So normally when I make one of these I post various pics from the comic but since I'm reading these on the high seas anyway I figured I'd be an extra grumpy bastard and actually link the entire thing for people here to suffer through.
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https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Star-Trek-Picard-s-Academy
Basics: It's a Picard prequel comic when he's at the academy set in 2325 decades away from any show material.
It's written by Sam Maggs. Yes, that Sam Maggs.
I was expecting the comic to be shit. I was no disappointed, the cover alone shows the modern woke trend of "diverse" characters, and why the fuck one of them is wearing glasses is anyone's guess since that's all but eliminated with the exception of a rare allergy to the modern cure which was the reason Kirk needed reading glasses.
I was expecting blatant pandering and shitty references to occur. Again I was not disappointed. Picard not only doesn't like tea [yet], but when offered it he is warned "Careful, it's hot." Oh Sam you retarded wetwipe, that line wasn't anywhere near as witty as you thought it was nor however much anyone then praised you for it.
The dumb cameos don't help things either.
For anyone wanting to further lose brain cells you can check what other works have been done by Sam Maggs. The tl;dr is Captain Marvel, Critical Role, and My Little Pony.
I. Shit. You. Not.
Lol I read the comic. What drivel. I can't even tell what happened at the end unless a page or two is missing. But sure Picard starting a fistfight over a video game is very in-character for him...
I can see that being handwaved away as either "hE's YoUng!" or referring to the time in TNG where it showed the brawl he started with a Nausicaan that ended with him getting stabbed through the heart. Then again that episode was written by Ronald D Moore of the rebooted BSG fame which isn't exactly an endorsement since he decided to end a sci-fi show by having the show go full luddite and literally flying every piece of technology into the sun 🙄
Tapestry? But...that's one of my favorite episodes.
Then again, I liked Gail Simone and Mark Waid's work, too, before they lost THEIR minds. The latter wrote Kingdom Come and Irredeemable, which are still two of my favorite comics ever.
Irredeemable has a quite a rocky ending and occasionally gets overshadowed by Incorruptible. The basis for why Tony snaps was very grounded and one of the better "evil Superman" inspirations but it feels like Irredeemable lasts just a bit too long with its 37 issues vs the 30 for Incorruptible.