Panini UK have just announced longtime Doctor Who Magazine, editor Tom Spilsbury is stepping down from the role – but a name familiar to the title’s thousands of readers worldwide is stepping into his place. Doctor Who Magazine, first published in… Read More ›
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Dan Dare’s Number One Fan was … top Doctor Who artist Andrew Skilleter
Organised comics fandom in the UK is usually considered to have begun in the late 1960s when the first zines began to appear, starting with Tony Roche‘s Merry Marvel Fanzine and, later, Heroes Unlimited. But there was an earlier attempt… Read More ›
Doctor Who Adventures goes on hiatus but may be back in 2018
Panini UK has announced Doctor Who Adventures has gone on hiatus, effective immediately, although we’re told it may be re-launched with the arrival of a new series lead in 2018. The company has published over 24 issues of the title,… Read More ›
Doctor Who Experience Closes in September, but Goes Out with a Bang
Filming location walking tours, starting 8th July, the addition of new props and other items are to be part of the final months for the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff, before it finally closes its does on 9th September 2017…. Read More ›
In Review and In Pictures: Lancaster Comics Day 2017
Lancaster Comics Day started in 2015 and has been running every year since. A small, friendly event, it has built up a good reputation in the comics community and is providing an appealing alternative to some of the larger, less… Read More ›
First Doctor Who “Lost Dimension” Crossover Covers Revealed
Titan Comics has revealed covers for its an eight-book Doctor Who crossover event for 2017, a project spanning four series, launching on 30th August with the first two books in the Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension storyline: Doctor Who: The… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Marvel UK Memories, Alan Moore, Gene Ha – and Captain Pugwash!
Here’s a quick round up of comics-related news items, recalling Marvel UK, Alan Moore‘s partnership with Gene Ha on Top 10, a look at some gorgeous Doctor Who art and more… • The brainchild of Melvyn Bragg, Opening Shot was… Read More ›
In Review: Sydney Newman – The Man Who Thought Outside the Box
By Ryan Danes Publisher: eye-imagine-digitalentropy Out: Now The Book: Exactly where did the idea of Doctor Who come from? What did Canadian Sydney Newman do that changed British culture forever? We can trace the show’s origins back to a BBC report on… Read More ›
Celebrate Free Comic Book Day with 2000AD, Doctor Who and more
Today is Free Comic Book Day, an industry-led annual promotion to encourage you to visit your local comic shop. Not only to pick up free comics, but to hopefully buy some from that shop too – and generally have fun… Read More ›
Aliens, Daleks and Paul Cornell, Oh My!
Out next month from IDW is Saucer State, written by Paul Cornell (who I recently worked with on Doctor Who: Heralds of Destruction) with art by Ryan Kelly (Lucifer) – and there’s a new Doctor Who comic collection out too,… Read More ›
New Doctor Who Adventures Out Now – We’ll Shout that ’til we’re Horse!
Doctor Who Adventures Issue 23 is in sale now from Panini, and I’m delighted to report that the Doctor is still battling aliens accompanied by an alien talking horse. (Not that it wouldn’t be great to have new companion Bill… Read More ›
Artist Chris Achilleos asks fans help to trace missing Cybermen art
Can anyone find out where this Doctor Who original painting is!? Artist Chris Achilleos, who drew this Tenth Planet art for the Doctor Who WH Allen/ Target Books range back in the 1970s, is trying to track it down. Chris is… Read More ›
Collectormania seeks to boost comic creator presence for June’s event at NEC
Major British event organisers Showmasters are offering comic book creators and other artists, illustrators and self published writers the opportunity to share their talents in front of the thousands attending the event at the Birmingham NEC at the next Collectormania. Showmasters… Read More ›
Titan Comics Announces their 2017 Doctor Who Comics Day, Rachael Stott on art for crossover comic
With Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor vworping back onto our screens here in the UK on Saturday 15th April (and to BBC AMERICA in the US and Space in Canada on the same day), fans get a chance to continue their… Read More ›
WebFinds: The Space Museum
When an account titled @spacemuseum63 starts following you on Twitter, you need to double check they aren’t Dalek agents. I’m glad I did, because it led me to The Space Museum web site – dedicated to cataloging Doctor Who collectibles… Read More ›
Doctor Who Panel to Panel Podcast – Back with More Comic Reviews
Episode 74 of Jeremy Bement’s execellent Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast has just been posted.
New Vworp! Vworp! a delight, features first ever Alan Moore interview about his Doctor Who comics
The amazing Vworp Vworp! Volume 3 zine – dedicated as ever to all things Doctor Who comics and related titles – may have been a long time coming, but it was well worth the wait, leading with Alan Moore‘s first-ever interview about… Read More ›
Doctor Who Adventures offers a Mutants Meets Harry Potter Mash-Up
The latest issue of Doctor Who Adventures (Issue 22) is on sale now, with strip writer Andrew Cartmel delivering a story poking affectionate fun at Marvel’s mutants, Harry Potter and, possibly, Bunty’s “The Four Marys” for good measure. A talking… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor #10
DOCTOR WHO: NINTH DOCTOR #10 Writer: Cavan Scott Artist: Adriana Melo Publisher: Titan Comics FC – 32pp – $3.99 – On sale: 1st March 2017 in all good comic shops and various digital platforms The Ninth Doctor, Rose, and Jack… Read More ›
Nick Abadzis talks Doctor Who for latest Panel to Panel podcast
Episode 72 of of Jeremy Bement‘s Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is up and features an interview with writer-artist Nick Abadzis. Nick, whose many credits also include Laika and Cora’s Breakfast, has been writing the adventures of the Tenth Doctor since… Read More ›