John Barrowman, otherwise known as Captain Jack Harkness, will be writing a Torchwood comic strip with his sister and longtime collaborator Carole E. Barrowman.
The series will appear in issue #14 of the bimonthly Torchwood magazine. The art will be produced by Tommy Lee Edwards (1984) and Trevor Goring.
Carole explained in a press release that “When John and I were working on [John's autobiography] Anything Goes, we spent a lot of time together on the Torchwood set. In between our storytelling and moments of inspired silliness (maybe one or two), we decided we’d like to work on a project together that involved Captain Jack. The role of myth in a culture’s zeitgeist has always intrigued John and I (it probably intrigues all sci-fi fans) so I when I got back to the US, I sent John a short story I’d written, ‘The Tale of the Selkie.’ Almost immediately he called and said, ‘This should be our first Captain Jack tale.’”
According to the press release solicitations, Captain Jack will be facing a deadly menace on a remote Scottish island, as his companions are picked off one by one.
Torchwood the series spun off of the critically-acclaimed Doctor Who revival in 2005, dealing with an Earth-based organization that dealt with (and scavaged technology) from extraterrestrial encounters.
January 12th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
That cover’s by Paul Grist isn’t it? Captain Jack is awesome! If ever Trevor gets tired of drawing it I’d love to do it!
January 12th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
That artwork is insanely bad. The characters are only identifiable by their clothes, and Jack’s face is twisted and lopsided. But at least it doesn’t look like it was done in Flash.
Maybe his mom will hang it on the fridge for him.
January 12th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Yay! Paul Grist is back! And him on Torchwood! Match made in heaven.
January 13th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
A new artist is badly needed.
February 1st, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Maybe they could get Brian Williamson back? His drawings actually looked like the characters.
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