Posted in: Comics, Recent Updates | Tagged:


Dirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-Con

Dirk Wood and Alex Cox of IDW Publishing were at the Diamond Retailer event yesterday talking to British retailers about the publisher and their upcoming titles. Well, Dirk was, Alex had lost his voice leading to an entertaining Penn-And-Teller-style presentation.

Dirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-Con

We learnt that their current Star Trek Discovery comic book series that directly ties in with the Netflix TV series, is their highest selling Star Trek title for quite some time.

Dirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-Con

That their Highest House original graphic novel by Mike Carey and Peter Gross that they are in joint publication partnership with its original commissioner, Glenat, can be seen as a thematic sequel to Carey and Gross' The Unwritten – which makes DC's decision to cancel the second Unwritten deluxe collection all the more peculiar.

Dirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-Con

There was much talk of Black Crown as an imprint with strong British appeal – especially in the light of the thirtieth anniversary of Deadline Magazine that Titan Comics talked about. And about how Tini Howard had wanted someone like Gilbert Hernandez to draw Assassinistas, so they got Gilbert Hernandez.

Dirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-Con

We got a chance to critique Dirk Wood's cursive handwriting from the sixth grade.

Dirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-Con

And he had lots to say about his Comics Journalalike Full Bleed magazine, in the face of what he saw "as the internet destroys the world, with the exception of Bleeding Cool." It's handy to be at eye-level.

Dirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-Con

So he talked up the interview with Stephen King about comics, Batman, horror, and what his mother let him read. The show runner of Dirk Gentky talking about the Dirk-inspired play he created that was endorsed by Adams.Gideon Kendal's strip about trying to get to San Diego Comic-Con,

Dirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-Con

Show runner on dirk gently launching a Dirk-based play, endorsed by Douglas Adams, talking about Adams, Erin Nation's strip Teenage Boy about going through puberty twice, Bob Fingerman's political caricatures. a Tom Truman/Joe Lansdale short story and Mark Russell on histories of Herodotus.

Dirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-ConDirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-ConDirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-ConDirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-ConDirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-Con

So, you know, stuff. Wood also offered to take any complaints about Marvel and DC back to them since they hadn't shown up. Alex could only nod along…

 

Dirk Gently, Dirk Wood And Star Trek: Dirkscovery – IDW At MCM London Comic-Con


Enjoyed this? Please share on social media!

Stay up-to-date and support the site by following Bleeding Cool on Google News today!

Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
twitterfacebookinstagramwebsite
Comments will load 20 seconds after page. Click here to load them now.