NYCC’09: IDW Panel Makes Doctor Who Fans Happy

By: Stephen Schleicher | February 7th, 2009

Here’s your wrap up of the IDW Panel held at the New York Comic Con 2009.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of IDW publishing, the company will release two books; one that features every cover ever printed by the company, and the other full of interviews with those who helped shape the company over the years.
A new Angel series is on the way. It will be five issues, co-written by Juliet Landau.
Angel: Blood & Trenches, will find Angel in World War I, and written by John Byrne.
Fallen Angel ends with issue #31, however the company will relaunch with a new #1, which will feature a character from the Buffy universe. The story will take place during the season five of the Buffy television series.
A new Spike series is on the way as well.
IDW will release a prequel series to the upcoming Astro Boy movie written by Scott Tipton.
Best news of the day – Doctor Who becomes a monthly beginning in July. The first two issues find the Doctor in 1927 hooking up with Charlie Chaplin.
Don’t expect any new tales of the old Doctors because of licensing issues.
Fans of Star Trek will want to get the Star Trek: Countdown series, as it leads directly into the upcoming movie.
What of Star Trek before Kirk and Spock? Check out Star Trek Crew, also written by John Byrne.
You want more Star Trek?
- Star Trek: Klingons
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Savior 28 arrives in 2009, written by J.M. DeMatteis
More Zombies vs. Robots is on the way. You can get electronic versions of the first series on iTunes today.
Chris Eliopoulous’s Desperate Times is being collected in a huge volume.
John Byrne is cleaning up at IDW, with Next Men getting a hardcover.
Michael Chiklis is working on Olympus with Marc Andreyko. Chiklis will be drawn into the series as the Greek god Zeus.
IDW is taking further advantage of Barack Obama fever by releasing two more comics about the President this year.