, shore leave in verse and b&w comic.

1980
Tribbles are people too!
Starbase Kansas City
Tribble cartoons copyright by Garry L. Dashner (Bal O'Furr;)

1980
Peanut's Stepchildren
Cheryl Van Til and Albert Strout
Collection of Star Trek cartoons.

#5 Oct 1980
Stardate
Randall Landers
Contains comic strip "Star Trip" by Don Harden and other fan art.

1980s?
Tribbles
S.T.A.G and Empathy
Comic strip.

#3 Nov 1981
Far Realms
Galactic Winds Press
Contains b&w Star Trek and Star Wars comic strip parodies by Keith Woods and more.

1982
Star Trek: After V'Ger... The Final Frontier

Written and drawn by Jeff Nelson

1983
Star Trip
Stardate Press
Fan-created comic book. Contains Star Trip - The Plotless Cartoon, Star Trip II - The Wrath of Dhon and Star Trip 3-D - In Search of Saint Sprok. Written by various, art by Don Harden.

1985
Star Trip
Orion Press
Reprint.

1984
The 1985 Star Trek Historical Calendar
Datazine Publications
Contains Star Trek comics for each month of the year by Tim Farley and art by Don Harden, for Atlanta StarTrek Rediscovery Association.

#1 Jun 1985
The Starry Night
Michael and Lynne Anne Goodwin
Tripping the light fantastic. Cartoons by Michael Goodwin which appeared in the Salt Lake City, Utah, Deseret News and Startoons.

#23 Dec 1985
Orion
Orion Press
Contains "Star Trip III - The Search for Sprok", a comic written by Randall Landers, Tim Farley and Gennie Summers, drawn by Gennie Summers. ISSN 0883-2277

1985
The 1986 Star Trek Historical Calendar
Datazine Publications
Contains Star Trek comics for each month of the year by Tim Farley and art by Don Harden, for Atlanta StarTrek Rediscovery Association.

1986
Star Con '86 - The Voyage to Denver
Star Con
Art by Richard Arnold.

1986
The 1987 Star Trek Hysterical Calendar
Datazine Publications
Contains Star Trek comics for each month of the year with art by Don Harden.

1987
Star Trek The Next Hysterical Calendar 1988
Datazine Publications
Contains Star Trek comics for each month of the year with art by Michael C. Goodwin.

#1 1988
Star Tooning
F. Wong
Art by F. Wong.

1988
The Next Generation Hysterical Calendar 1989
Datazine Publications
Contains Star Trek comics for each month of the year with art by Michael C. Goodwin.

1988
Star Trek Classic Hysterical Calendar 1989
Datazine Publications
Contains Star Trek comics for each month of the year with art by Michael C. Goodwin.

1989
Nyah!
Starhead Comix
Toulouse la Trekkies. Collection of cartoons making pun of Star Trek. (Jim Siergey)

1989
Star Trek Classic Hysterical Calendar 1990
Datazine Publications
Contains Star Trek comics for each month of the year with art by Michael C. Goodwin.

1990
The Next Generation Hysterical Calendar 1990
Datazine Publications
Contains Star Trek comics for each month of the year with art by Michael C. Goodwin.

1990
1990 Science Fiction Movie Hysterical Calendar
Datazine Publications
Contains Star Trek comics for each month of the year with art by Mike Fisher.

1990
If We're Always Boldly Going Where No One Has Gone Before Why Do We Always Meet Somebody When We Get There?
Off-Note Productions
Cartons of the Next Generation by Anne Davenport.

#1 1991,1989
Saratoga
Amazing Experiences Press
Adventures of the USS Saratoga written by Taylor MacAndrews and Micheal S. Mears , art by Thena MacArthur, lettering by David Shultz, edited by Robert Roeder and Thena MacArthur.

#2 1991
Saratoga
Amazing Experiences Press
Continuing the adventures of the USS Saratoga written by Taylor MacAndrews and Micheal Scott Mears , art by Thena E. MacArthur, lettering by Thena E. MacArthur, edited by David Shultz and Marcus McCowan.

1992
Star Trek IX
Dirty Muffin Comix Collective
Starfleet tech drawings and comics.

1994
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Federation
Peg Kennedy and Bill Hupe
A cartoon collection by Juanne Michaud

1995
A Difficult Concept
Orion Press
A Trek cartoon collection by Glenn Lash

1995
PSST - Patrick Stewart and Star Trek
Renee Levy
A cartoon collection by Renee Levy.

#7 1996
3-D Pete's Big Orbit Comics
Goota Man Productions
"Star Drek: The softball game". b&w mini-comic (Mike Fisher)

1996
Comic Con International: San Diego Souvenir Program Book
San Diego Comic Convention
Contains Star Trek articles and fan art by professional artists.

