Doctor Who Comics - Cosplay Contest

Sunday, 20 July 2014 - Reported by Marcus

Titan Comics are looking for fans to cosplay as the new companions featured in the brand new comic series, with the best entry's winning a place on a special variant cover of the magazines.

Gabriella Gonzalez and Alice Obiefune will accompany the The Tenth Doctor and The Eleventh Doctor in their respective adventures, in the new set of comics, released next week, and celebrated by Titan on July 26th, Doctor Who Comics Day.

To enter just tweet your cosplay photos on July 26 to @ComicsTitan and tag them #doctorwhocomics. The best photo chosen by the Doctor Who comics editor, Andrew James will be turned into a variant cover.

Outfit ideas are available online for Gabriella Gonzalez and Alice Obiefune.

FILTER: - Comics

Titan to launch comics at San Diego Comic Con

Monday, 14 July 2014 - Reported by Marcus

Titan Comics have revealed plans to launch their two brand-new ongoing Doctor Who comic series - Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor and Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor – at San Diego Comic Con.

To mark the event four special variant covers of Doctor Who: The Tenth #1 and The Eleventh Doctor #1 will be available from Titan Comics (booth #5537), the BBC Shop (booth #4129) and Diamond (booth #2401) plus a Comickaze one is available for an offsite event.

SDCC Titan Comics Variant (Credit: Titan)

Events are scheduled throughout the weekend.

FRIDAY JULY 25
Writer Nick Abadzis, artist Elena Casagrande and cover artist Alice X Zhang will be signing copies of the comics at the Titan Booth #5537 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm

SATURDAY JULY 26 – DOCTOR WHO COMICS DAY
Artist Des Taylor will be signing copies of the Forbidden Planet store variants of the comics at the Titan Booth #5537 between 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Writer Nick Abadzis, artist Elena Casagrande, cover artist Alice X. Zhang and Doctor Who comics editor, Andrew James will reveal exclusive secrets from the upcoming Tenth and Eleventh Doctor storylines and show never-before-seen art and concept designs at a special panel. Plus, a first look at interior art from the upcoming Twelfth Doctor ongoing series.

Attendees will get to watch an exclusive video surprise, while every person who attends the panel will receive a special Doctor Who Comics Day pack. The event takes place in Room 23ABC between 3:00pm – 4:00pm.

Writer Nick Abadzis, artist Elena Casagrande and cover artist Alice X Zhang will be signing copies of the comics at the Titan Booth #5537 from 4:30pm – 5:30pm.

The offsite event is being held at the Comickaze Comic Store on Clairemont Mesa Blvd on Saturday July 26. Writer Nick Abadzis, artist Elena Casagrande, cover artist Alice X. Zhang and Doctor Who comics editor, Andrew James will be available for a Doctor Who signing and Doctor Who quiz.

Attendees are invited to come dressed as their favourite Doctor Who character for a chance to win exclusive Doctor Who merchandise.

FILTER: - Comics - Eleventh Doctor - Tenth Doctor

Doctor Who Comics Day

Tuesday, 8 July 2014 - Reported by Marcus

Titan Comics' Doctor Who series for the 11th Doctor

Titan Comics' Doctor Who series for the 10th Doctor

Titan Comics have declared 26th July as Doctor Who Comics Day, to celebrate the release of the new range of comics based on the adventures of the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor.

July 23 sees the release of the new ongoing series, which Titan hope to make the biggest Doctor Who comics launch in recent times. To celebrate the company is inviting Doctor Who fans and comic readers to join in with the celebrations.

Doctor Who Comics Day will give fans the chance to celebrate everything Doctor Who with signings, events, special variant covers and promotions in stores and at shows in the U.S.A, Canada, U.K. Australia and New Zealand.

Full details will be released next week.

You can follow Titan Comics on Twitter at @ComicsTitan.

