IDW Publishing

IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books currently publishing several Doctor Who comics out of the USA. Many of IDW's titles are licensed properties based upon TV and film franchise. Besides Doctor Who, IDW is also the current publisher of comics based upon Star Trek, making this the first time since the late-70s/early-80s that one company has owned the rights to both franchises at the same time (the previous being Marvel Comics).

The company initially offered two Doctor Who titles beginning in 2007: Doctor Who Classics which reprinted Fourth Doctor stories from Doctor Who Magazine, and Doctor Who which offered all-new adventures for the Tenth Doctor. In the summer of 2008, the main Doctor Who title was replaced by a miniseries entitled The Forgotten, which featured appearances by all 10 Doctors. In October 2008, IDW suspended Doctor Who Classics and launched a related title, Grant Morrison's Doctor Who, a two-issue miniseries which reprinted DWM storylines written by Grant Morrison. In December, the regular reprints continued as Doctor Who Classics: Series 2, continuing the DWM reprints with the Fourth Doctor; in April 2009 the series will begin reprinting Fifth Doctor strips.

Beginning in 2009, IDW has announced it will be publishing several stand-alone specials, the first of which was The Whispering Gallery in February, followed by The Time Machination in May, before launching Doctor Who Ongoing during the summer, a new monthly series that is expected to run for at least 18 issues, with stories featuring the Eleventh Doctor scheduled to begin in late 2010.

Aside from the comic magazines, IDW also publishes graphic novel-style omnibus collections of its comics. To date (March 2009) it has reprinted two volumes of Doctor Who Classics (with a third announced) and Agent Provocateur (reprinting the first story arc from its main Doctor Who title), with an omnibus collecting The Forgotten scheduled for release in the spring of 2009.

External Link

 * The IDW publishing site with news, information and previews of all its titles.