By GustavoLeao / 23:26, 4 July 2009 / General Genre/SciFi

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PreviewsWorld.com posted a new interview with Star Trek star William Shatner regarding his new line of comic books from Bluewater Productions and here are few excerpts from the article.

Along with "TekWar Chronicles," the "William Shatner Presents" line will also include the upcoming comic book series "Chimera," "Man O' War" and "Quest for Tomorrow."

"This is my first opportunity to take some of the stuff I've written and work with storyboard artists of the quality that I am working with and having regular satisfaction out of it," he said.

Regarding TekWar, he said "These novels were based on my unending interest in television, my fascination with television brings me to the point where it keeps me from going to bed at a decent hour. So I took that to the point where somebody could have visions, taking this futuristic drug 'Tek,' and I put a policemen, Jake Cardigan, who was unjustly accused of a crime who is rehired and brought back to society because of his detective skills. He works on two levels - one solving the crimes, second clearing his name from a crime he didn't commit."
 
Shatner also wrote a series of young adult science fiction novels, called Quest for Tomorrow. "This series is about teenagers. It's fast-paced with the goings-on and the intricate lives of teenagers that we examine. They're living in the future, but their angst is traditional."

The third series from William Shatner is Man O'War. "'Man O'War' is the term given to a warship, which is what our hero becomes reluctantly," said Shatner. The solar system is in turmoil. Earth is overpopulated, the off-world colonies on Mars and in the asteroid belt are keeping Earth's population alive, but the colonies which once offered so much promise are now tyrannical labor camps of slavery and servitude. "Man O'War attempts to have its own philosophy. If you wish to compromise, where does compromise take place, and when does compromise become a lack of ideals? Our hero, Benton Hawkes, is a diplomat who catches the fervor of revolution from the young Martians who are in revolt against Earth. Our hero is sent to Mars where he becomes infused with a fervor not unlike the American Revolutionaries."

Said Shatner of the finished artwork, "I think it's really excellent. The magic that I always intuitively saw as the artist would paint panels and try to fill panels as completely as possible, like a motion picture, requires great art to have your eye rove from panel-to-panel, to give the sense of motion."

The full interview is here.

Plus, Comic Book Movies also posted an interview with Shatner on designing the original TekWar TV Series and comic books from Marvel Comics.