Doctor Who and Marvel writer Paul Cornell has revealed he’s written an issue of DC Thomson’s Commando war comic title, with 2000AD veteran Steve Yeowell on art.
Titled “The Longest War“, it’s tentatively scheduled to be out in August.
“I’m hugely proud to have worked in this demanding format, and hope to have pleased my Commando fan nephew, who will now think I’m a real writer!” Paul says.
Paul Cornell has written episodes of Elementary, Doctor Who, Primeval, Robin Hood and many other TV series. He has worked for every major comics company on series such as I Walk With Monsters, The Modern Frankenstein, Saucer Country, and This Damned Band, as well as runs for Marvel and DC on Batman and Robin, Wolverine and Young Avengers.
Curent projects include The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s, and Telefantasy Time Jump, a new podcast from me and Lizbeth Myles. Episodes will be released on the 14th of every month, and you can find all the details, and listen to the episodes, here.
Recently released projects include a strip, with art from Dennis Calero, in L.A. Strong, a charity comics anthology in support of the victims of the Los Angeles. fires. You can order a copy, and read all about it, here and you can see an exclusive preview, including many finished pages, at The Beat. In the UK, you can order a copy from Forbidden Planet mail order here.
An omnibus edition of The Death of Wolverine, featuring not only the miniseries of that name, but also Paul’s entire run on the comic with art by Elliott Kalan, was released last December.
Steve Yeowell has been a massively popular 2000AD artist since his debut as artist of the classic “Zenith”, written by Grant Morrison. He is also co-creator of “Maniac 5”, “Red Fang”, “Red Razors” and “The Red Seas”, and has pencilled “Armitage”, “Black Light”, “DeMarco”, “Devlin Waugh”, “Tharg’s Future Shocks”, “Judge Dredd”, “A Life Less Ordinary”, “Nikolai Dante”, “Pussyfoot 5”, “The Scarlet Apocrypha”, “Sinister Dexter”, “Tharg the Mighty”, “Vector 13” and “Black Shuck”.
His recent work on Judge Dredd Megazine includes “Harrower Squad“, a second series, “Urban Rotation”, published last year, written by David Baillie. He previously worked with Paul on Three Little Wishes, published by Legendary Comics, released in collection in 2022.
His work outside the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic also includes Batman, Doom Patrol, The Invisibles and Sebastian O for DC Comics/Vertigo; and, for Marvel, Skrull Kill Krew, Starman and X-Men.
“The Invisibles and 67 Seconds were both great projects to work on.” Steve said in an extensive interview about his career last year. “Mighty Tharg has been particularly kind to me over the years with both the stories he’s asked me to work on and the creators he’s given me the opportunity to work with.”
Commando comics issues 5835 to 5838, including the new stories “Leagues Apart”, written by Dave and Jim Turner with art from Paolo Ongaro, and “Looters!” from Colin Maxwell, drawn by Alejandro Garcia Mangana, are on sale now, available from all good newsagents and digital platforms. Full preview here on downthetubes.
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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