The Vworp Vworp Doctor Who fanzine is nearly here – and it looks pretty good! We’ve got a preview (subject to change) of the contents of the DWM and comic strips tribute to whet your appetite…
Set for launch in December, Vworp Vworp contains interviews, features, comic strips and more as a 70 page love letter to all things Doctor Who Magazine shaped.
dez skinn interview
Vworp Vworp! discusses the birth of Doctor Who Weekly with its original creator
countdown to kentish town
Jeremy Bentham offers his perspective on the Weekly’s early days
who cares!
A wide range of writers celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of Doctor Who Weekly
“time leech”
Something green and slimy’s interfering with reality…
Comic strip written by Kasterborous’ own Christian Cawley, art by Justin Abbot
collectors’ corner
David J Howe blows the dust off a DWM regular feature for one final outing
the iron legion
Dave Gibbons and Pat Mills on DWW’s first classic, with contributions from Dez Skinn, David Lloyd and Leon Hewitt
the star beast
Dave Gibbons, Pat Mills, Steve Lyons and Gareth Kavanagh, on the trail of furry supervillain Meep the Beep
a child called “peggyâ€
Nicholas Pegg relives a painful childhood experience
the cybermen
Interviews with writer Alan Barnes, artist Adrian Salmon and editor Gary Russell, plus an appreciation from Matt Badham
“clash of empiresâ€
Silurians vs Ice Warriors! Comic strip action, inspired by The Cybermen, written and drawn by Daryl Joyce
“the master’s life on marsâ€
It’s the freakiest show… Comic strip written by Gareth Kavanagh and John Daiker, art by John Daiker
thirty years of happiness
Andrew Pixley on the important place Doctor Who Magazine holds in his life
designing the flood
Scott Gray, Martin Geraghty, Adrian Salmon and Clayton Hickman on reimagining the Cybermen for DWM’s strip
time toons
Exclusive interviews with nine of Doctor Who Magazine’s cartoon creators
Vworp Vworp will have a limited run of 1000 copies, with 100 variant covers – brilliant pastiches of the original Who covers, overseen by Dez Skinn – and will be available to buy online via the fanzines dedicated website.
We’ll have more closer to the release date, but in the meantime read through that list again – its a treasure trove of DWM love!
(With thanks to Gareth Kavanagh)
