Announced today from Titan, it looks like all of their “Doctor Who” comics are about to expand.
Starting later this month in the pages of their books for Ten, Eleven and Twelve, each Doctor will now have an additional creative team providing back-ups for their books. Starting with Twelve at issue #2, Scotland’s own Colin Bell and Neil Slorance of the SICBA Award winning “Dungeon Fun” will be providing one-page back-ups to the book. Following this, Rachel Smith and Emma Price will be joining the team of Ten’s book for similar back-up duties, with Marc Ellerby joining Eleven and supposedly more on the way. These will all run in addition to the regular stories as bonus bang for your hard-earned Whovian buck.
Full disclosure: I am rather good friends with Bell and Slorance, and I have certainly done my best to help champion the book here on the site on multiple occasions. I love the book and I love the team and am so pleased to see them succeed, and am really looking forward to whatever shenanigans they put Peter Capaldi through. Hopefully this gives the opportunity for all the creatives involved to see their creator owned work seen a bit more.
And to emphasize my overall point, here’s a bit from “Dungeon Fun” to give you an idea of what kind of wondrous things we have in store as well as to capture my reaction now that this has been announced:
For the full press release from Titan, please see below.
Titan Press Release
Titan Comics is proud to announce the creators of Dungeon Fun will join Rachael Smith, Emma Price and Marc Ellerby in the line-up of stellar talent producing humor strips for Titan’s Doctor Who comics!
Debuting with Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #2, Colin Bell and Neil Slorance produce single page humor strips focusing on The Twelfth Doctor and Clara’s further adventures in space and time.
For Bell and Slorance, whose all-ages comic DUNGEON FUN won all 4 Scottish Independent Comic Book Awards in July, this is a dream assignment.
Bell says, “To be the men who put the words in the mouth of The Man Who Stops The Monsters is an incredible honor for us both!
“We’re concerned with what happens in the smaller moments between crises, when the galaxy’s not being saved. Who takes the bins out? Where do they go for lunch? Neil and I hope to answer these questions; and as always, the answers await us… in time! “
Bell & Slorance join the incredible line-up of back-up creators Titan have assembled, along with Rachael Smith and Emma Price on Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor, and Marc Ellerby on Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor, with more artists to be announced!
“As someone who loved Matt Smith’s time as the Doctor, I’m over the moon to be involved with the brand new comics,” says Marc Ellerby. “I’m donning my fez and raggedy blazer to help power through the drawings!”
“I’m so excited to be able to work on these strips,” Rachael Smith adds. “I’m having so much fun writing for the characters!”
Emma Price says, “It’s thrilling being able to support such a diverse and accomplished range of creators in a new era of comics adventures with the Doctor!”
“It’s a delight to showcase the work of some immensely talented indie creators through the Doctor Who comics,” says Doctor Who editor Andrew James. “Hopefully we’re introducing our readers to a whole universe of new writers and artists, as well as offering some charming and hilarious shorts with these beloved characters.”
Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #2 is on sale in comic stores globally and via comiXology from November 19.
Find out more at titan-comics.com, where you can also pre-order or subscribe to each series!
