In Bob Justman and Herb Solow’s book, Inside Star Trek, they talk about Frank Oakden, a sound technician on the original series. It turned out that he was a talented characaturist. Bob and Herb include a couple of Frank’s drawings in their book, but there were more. Some of these folk will be obvious to you, some not so much. Either way, it is a supremely human look at the folks who made Star Trek for the first time. Enjoy…
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Thanks for sharing these caricatures, Very funny and a peek at the TOS Star Trek set.
Hi Doug,
Happy Birthday for today (Saturday).
Thanks again for this great blog. Have a beer for me
Cheers
Mark
Hey everyone! Thanks for the birthday wishes! How the heck did you find out it was my b-day?!
Hey Doug,
Very funny ones.
I’m the project manager of ST Excalibur fan game, and there’s a couple models we could use a help on good references (for instance, i’ve found your pics of the romulan runabout just after modelling it.. hehe).
Is there any way i contact you directly about references?
If not, you happen to have any good shots of the orion pirate ship from Ent: Bound? (perhaps a shot of the hull of the final enterprise J too.. hehe)
Thanks in advance
LC
^ Birthday? Is today Doug’s Birthday?
Hi Bryant
Sat, 28th March.
At least that’s what it is written on the Starship modeler website here http://www.starshipmodeler.com/newhere.cfm. Just stumbled oacroos it myself while checking in on 2 of my favourite sci-fi sites.
Sorry Doug if I’m letting out any cats from any bags!!
Hope you got some nice gifts.
Heheh… yep, it’s my birthday! thanks for the good wishes all!
Ha! On starship modeler site! I’m amazed it’s noteworthy!
Well if it is… Happy Birthday Doug! May many many more be on their way.
First, I love the transporter one! lol. Next..Happy Birthday Doug!!!!
Aha at long last! I’ve been desperately trying to wring that information out of him for years now…
Mwa-hahahaha.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
~Au
Happy birthday, Doug! You’re top drawer, mister!
Hi LC! I shot you an E-mail.
And the floating hairpiece is painfully funny … whomever it might have belonged to … *ahem* …
Happy birthday Doug!
Thanks for continuing to provide us with such fantastic material.
Checking thise site has become ritual and a daily occurence for me!
Some interesting stuff there!
Will you be sharing more BSG material in the future? Just curious. I like Trek much more than I like BSG, but variety is the spice of life!
A belated happy birthday!
Love the cartoons. That’s Trekkie ephemera of the highest order, and a good reminder that the show was actually made by very normal people
Not to mention that the transporter jokes had me giggle like a loon.
Ah fun stuff eh. I like the top one esp., love the whole style of it.
And confirmed, well then Happy B’Day, two days belated Doug! Ah, another Aries the Ram. you and C, as hers is the 30th.
PLL and Happy Happy Joy Joy B’day to ya!
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Doug, your birthday was on Saturday? MY birthday was on Saturday!
Gah – a belated Happy Birthday, Doug!
Thanks for the B day greeting, Matt!