FILTER: - Canada - USA - Comics - UK - New Zealand - Australia

Titan Comics reveal the Twelfth Doctor Cover

Tuesday, 24 June 2014 - Reported by Marcus

BBC Worldwide North America and Titan Comics have revealed the first cover art and creator details for the new ongoing comic series starring the Twelfth Doctor, which hits comic stores on October 1, 2014.

Eagle award-winning writer Robbie Morrison (Drowntown, The Authority, 2000AD, Nikolai Dante) and New York Times-bestselling artist Dave Taylor (Batman: Death by Design, 2000AD) will be helping spin the new Doctor off to his most challenging destination yet.

As with the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor ranges, Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #1 comes with a regular cover painted by Alice X. Zhang, plus five other variants - including a "100% rebel Time Lord" photo cover and Mariano Laclaustra penned picture of Clara.

Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor is available to pre-order from comic stores and will hit retailers on October 1.

NB: Due to licensing restrictions, fans in the UK and Ireland can only purchase this comic digitally.

COVER B: PHOTO COVER SUBSCRIPTION INCENTIVE VARIANT

COVER D: MARIANO LACLAUSTRA COVER FREE 10 COPY

COVER E: CLARA PHOTO COVER FREE 25 COPY VARIANT

COVER F: ALICE X. ZHANG â��STARKâ�� COVER FREE 100 COPY

As previously reported the new Tenth and Eleventh Doctor ranges will hit comic book stores on July 23, and print or digital editions are available to pre-order now.

FILTER: - Twelfth Doctor - Comics

Trailers released for Titan Comics' Tenth and Eleventh Doctor series

Sunday, 18 May 2014 - Reported by John Bowman

Trailers have been released for the forthcoming range of Tenth and Eleventh Doctor adventures to be published by Titan Comics.

Both are due to launch on Wednesday 23rd July, with the second issue of the Tenth Doctor range being published on Wednesday 27th August and the second edition of the Eleventh Doctor series out on Wednesday 10th September. A Twelfth Doctor range is in the pipeline to start later this year.

Because of licensing restrictions, the comics can only be bought digitally by people in the UK and Ireland - click here for the Tenth Doctor range and here for the Eleventh Doctor range. They will also be available on Amazon Kindle and the Apple iBooks store.

Outside of the UK and Ireland, physical copies from the ranges can be ordered on subscription via the Titan Comics site - click here for the Tenth Doctor range and here for the Eleventh Doctor range - or bought from comic-book stores.

The Tenth Doctor trailer features new companion Gabriella Gonzalez, with artwork by Elena Casagrande and a painted cover by Verity Glass, and promises new monsters, while the Eleventh Doctor trailer has artwork by Simon Fraser that is previously unseen, and shows the Doctor and new companion Alice Obiefune running down a corridor.

Watch the trailers below:

The trailer for the Tenth Doctor Titan Comics series
The trailer for the Eleventh Doctor Titan Comics series

FILTER: - Merchandise - Comics - Magazines

Humble Bundle deal on IDW Comics

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

Humble Bundle Inc. - an initiative to sell digital collections on a limited timescale at a price the purchasher wishes to pay - is currently running a bundle of Doctor Who comics from IDW Publishing:

Over 60 brilliant issues. The Humble Doctor Who Comic Bundle features 14 collections of graphic novel storytelling, allowing you to travel with The Doctor as he adventures through all of space and time. Name your price for Fugitive, Tesseract, and Final Sacrifice featuring the 10th Doctor, David Tennant, alongside Doctor Who: Series 2 Vols. 1-4, featuring the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith. As an added bonus, we’re throwing in the Android-based puzzle game Doctor Who: Legacy, which includes 10 pre-unlocked Doctors! Grab your sonic screwdriver and fight alongside quite a few recognizable companions as you battle Cybermen, Daleks, and more on episode-based levels!

