William Shatner, you sir have given us 50+ years of entertainment and we salute you. Let alone, we could have hardly asked for the 44 years of Trek, but your multitude of artistic expressions have been our pleasure to watch over the years. You sir are an actor, director, producer, web mogul, pitchman, equestrian, businessman, author, and the one and only Captain James T. Kirk.

We hope you have a wonderful birthday, Mr. Shatner!

There's been quite a bit of Leonard Nimoy news that last few days, from his adventures to Vulcan to a stop in the Emerald City.  Some of the news seems a little unexpected a down right sad.  According to an interview in The News Tribune, Spock is talking of calling it quits on the convention circuit this year.

Well we're a little late to the game, but apparently Leonard Nimoy and Wil Wheaton are guests at the Emerald City Comic-Con in Seatle this weekend.  If you live in or near Seatle and are just hearing about this (like us) you still have one more day to catch Spock and young Wesley Crusher.

Here's a quick breakdown of their appearance schedule for tomorrow.

Leonard Nimoy
11:00am - 12:15pm  -  Autograph Signing
1:00pm  -  Photo Ops
2:00pm  -  Autograph Signing

*UPDATE CORRECTED DATE

Leonard Nimoy is heading to a very special place in the Great White North.  It seems that Spock is having a home coming of sorts in the small Alberta town of Vulcan.  March April 23rd is the arrival date and it looks like quite an event is in the works.

According to the Vulcan Advocate, Mr. Nimoy will arrive at 2:30pm on the 23rd Local and officials, including Tom Grant, the mayor of Vulcan, will get a chance to meet him.

Shortly after, starting at around 3 p.m., Nimoy will be part of the parade, which will start at the Tourism and Trek Station and run down to the intersection on Centre Street and Third Avenue.

William Shatner is a renaissance man of sorts.  He's an actor, of course, pitchman, equestrian, businessman, author, producer, director, and captain of a flippin' starship!  Well, now you can add internet entrepreneur to the list.  The Shat just launched a brand new social network for artists in the SciFi genre called MyOuterSpace.com.  

Subspace Communique is approaching it's 1 year anniversary or as we like to call it; the first year of our five year mission to bring you true Trek culture.  It's been an amazing year to be a Trek fan.  From the brand new J.J. Abram's "Star Trek" to amazing Cons and of course Star Trek Online.  We've thoroughly enjoyed bringing you, our readers, news and Trek Culture updates from around the galaxy.  Plus, how could we do it with out you, our faithful readers.

William "The Shat" Shatner is being honored at the Banff World Television Festival with their lifetime achievement award.  We assume the award is meant to honor his ability to create an adhoc cannon and mortally wound a gorn with it.  The Banff World Television Festival is the world's premiere television content creation event and annual forum for business and creative opportunities for those in television and new media.

The mystery of Andrew Koenig's disappearance and untimely passing played out all of the internet these last few weeks.  Many online gathered together to help find and then morn Andrew, including several Trek universe and tv / movie stars.  As reported by MTV News, several stars expressed the sympathies and grief via Twitter when learning the terrible news.

"RIP Andrew Koenig, missing since Valentine's Day, was found dead in Vancouver, Canada," fellow '80s child star Alyssa Milano tweeted. She also urged her followers to help anyone they know with similar issues to Koenig's: "If you know someone suffering from depression, please do everything in your power to get them help. R.I.P. Andrew."

Andrew Koenig, son of Walter Koenig and star of several TV appearances (including a long running stint on "Growing Pains" and a guest appearance on DS9) was found dead from an apparent suicide.  Andrew had gone missing in Vacouver, British Columbia on February 16th, sparking a flury of activity on the internet and among Trek fans, who tried to help solve the mystery. 

Andrew's body was discovered around 11:30 am today in the 1,000-acre Stanley Park, a favorite place for Koenig to frequent during his visits to Vancouver.

"My son took his own life," his father, Walter Koenig, said in an emotional news conference in the park.