The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

John ‘Captain Jack’ Barrowman has teamed up with his sister Carole to pen a story for an upcoming Torchwood magazine comic strip entitled Captain Jack and the Selkie (a Selkie, also sometimes spelled Silkie, is a common character in the folklore of the Scottish Highlands and Islands). From the publisher’s description: “the story sees Captain Jack facing a deadly threat on a remote Scottish island, where people are disappearing one by one… To his horror, Jack starts to suspect he may know who ­ or perhaps more specifically what ­ is responsible...” The artwork for the comic strip is courtesy of Tommy Lee Edwards and Trevor Goring; Torchwood Magazine #14 goes on sale on February 19th. No details are forthcoming as to whether Captain Jack will don a kilt during his Caledonian sojourn, but given John Barrowman’s propensity to get ‘Little John’ out at the drop of a hat I think we can take it as read that if he does don the kilt he will, in time honoured fashion, have nothing worn underneath it.