On The Shelves: Doctor Who

According to Diamond and editor Denton Tipton's excellent blog, it looks like two of my Doctor Who projects hit shelves this week. First up, issue 8 of the Doctor Who Ongoing series, which concludes the "When Worlds Collide" story arc by Tony Lee, me, and Charlie Kirchoff. IDW released a preview which you can view here. But on top of that, IDW's 2011 Doctor Who Annual is also slated to hit stores tomorrow, which features a short story I wrote for my friend (and ridiculously talented up and coming artist) Mitch Gerads to draw. No preview, I'm afraid, but here's a look at the cover by Blair Shedd, Mitch, and the other artists who drew stories for the Annual.



Mitch and I are in great company for this one. Along with our story, there are also stories by Tony Lee and Josh Adams, Joshua Fialkov and Blair Shedd, and Dan McDaid. It's a great lineup, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it.

On Shelves Now: Doctor Who #7 (UPDATED)

In stores today -- Doctor Who #7 from IDW Publishing. Part two of the "Worlds Collide" story arc by Tony Lee, me, and Charlie Kirchoff.

UPDATE: Courtesy of Denton Tipton and IDW Publishing -- a preview of issue 7.

On Shelves Now: Doctor Who #6 (UPDATED)

Forgive the radio silence, but between the successful NIGHT FOLK Kickstarter campaign, a stack of secret projects, and my DOCTOR WHO workload, I've been a bit buried under work lately. I'll be returning to regular blogging next week, but in the meantime, my first issue back on IDW Publishing's DOCTOR WHO comes out today. Story by regular writer Tony Lee, art by me, colors by Charlie Kirchoff, and editing by Denton Tipton. It's the first part of a three-issue arc that takes us from the Wild West to Primeval Earth and back again.

In other news, I've just completed work on two other comic book projects -- a secret project that I still can't talk about yet, and a short story for IDW's 2011 Doctor Who Annual written by me and with art by up and coming artist Mitch Gerads. I've seen the final art for it, and I honestly believe Mitch's work on this one is going to blow everyone away. So, keep an eye out for it.

As for the other project... still can't talk about it. But it was another writing assignment, and I was thrilled to get to do it. Hopefully I'll be able to talk about it soon.

UPDATE: Courtesy of Denton Tipton and IDW, here's a preview of DW #6, on sale now!

On Sale Now: Doctor Who Vol. 3

On shelves now, the final 10th Doctor collection from IDW -- Doctor Who, Volume 3: Final Sacrifice. It collects issues 13-16 of the Doctor Who Ongoing series (the "Final Sacrifice" story arc by Tony Lee and myself), and the 2010 Doctor Who annual (which includes a story by Tony and myself, and the "Big, Blue Box" story that I wrote and drew).

On The Shelves: 2010 Witchblade Annual

Buried under work right now - please forgive the lack of updates here on the blog and the lack of any developments on the Act Three Project - but I wanted to poke my head out and let you know that the 2010 Witchblade Annual, with my short story "Devil's Due" in it, hits shelves today.

(I'm actually kind of nervous about this one, since it's a bit of a departure for me, not to mention my first professionally published prose story. Here's hoping everyone gets a kick out of it and the illustrations I did to accompany the story.)

I'll be back to regular updates on the surprisingly large number of projects I've got going on right now just as soon as I've caught up on the one I'm currently working on.

On The Shelves: DOCTOR WHO #15

DOCTOR WHO #15 hits the stores today, the second to last issue featuring the 11th Doctor, and the 3rd part of the "Final Sacrifice" storyline by Tony Lee, Charlie Kirchoff, and myself. Not to mention another cover by one of my heroes, Paul Grist. Here's a preview.

On The Shelves: DOCTOR WHO #14

Part two of IDW's final 10th Doctor story, "Final Sacrifice", hits shelves this week, with art by me, script by Tony Lee, colors by Charlie Kirchoff, and a cover by the great Paul Grist. I've been a fan of Paul's work since his KANE days, so it's been a real thrill to have his covers on these comics. If you aren't reading his WEIRD WORLD OF JACK STAFF (from Image) you're missing out.

On The Shelves: DOCTOR WHO #13

My first issue as the regular artist on IDW's DOCTOR WHO comic (issue #13) comes out today. It's the beginning of the end, as they say. This issue starts the final four-part story arc for the 11th Doctor, "Final Sacrifice", as well as the final few issues of the current series before we relaunch with a new #1 and a new Doctor.

Once again, Tony Lee is handling the script, I'm penciling and inking, and Charlie Kirchoff is handling the colors.

And while I'm at it, a big public 'thank you' to Chris Ryall, Denton Tipton, Tony Lee, Gary Russell, and the rest of the gang at IDW and the BBC for asking me back on a regular basis. I hope everyone enjoys the final 10th Doctor issues as much as I've enjoyed drawing them.

On The Shelves: DOCTOR WHO Annual 2010

I'm off to Connecticut this morning to visit with my friend Dan Waters before we both head over to Rhode Island for our annual trip to Necon, but in the meantime, IDW publishing's DOCTOR WHO Annual 2010 comes out today. I drew two short stories for the annual, one that I wrote myself, and one written by my DOCTOR WHO Ongoing Series collaborator, Tony Lee, that ties into the final 10th Doctor story arc we're working on now, "Final Sacrifice", which begins in DOCTOR WHO #13. There are also stories by Jonathan Davis and Kelly Yates (who also drew the cover), and Al Davison. I got a chance to read Al's story a while back, and I have to say, it knocked my socks off.

On the Shelves: DC Digital Comics

The big industry news this week is the announcement that DC has jumped into the digital comic book business with both feet, doing a deal to bring their comics to both the PSP and iPad. I've been lucky to work with the folks at DC's WildStorm imprint off an on for the last few years on a number of different projects, including the MIRROR'S EDGE mini-series with famed game writer Rhianna Pratchett. And now I'm proud to say that the special #0 issue we did is currently free to download through the DC's digital comic app. You can also download issues 1-3 for a small fee. I'm incredibly excited to have a project I worked on in this first wave of digital comics, so a big 'cheers' to the gang at WildStorm and at DC Comics proper.

On Shelves Now: DOCTOR WHO #5

My third issue of IDW Publishing's DOCTOR WHO ongoing series (issue #5) hits shelves today, with a great Paul Grist cover (above), as well as my own variant cover. Here's the blurb from the IDW website:

DOCTOR WHO #5

In Part 3 of the four-part “Fugitive” story arc, the Doctor has been trapped on an alien world with his old enemies now his allies—and his old allies now trying to kill him! He has only one chance to save his life... and possibly an entire galaxy!

Tony Lee (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • Paul Grist, Smith (c)

Price: $3.99

On Shelves Now: DOCTOR WHO #3

The first issue of my story arc in the new DOCTOR WHO Ongoing series hits shelves today, with a script by Tony Lee, art by myself, and colors by Charlie Kirchoff. I did a variant cover (see above), and the regular cover is by one of my artistic heroes, Mr. Paul Grist.