2012
Strange New Worlds
Denis St. John
Contains Star Trek fan art and prose by Morgan Pielli, Donna Almendrala, Holly Fritz, S.R. Bissette, Colleen Frakes, and Denis St. John. 4.25 in. X 5.5 in.

Feb 2014
To Boldly Zine: Volume One

Edited and designed by Dafna Pleban and Jason Ho. Released February 2014 at L.A. Zine Fest. Contributors included: Mike McMahan, Ian Brill, Emi Yonemura Brown, Dennis Culver, Kevin Church, Ming Doyle, Rachel Dukes, Kassandra Heller, Jason Ho, Jackson Lanzing, Dafna Pleban, Nico Reed, Joshua Williamson. Available as a PDF. Also released with blue and red covers.

Feb 2015
To Boldly Zine: Volume Two

Edited and designed by Dafna Pleban and Jason Ho. Released February 2015 at L.A. Zine Fest. Contributors included: Ian Brill, Kevin Church, Dennis Culver, Max Davison, F.J. Desanto, Chandra Free, Rich Handley, Casey Harris, Kassandra Heller, Jason Ho, Hillary Levi, Mike McMahan, Stephen Morrow, Dafna Pleban, Cara Pouder, Johanna Barbaro, Josh Trujillo, M. Willis, Sean E. Williams. Available as a PDF.

2020
Deep Space Zine
Alison Wilgus
50+ pages of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comics and illustrations by a top tier pack of nerds.

2023?
Zine Me Up: The Next Generation Issue
Kristyna Baczynski
Decorate a Horga'hn, solve a wordsearch in Klingon, help the crew of the Enterprise-D find Lore and lots more!

2023?
One Punk's Guide to Star Trek
Kayla Greet
Text and black & white illustrations by Ben Snakepit and Todd Taylor.

2024
Trektember: The Original Series Alphabet
Graeme Neil Reid
Black & white 3 in. x 4 in. illustrated alphabet book by Graeme Neil Reid.

2023
They Were Bunkmates - a Marinler zine
Israel Daly
To pay tribute to the tradition of Spirk fan zines, a team of artists and writers came together for the second anniversary of the episode An Embarrassment of Dooplers, where our duo engrave their names next to Kirk and Spock's (as well as our hearts...) Enjoy a collection of stories, comics, and illustrations exploring and celebrating the love Mariner and Boimler share for each other. Writing and artistic contributors include: Cloud, Eowyn, Figachilles, Jumbyscare, Korinchan, Prodigy, Raydrawsdaly, Sequoiadoodle, Serial02721, Yarndoll. Available as a PDF.

2024
In the Captain's Quarters
Casper Manning
After Q gives Picard (and the rest of the bridge crew) a full frontal in Q, who? (Stardate 42761.3-42761.9), the Captain likes what he sees. But with the needy, melodramatic continuum, perhaps a more gentle approach is needed... As Q and Picard's relationship heats up, a certain commanding officer is struggling with the fact he is no longer truly "Number One." 38 pages

2025
Warp Factor #1
One and Only Comics
WARP FACTOR #1 is a throwback to the fan-zines of yesteryear! A black & white 5.5 x8.5 zine devoted to the universe of Star Trek! Featuring over 30 pages of articles, artwork, reviews, comics, & more! Featuring the following contributors: Denis Gagne, Jamie Barrows, Malachi & Sam Ward, Karneelus, Noah Cray, Jesse Mead, Kevin Curley, Nick Ottens, Joe Sikoryak

2025
They Were Bunkmates - a Marinler zine #2
Israel Daly
Following the conclusion of Star Trek: Lower Decks and to honor the tradition of K/S fan zines, a team of artists and writers have come together for the fourth anniversary of the episode An Embarrassment of Dooplers, where our duo engrave their names next to Kirk and Spock's (as well as our hearts…) Enjoy a collection of stories, comics, and illustrations exploring and celebrating the love Mariner and Boimler share for each other. Writing and artistic contributors include: Ellie Santy, Figachilles, Foodcu-be, Hannah Kazookin, Itmethanh, Lavender Narwhal, Mian Ling, Orchi, Ray Daly, Rollinrabbit, Salty Duane, Six. Available as a PDF.

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