Need even more wibbly wobbly, timey wimey...stuff? Beat the average and you will receive four more volumes! From Series 3, this collection includes The Hypothetical Gentleman, The Eye of Ashaya, Sky Jacks!, and Dead Man’s Hand, giving you even more of the fishstick and custard eating 11th Doctor.

This bundle is definitely bigger on the inside. Pay $15 or more and you’ll also receive the 3 volume series The Prisoners of Time. Released in 2013 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, this 12-issue story features all 11 past Doctors, from William Hartnell to Matt Smith, and culminates in a multi-doctor issue! Wrapping up the bundle (much like a bowtie): the 50th anniversary celebration issue and 2014 Hugo Award-nominee, The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who - a meta-story in which the 11th Doctor travels to the present day to discover an actor, Matt Smith, playing him in a TV show!

The Ripper (Series 2 Vol 1) (Credit: IDW)

Hypothetical Gentleman (Series 3 Vol 1) (Credit: IDW)

The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (Credit: IDW)

Pay what you want. Purchased separately, these comic books would cost more than $70, but we’re letting you set the price.

DRM-free. Compatible with computers and mobile devices. These comics are available in multiple formats including MOBI, PDF, PDF (HD) and EPUB, so they work on your computer, eBook readers, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.

Support charity. You can choose exactly how you want your purchase to be divided: to Doctors Without Borders or The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. You may also thank IDW Publishing or even us with a few coins in the tip jar.

The offer is available until the 28th May; full details are available from their website.

FILTER: - Comics - Online - Special Offers

Fifty years of Doctor Who in comics to be celebrated

Saturday, 26 April 2014 - Reported by John Bowman

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is to mark 50 years of Doctor Who in comic-strip form this year as part of its line-up of events.

The festival is taking place at various venues in Kendal, Cumbria, from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th October, and with Doctor Who believed to be the longest-running licensed science fiction comic strip globally, it will be paying tribute to this format.

The first Doctor Who comic strip appeared in issue 674 of TV Comic, cover dated 14th November 1964, with the adventure The Klepton Parasites that unfolded over ten weeks (although a spoof, called Doctor What And His Time Clock and featuring a William Hartnell lookalike, appeared in Boys' World between 30th May and 3rd October 1964).

Doctor Who would go on to appear in - take a deep breath, folks! - Countdown, Countdown for TV Action!, TV Action in Countdown, TV Action + Countdown, TV Action, TV Comic Plus TV Action, TV Comic Plus Tom and Jerry Weekly, Mighty Midget Doctor Who Comic, Mighty TV Comic, and TV Comic With Target before its move to Doctor Who Weekly in 1979, with DWW eventually becoming Doctor Who Magazine. It is also in comic-strip form now in the UK in Doctor Who Adventures, which began in 2006, and has been published as a comic strip in the USA by IDW, with Titan recently picking up the licence.

Dez Skinn - the first editor of Doctor Who Weekly - will be giving an insight into the publication's evolution, including meeting with the BBC and touring the country with Tom Baker, in The First Doctor of Doctor Who at the town library on Friday 17th October at 7pm - the exact 35th anniversary of the cover date of the first edition of DWW.

Also on the festival programme is Doctor Who: 50 Years in 50 Minutes on Saturday 18th October, which is being held at the library as well. Starting at 5.30pm, this will have a panel, hosted by former DWM editor John Freeman, that will comprise artists Mike Collins and Martin Geraghty plus writers Scott Gray, Nick Abadzis and Robbie Morrison.

Others appearing at the festival who have a Doctor Who connection will be the artists Dave Gibbons, Mark Buckingham and Gary Erskine plus cartoonist Kev F Sutherland.

With Thanks To Tony Clark

FILTER: - Doctor Who - Special Events - Comics

Subscriptions open for new Doctor Who Comics

Sunday, 13 April 2014 - Reported by Marcus

Print subscriptions are now open for the two new Doctor Who comic series Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor and Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor, which will be published on July 23, 2014.

