Stargate Comics

[never_at_home]

Here's an announcement from Pop Culture Zoo:

Dynamite Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the comic book rights to all three Stargate series. A $1.00 Stargate #0, featuring sample chapters from each series, will precede Stargate Universe, by writer Chuck Dixon and artist John Watson, Stargate Atlantis, by Doug Murray, and the flagship

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[sg_betty]

OMG! Will these be canon, like the Buffy and Angel comics are, written with direct involvement/approval of Brad Wright, et al?
EDIT:Back from the news article-it doesn't say if the shows producers will consider them canon or not... Could be not canon like the books. At the same time, canon continuation has worked very well for Buffy/Angel, but Joss Whedon is directly involved with those.

If they are, then darn tootin' I'll be reading them!

If they aren't canon, then it will depend on the art and writing, but I will certainly give them a try. I seriously hope the art is better than the last go-round of comics. I've found the books to be very hit-or-miss in terms of how faithful they were to the tone and characterization of SG-1, to the point that I've pretty much given up on them. I notice that the writer is a writer from BSG. I don't find that promising.

[never_at_home]

I'm thinking that the SGA one at least won't be canon since the movie is set to come within a week of the Season Five finale and pick up where it left off.

I really can't see any of these being canon, just like the books aren't canon, to be honest.

It is my understanding that Brad Wright was involved with the development of Stargate Worlds' mythology, but I'm pretty sure that it is not canon. That one is set before Atlantis is discovered and I think that Jack might still be on SG-1.

I think they'll be Alternate Realities, but who knows? The SGU one might be canon: "I’ve had no direct contact with the show’s producers, though I’d certainly enjoy that," the writer told CBR. "I’ve only been given the first five scripts of the show and whatever I can find online. We’re still working on how the comic will tie-in to the show. The producers have suggested a prequel and I’ve submitted at least one multi-part story idea.”

[sg_betty]

If the producers are working with them and have suggested a prequel, then there's a possibility that it might be canon.

I know something about the game, but I can't tell you, sadly. ;) I don't think it the game was ever intended to be canon, though. In a multiplayer game, changes have to be made for playability that take it out of the canon realm.

There's no reason the comics couldn't be, it just means that there has to be consultation with the producers about plots, approval of the scripts, and attention paid to not doing anything that will contradict the movies.

If this is the last SG-1 movie, as the difficulty in securing the money might indicate, it becomes even easier. Now, I hope this isn't the last movie, but that very much depends on a turn around in the DVD market, and MGM's bottom line. Piracy may kill Direct-to-DVD as a concept entirely.