Antarctic Press editor Ben Dunn met Atelier Lana (real name Kazuaki Ishida) at Comicket, a semiannual dôjinshi convention in Tokyo, Japan, in the 1990's. Dôjinshi are self-published print works. Lana was the creator of Dengeki, a fanzine first published in 1985, with story and art following the mis-adventures of Captain Nakajima of the starship Constellation II. Dunn arranged to reprint the story in the US, renaming it "Star Trekker". The graphic novel was published to wide acclaim, giving Dunn the confidence to continue with the remaining material as a series. However, Paramount sent a cease and desist letter just as the first two issues were to be released. Antarctic Press had to pull back all the issues and destroy the remaining inventory. Some copies of Star Trekker II #1 and #2 did go out on the secondary market.
1991
Star Trekker
Antarctic Press
Collection of stories originally published in the Japanese fanzine Dengeki and reprinted as a two-volume collection, Star Trek: The Manga Parody.
Trade pb, translated from Japanese, 166pp, b&w
(Atelier Lana)
#1 Nov 1992
Star Trekker II
Antarctic Press
"The naked time-and-a-half" has 30 pages of story, one page of sketches, and has a cardstock cover with
gold foil lettering. According to the indicia, 8000 copies were printed by Antarctic Press. Distribution
of Lana's comics in the US was stopped due to pressure from Paramount. b&w
(Atelier Lana)
#2 Dec 1992
Star Trekker II
Antarctic Press
"In Search of Humor" contains the story "Well, of course she's an idol singer", 18 pages, "Meet the crew
of the Constellation 2", 4 pages of sketches, and art from the two-volume
Japanese collection, Star Trek: The Manga Parody. The indicia indicates that 3000 copies were
printed. b&w
(Atelier Lana)
