According to Dynamite, the SG-1 comic will be called Season Eleven and Stargate Atlantis will be titled Season Six. You see what they are doing here, yes? The SG-1 series will be penned by Doug Murray, SGA by Battlestar Galactica comic vet Brandon Jerwa and the new SGU series will be written by Chuck Dixon, with covers from Dave Dorman and interiors by John Watson.

These will be Stargate's second comic incarnation; Avatar previously held the license. There is no release date set just yet.

(No, this is not an image from the new comic - it's from artist twoseamfastball).

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When io9 interviewed Rodney McKay actor Hewlett, he mentioned his comedy project Starcrossed:

I have a sort of 30 Rock, behind-the-scenes-of-a-scifi show thing that I'm working on now, called Starcrossed, originally looking at developing it as a tv pilot but I think we're going to develop it as a film now, just to open it up for people. Basically we had a half-hour sitcom style thing.

We've been patiently waiting more news on this next project and finally Hewlett has twittered the good news:

SciFi/NBC Starcrossed conference call. Yes, after 2 years in development the plan is to shoot June or July...please be true this time!

Hooray, we wish you the best of luck. We've been feeling the lack of genuinely funny science fiction-themed comedy, so please make this one special. Interesting side note: Hewlett's movie A Dog's Breakfast, actually mentioned the Starcrossed series, and had a fake clip of the spoofed scifi soap staring Stargate Atlantis'Rachel Luttrell and Paul McGillion. See the clip above. I think it has potential to be really cute Galaxy Quest-esque series.

The full movie, where David Hewlett battles messes with his sister's new fiancé is on Hulu.

Not only is it the lovely Jewel Staite, Dr. Keller, but now she's all wet and it looks like she's scared — who can compete with that? No one! Not even if I came bearing baskets of baby bunnies could I out-cute Keller. She's classic cute, and has the cult following. Sigh, I'll step aside for such a worthy adversary.

Sure, a lot of us have seen the pictures of them on a date before, but there was no PHSYICAL CONTACT. But beside Keller and McKay canoodling towards my eventual black heart, this episode, "Brain Storm," is jam-packed with goodies. We've got even better pics of Dave Foley, Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

[Subduction Leads To Orogeny]

September 8, 2008 1:56 PM:
First day on the last episode. In the Control room and in peril... the more it changes the more it stays the same ;-)

August 30, 2008 10:48 PM:
Finally watched "Blink" episode of Doctor Who....WOW! I'm on the wrong show!? ;-)

August 21, 2008 8:04 PM:
No more weekly McKay...sniffle...still, it's an actors life for me! ;-)

August 07, 2008 07:56 AM:
Oh, just filming a few scenes with Neil Degrasse Tyson and Bill Nye! How I love Stargate!

August 05, 2008 08:00 AM:
Hanging with Dave Foley, Bill Nye & Jewel Staite here on Atlantis...I love my job!

July 18, 2008 08:25 AM:
Breakfast? Eggs, sausage and explosives. We're blowing things up (again) here on the Atlantis set! Yipee!

May 23, 2008 07:51 PM:
Working with Shanks - too much fun to call work...updates anyone? http://www.adogsbreakfastmo...

February 20, 2008 11:25 AM:
McKay's back for Season 5. Started shooting and I've already forgotten I had a holiday...euwy gooey good so far!

Goodbye our faithful McKay, we will miss you.

[Twitter via Subduction Leads To Orogeny]

So it was no huge surprise that Dr. Jennifer Keller and Dr. Rodney McKay were going to start taking their flirting to a whole new level this season, I just didn't know it would break my heart to see them flirt so. Take care of him Keller, McKay is a jewel. Producer Joseph Malozzi included some pictures from the set of "Brain Storm" where Keller and McKay flirt and mingle amongst the brainiest of science minds including one Bill Nye the Science Guy and Neil deGrasse Tyson, very cool Atlantis.

Also it appears as if Kids In The Hall alum Dave Foley will have a little cameo in the "Brain Storm" episode. Classic. If this is what happens when Atlantis lets Gero direct, I say let's put him in the director's chair more often.

[Joseph Mallozzi]

Who could forget the first time McKay raised a finger to precious Carter? Classic. But even though they fight, you know they love each other, and I love the back and forth banter. Here's why I enjoy his little character nuances.

He's The Most Annoying When He's Nervous, And That's Endearing:

Season 5 episode 1 of Stargate Atlantis shoved McKay into a tight spot when he's forced to deliver Teyla's baby. He immediately starts yammering and comparing her birth to a kidney stone — oh McKay, you idiot. But he figures it out and gets all little-kid excited because he caught the baby in the end. Cute — not hilarious, but kind of stupidly endearing. He cares, and he makes up stupid examples when he's nervous.

He's The Everyman Stuck In A World Of Warriors:

McKay isn't the leader Sheppard, or the muscle by any means. What he's got is his wit and brains (which often fail to be useful as well, because Carter is perfect). When bad things happen to McKay, we see what would happen to an actual person with flaws. Not everyone can get impaled by debris and skip surgery to go save their girlfriends — some of us need a little rest. Oh yeah and he makes fun of Sheppard's hair, which is hilarious.

We Weren't Supposed To Like Him In SG-1:

McKay is like a fine wine, he gets better with age. When he was brought on SG-1, he was supposed to be a thorn in everyones side. But look how much he's grown. In the beginning, he told everyone they were wrong, and now he takes a back seat and helps out. That's growth, people — real-life character development.

Plus it was about time somebody gave Carter a little bit of grief, everything was always too easy for her. McKay was an important antagonist that needed to be added.

He's Us If We Lived In The Pegasus Galaxy, Both Good And Bad:

Take it for what he is, the man's got flaws but it's what makes him believable. Almost everything he does is on par with how my friends and I would act if we discovered a way to make a personal force field. We'd shoot at each other and joke about being indestructible.

Surely if we have room in our hearts for by-the-book Richard Woolsey we have room for a slowly-growing-into-maturity McKay.