Please note that although these titles are available in print and digital in the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, due to rights issues, only digital copies will be available in the UK and Eire.

The Tenth Doctor comic series: Early Bird Offer!

US Residents: Get 15 issues for $53.99 – saving 10% off the cover price. Plus receive a FREE Tenth Doctor Titan figure!
Canadian Residents: Get 15 issues for $63.99 – saving 10% off the cover price.
New Zealand and Australia Residents: Get 15 issues for $153.99 – saving 10% off the cover price (includes $100 shipping and handling fee!).

The Eleventh Doctor comic series: Early Bird Offer!

US Residents: Get 15 issues for $53.99 – saving 10% off the cover price. Plus receive a FREE Eleventh Doctor Titan figure!
Canadian Residents: Get 15 issues for $63.99 – saving 10% off the cover price.
New Zealand and Australia Residents: Get 15 issues for $153.99 – saving 10% off the cover price (includes $100 shipping and handling fee!).

FILTER: - Doctor Who - Canada - USA - Comics - New Zealand - Australia

Titan Comics releases preview of first covers for new series

Saturday, 1 March 2014 - Reported by John Bowman

Titan Comics has released more details about its forthcoming range of adventures featuring the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors, including the covers for the first issues.

As previously reported, the publisher secured the rights to bring out the series in a deal with BBC Worldwide Americas. The company has now said that the range will launch on Wednesday 23rd July with covers by Alice X Zhang.

THE TENTH DOCTOR

The Tenth Doctor is back in an all-new ongoing series! New companion! New horizons! Unforgettable new foes! Allons-y!

Eisner Award-winning writer Nick Abadzis (Laika) and fan-favourite artist Elena Casagrande (Doctor Who, Angel, Suicide Risk, Star Trek) take control of the TARDIS for their first five-issue arc with the Tenth Doctor.

The second arc will be by fellow series architect Robbie Morrison (Drowntown, Nikolai Dante, The Authority).

THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR

The Eleventh Doctor returns in an all-new ongoing series with a time-twisting leap into the unknown! Geronimo!

Series architects Al Ewing (Loki: Agent of Asgard, Mighty Avengers, Trifecta) and Rob Williams (Revolutionary War, Ordinary, Miss Fury, The Royals: Masters of War, Trifecta) start a whirlwind adventure through eternity for the Eleventh Doctor, with artist Simon Fraser (Doctor Who, Nikolai Dante, Grindhouse).

A series featuring the Twelfth Doctor will follow in due course.

FILTER: - Comics - Magazines - Eleventh Doctor - Tenth Doctor

New Doctor Who comic-book adventures announced

Tuesday, 21 January 2014 - Reported by John Bowman

Titan Comics and BBC Worldwide Americas have signed a deal to publish all-new Doctor Who comic-book adventures, it was announced today. It comes following the end of the licensing agreement that IDW Publishing had had with the BBC since 2007.

The adventures will feature the Doctors as portrayed by David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Peter Capaldi. A press statement datelined New York said:

In the universe of Doctor Who, regenerations bring not only a new Doctor but often a fresh look and feel to the series, and BBC Worldwide is bringing that same approach to Doctor Who comics as it signs a new deal with Titan Comics.

The deal will open up the world of Doctor Who and provide fans with new stand-alone adventures featuring the Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor and, after the new series launch, the Twelfth Doctor. Creative and production teams will be announced in the coming weeks and the first comic books will be released in 2014.

Today's statement was purely to announce the partnership agreement. A more precise date for when the first issue will be published is yet to be given, as is confirmation of the publication frequency. Although ostensibly an American production, the comic books will be available to buy worldwide.

Titan Comics is the comics and graphic-novel division of publisher Titan, whose magazine subsidiary previously published Torchwood - The Official Magazine.

FILTER: - Merchandise - USA - Comics - Magazines - BBC Worldwide

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