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In Their Own Words, Andy Lanning And Dan Abnett On Battlestar Galactica

Published Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:10:35 -0500

The Dynamite panel at NYCC has just announced Rick Remender as a new hire for the company, but they are also looking over the week's worth of announcements.

Here's Andy Lanning on signing on with Dan Abnett for Classic Battlestar Galactica.

"Growing up in the seventies, I was hooked on sci-fi. As a kid I couldn't get enough of it and grew up watching TV shows like 'Lost in Space,' 'Doctor Who,' 'Space 1999' and 'Land of the Giants' and reading comics in the UK like 'Action and 2000 A.D.' as well as all the Marvel and DC titles I could hunt down. Star Wars took things to a new high and in its wake there followed a flood of sci-fi entertainment that I lapped up. The original series of Battlestar Galactica was like catnip to my younger self; more than filling my rabid craving for spaceships, laser weapons, robots and alien invasions! It had cool characters, snappy dialogue, creepy alien cyborgs, awesome space battles with fantastic special effects (it was 1978 cut me some slack) and a totally cute robot dog! So, imagine the thrill and excitement to be given the chance to develop something in the Battlestar Galactica universe: to get to play with characters and concepts that I've grown up with, that are such a part of my formative years. With this new series from Dynamite, Dan and I are hoping we can add to the established cannon of continuity with our own take on the classic series. I know my inner 14 year old is squealing with delight at this opportunity. I'm still holding out hope that one day I'll get my own Daggit too!"

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