You should be reading Candorville

Candorville is one of the new comics in the SF Chronicle (and by "new" I mean it hasn't been running for 10 years...). One of the reasons I like it - besides the sharp political commentary and refreshingly non-white-middle-class characters - is that Lemont Brown, the main guy, is a Trek geek and is usually drawn with a Starfleet emblem on his shirt. In the current plotline, he's a journalist on assignment in Iran and has been captured. He tweets (follow him on Twitter!) to his friend Susan to "prove" that he's OK. Click to embiggen and enjoy the Trek goodness: