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The Kickstarter for the dark fairy tale Omega, based on the character introduced in the 1972 Doctor Who story The Three Doctors, is now up and running from Cutaway Comics

Omega is a new Cutaway Comics four part US-style comic mini-series by Mark Griffiths and John Ridgway, with backup strip The Demons of Eden by Ian Winterton and Martin Geraghty.

A stellar engineer and revered figure in Time Lord history, it was Omega who gave the Doctor’s people the power of time travel. However, at what should have been the moment of his triumph, an accident condemned Omega to an eternity of loneliness trapped at the heart of a black hole in an anti-matter universe. With near limitless powers Omega will stop at nothing to escape back into our universe, whatever the cost.

Featuring art by the indomitable John Ridgway (Doctor Who Voyager, Hellblazer), Omega’s mix of the cosmic and mythologic will appeal to fans of The Sandman and Promethea. We have worked closely with original creator BOB BAKER to ensure our exploration of the character is true to Bob and Dave’s vision of Doctor Who’s own Galactus.

The story follows revolt on the planet Minyos (expanding the world seen in the 1977 Doctor Who story, ‘Underworld’); “Trapped in his black hole prison, Omega is stoking the chaos on Minyos – the key to his freedom. Standing in Omega’s way is Princess Malika – last of the Minyan Royal Family. The fate of Minyos – and the entire universe is in her hands!”

Omega is in full-colour featuring colouring by Andrew Orton of John Ridgway’s artwork with Issue 1 published in January 2021, and further issue following quarterly.

Each issue, as is customary with Cutaway Comics, comes with three variant covers to collect. The covers feature the cream of the crop of established and emerging artists. Covers for Issue #1 include art by series artist JOHN RIDGWAY, Marvel cover artist STEPHEN B. SCOTT and Doctor Who animation and DWM supremo MARTIN GERAGHTY! Capturing the mythological theme, there are multiple options to collect all variants, and clean versions of the covers in the Kickstarter perks as part of the exclusive trading cards.

The Kickstarter can be accessed here