By GustavoLeao / 02:31, 23 April 2009 / Trek Books

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Wizard posted a new interview with Star Trek star William Shatner and here are few excerpts.

So how'd you find yourself immersed so quickly in the comics world? You're teamed with Bluewater Comics for a series of comic books inspired by your non-Star Trek novels, Quest for Tomorrow, Man O'War and TekWar.

WILLIAM SHATNER: I was asked if I was interested in doing comic books, and it occurred to me that I had three series of novels that I had written, thinking visually all the time. I had adventure films in mind so that a person reading the book might visualize their own personal movie. And comics lend themselves to movie themes because the best comics have a singular theme as well. There's a simplicity to the story, but simple stories can have a power, as we know from traditional storytelling. So my books and these comics fit well together, and I'm really excited by the prospect of seeing them in this format.

Your good buddy Leonard Nimoy delved into comics in the '90s with Primortals. Have you dialed him up for any advice?

I ask Leonard for advice on everything, but I haven't asked him about comics yet. I didn't know about Primortals. He's been the pathfinder in everything, hasn't he? He's out of town right now, but when he comes back, I'll have to ask him about this!

Well, if you're going to ask him about anything, why not the new "Star Trek" movie? Has he spilled any details?

Not only has he not talked to me about it, he hasn't let me think about it. I don't know when it's coming out, I don't know what the plot is, I don't know who's in it. I literally know nothing.

We hear you've been calling out director J.J. Abrams in a series of online videos.

Well, I've been pulling his leg on the Web a bit. Pulling the Web over his eyes! I believe he said something like, "I don't know when my life became answering Shatner on the Web!" So I've just been keeping at him. He has to call me!

Were you ever approached to be in the film?

When they were thinking about doing the movie, they talked to me a couple of times, I don't know what it really was all about, and then they stopped talking to me and went their way. But you just know it's going to be wonderful because J.J. Abrams is such a good moviemaker.

We think it's kind of silly that they're using the excuse that you died in "Generations." Dude, everyone on "Star Trek" died at one time or another and came back!

Yes, including the ship! I keep thinking about amber, how they have these insects that are trapped in this liquid for millions of years, fossilized, and how they're talking about being able to extract DNA from them. And therein lies the mystery of Kirk's return!

Are you seriously bumming that you're not in the movie?

I can't understand it as a business decision. I could be talking to you about the Bluewater comics and the movie, but I'm not in the movie, so I have nothing to say! I just regret that I'm not a part of it. But if it's successful, then maybe there will be a call.

The full interview is here.