SDCC 2026 Interview: Susan and Tilly Bridges For ‘Star Trek Voyager – Homecoming’

Writers Susan and Tilly Bridges discuss Star Trek and the upcoming release of their IDW comic miniseries Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming.

This month, IDW Publishing will release the collection edition of an award-winning comic miniseries continuing the adventures of Star Trek: Voyager. The comic book Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming was written by Susan and Tilly Bridges, a couple collaborating on a wide variety of projects ranging from comics to films to podcasts. The Geekiary sat down with the team to learn more about adapting the beloved characters of Star Trek, as well as their creative process.

The Geekiary: How did the concept of Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming come to fruition?

Tilly Bridges: We had already been talking with Heather Antos and in the middle of that, Paramount came to her and said, “We would like a book for Voyager’s 30^th anniversary,” and so she asked if we would be interested in that. And we said, “Yes, very much so.” We pitched a couple of different ideas, and at the very end, we tossed in, “Oh, we could also pick up where the finale ended.” That was the whole pitch, and that’s the one they went with. That was where the whole book came from.

Susan Bridges: It seems like it’s always the way. You put together these ideas and write out all these details, but then the one-liner gets picked.

TG: What are the challenges of working with a beloved franchise and a cast of characters like Star Trek: Voyager?

Tilly: It was very intimidating, because we’re big Star Trek fans and it was a huge honor for us. We get to work on this book. We get to work on this story. But you want to make sure that you do it right and do the characters justice. This story especially was really tough because for thirty years, people have had visions of those reunions in their head, how it was going to go, what they would be like. Obviously, you can’t live up to all of those, so we just did the best that we could and tried to give fans and the characters the sort of closure that they needed and didn’t get from the finale.

Susan: Also, IDW Star Trek books, they try to make them accessible to even casual fans. Even people who don’t have any familiarity with Star Trek. We didn’t have that many pages, but we had to basically sum up all of Voyager, what happened all the way to the finale, and also have all of this cast of characters that maybe people aren’t familiar with, so you’re afraid of introducing them another time. That was all very challenging.

TG: Besides Voyager, what are your favorite iterations of Star Trek?

Tilly: That’s so hard. It’s like asking me who’s my favorite kid. I love them all for different reasons. I love Next Generation because it’s the one I found as a kid that taught me how to be a good person. It was like my found family. Picard is my space dad. I love Deep Space Nine. It’s actually super important to me as a young trans kid who didn’t know she was trans. And then of all of the newer shows, I really, really loved Discovery, especially the last three seasons. They mean a lot to me. Those are the ones I’ll pick, but I love them all.

Susan: I would agree with Next Generation being the one of my heart. I’m also really loving Strange New Worlds people remember that Star Trek can be funny and it should be funny sometimes.

Tilly: We don’t say Prodigy, because we’re very biased since we worked on it. But that one has a special place in our hearts too.

TG: You work on all of your projects as a duo. What is the collaboration process like?

Tilly: It’s really good for us because we were married before we started writing together, so it feels like an extension of our relationship. We have really good communication. There’s a lot of respect for each other. That just sort of carries over into the writing. I think it’s sort of folded into our whole relationship. You can’t separate the two. They’re a part of each other.

Susan: Yes, although sometimes I just want to go to bed and you have a story idea. That’s a tough one.

Tilly: Yeah, you can’t escape your writing partner when you’re married to them.

TG: In addition to comics, you have a variety of projects including a short film that is screening at the convention and podcasts. How do you simultaneously juggle so many projects?

Tilly: For us, I think if we’re not working on something, we don’t feel alive. We have to be creating something. And so many industries can be so slow and have downturns, so we’ve found that it’s really good to keep a toe in the fire at as many places as we can at once because you never know how things are going to go. You have to wait three months for approval. We’ve always got something going on.

Susan: It helps keep you from focusing on just one thing and obsessing and getting really stressed. It’s like, “Well, I’ve got all of this other stuff to do. I’ve got a million ideas.”

TG: In addition to Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming, you have an upcoming comic book with DC Comics. Are there any additional IPs that you would like the opportunity to work with in the future?

Tilly: So many things. I would really love a crack at Terminator. I think there’s so much fun that you could do there. What else?

Susan: I don’t know, maybe Alien.

Tilly: Really?

Susan: Yeah, that might be fun.

Tilly: That’s a little more horror than we tend to lean. We have done horror, but it’s not something we do as often.

Susan: That’s true, but there are a few Star Trek horror episodes that are really fun.

Tilly: There are.

Susan: It would be fun to kind of dabble in that sort of world.

TG: Are there any upcoming projects that you can tell us about at this time?

Tilly: Right now, there’s our YA queer trans romcom Just Another Summer that’s out from Maverick. Then the Princesses of the DC Universe comes out in March of 2027. That is a middle-grade girls’ adventure graphic novel about a teen girl road trip through space.

Susan: And it’s super fun!

Tilly: It is. It’s super fun and really funny. Our short film is still playing in festivals all around the world.

Susan: And at Comic Con.

Tilly: And here at Comic Con. That’s when we’ll probably wrap up early next year, I would say early first quarter 2027, and then we can put it online for free for everyone to see. That’s exciting, and then outside of that, we’ve just got pitches and all kinds of things in various stages of completion, trying to get new projects picked up. There’s always so many things going on.

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The Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming collection edition will be released on August 16, 2026.

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