Doctor Who Comics Come to iTunes

Sunday, 20 March 2011 - Reported by Jeremy Bement
IDW Publishing announced at this weekend's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) that their line of Doctor Who comics will be available worldwide for the iPad, iPhone and other iOS devices through Apple's iTunes effective immediately. They will also be launching the line of comics on the Sony PSP within weeks.

Until now, IDW's original Doctor Who comics were only available in North America which left many fans unable to view the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor's adventures. With this announcement, fans will be able to purchase and view not only IDW's original line of Doctor Who comics but also many of the classic comics from Doctor Who Magazine which have been digitally colored for the first time.

Doctor Who Comics! The complete comic book adventures of the Doctor, all in one app. Only from IDW Publishing, the leader in digital comics.

IDW Publishing presents the critically acclaimed DOCTOR WHO comic book series. The Doctor Who Comics app features all-new adventures of Matt Smith, the Eleventh Doctor, as well as the 10th Doctor, David Tennant, and classics from decades past.

Includes 3 free comics, with over 40 comics available!

Each comic has been formatted to view as the entire page or custom crafted panels for the iPhone and iPod touch that make reading easy and fun. Shop for new issues in a familiar, easy to use store front, and view your collection on your virtual bookshelf.

Check out iTunes for the Doctor Who Comic app and Comic Book Resources for more information.




FILTER: - Online - Comics

DWA 'Design-a-Monster' competition

Wednesday, 23 February 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward
Doctor Who Adventures magazine has launched a 'Design a Monster' competition. The winner will see their creation battle the Doctor, Amy and Rory in a special comic strip in the magazine and be made into a model to go on display at the Doctor Who Experience in Olympia, London.

Comic artist John Ross offers the readers some great tips to help them create the perfect creature:


The great thing about Doctor Who monsters is that they can be scary but a bit funny, too. For example, a really scary face could be balanced out by something quite wacky, like a foot that's joined on backwards, or one arm that's much bigger than the other.

Things that tend to look good on monsters are wrinkles, extra eyes, fewer eyes, long tongues, tentacles, spots, stripes, spikes and funny-looking alien weapons/gadgets. Monsters based on animals are quite popular. For example, you could take the head of a rat and put it on the body of a chimpanzee and add tentacles.

Posture is always something you have to think about, too. If your monster is strong and confident, it should stand straight and tall. If it's a bit more nervous and unsure of itself, it could be hunched over, possibly with slumped shoulders. If it's just a jumbled mass of tentacles with a head, it's a bit trickier to give an idea of the creature's personality.

Your monster has to pose a threat to the Doctor, so will need some special powers or weapons. It could fire energy beams from its fingertips/tentacles, laser beams from its eyes or cannonballs from a hole in its belly - whatever you think is interesting. Weapons could be a giant device which could destroy the planet or a tiny alien flower which looks like a daisy but releases a scent which sends people to sleep.

It's also good to colour your monster nice and brightly so he stands out in a crowd.

How to enter

Download the PDF entry form by clicking on the button below, then print it out and draw your monster! Fill in the monster's details, along with your name, age, address and daytime telephone number. Put the page in an envelope and send it to: DWA DESIGN, PO Box 8951, Market Harborough LE16 0EF, or scan the page and email your design to design@dwacomps.co.uk

Download the pdf entry form

For full terms and conditions please visit www.dwamag.com/design-a-monster.




FILTER: - Comics - Magazines - Competitions - DWA

The Dandy and the ...

Wednesday, 16 February 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The new issue of the UK children's comic The Dandy sees its lead character, TV's Harry Hill, have a fleeting encounter with all eleven incarnations of the Doctor (plus some Daleks!) during a twelve page special of his usual madcap antics within the comic!

The issue is out on 16th February 2011.

(with thanks to Séan Baldwin. Image © The Dandy)

 





FILTER: - Comics - Miscellaneous

Torchwood Comic #6

Wednesday, 5 January 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward
The latest issue of the The Official Torchwood Comic by Titan Magazines is now on sale. Issue Six includes two comic strip adventures - Hell House by Roger Gibson and Overture by Gary Russell, with art by John Ridgway - and the conclusion of the Issue Five short story Photo Finish by Mark Morris.
 

Art work from Hell House

The series of Comics for the US market was first reported by us back in June 2010.




FILTER: - Torchwood - USA - Comics - Magazines

Doctor Who Comic Book - Best Licensed Series

Wednesday, 22 December 2010 - Reported by Marcus
MTV SplashMTV Splash has named the IDW Doctor Who Comic Books as the Best Licensed Series in their review of the best of 2010.

The books by by Tony Lee, Matthew Dow Smith, Al Davison, Blair Shedd, and others have been published since 2008. The 2009/10 series is sometimes marketed with the unofficial title of Doctor Who Ongoing and consists of 16 issues and one annual featuring the tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant.

Lee managed to craft a series of adventures that not only played in the same world as the "Doctor Who" television series but made notable additions to it, too. The "Doctor Who 2010 Annual" and Lee's heartbreaking farewell to The Tenth Doctor in issue #16 is not to be missed,




FILTER: - Comics - Awards/Nominations