CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: THE DOCTOR IS IN

Monday, 14 April 2014

THE DOCTOR IS IN - TV COMIC (PART THREE)...

Coloured for DOCTOR WHO CLASSIC COMICS #2 in 1993, here are another two episodes of The Doctor's comic strip from TV COMIC #s 676 & 677, cover-dated November 28th and December 5th 1964 respectively.

Maybe one day, someone will get around to tying in JOHN and GILLIAN with regular TV continuity (if it hasn't been done already). Were they the brother and sister of SUSAN? Does TV Comic's Doctor, seemingly like PETER CUSHING's, come from an alternate reality? We deserve to be told - so someone please tell us before we get much older.

In the meantime, however, enjoy these pages from the start of the Doctor's comic strip career.

7 comments:

John Pitt said...: Now then, SOMEONE somewhere actually DID try and tie in all the TV comic strips with the TV episodes, continuity-wise. I'll TRY and find it again and let you know. It was a couple of years ago - I'll see if I can retrace the journey .; 14 April 2014 at 22:31
John Pitt said...: Right then, 2 places - first go to wikipedia TV comic , go to external links, comic strip info. & click on first doctor. First paragraph briefly tells you the time period in relationship to TV episodes.
Secondly, visit www.drwhoguide.com, click on reference & it goes into more detail, adding stories from books, etc.; 14 April 2014 at 22:59
Kid said...: Thanks, JP - I took a look at that link and then found a Wikipedia page that talks a bit about John and Gillian. Apparently, in one of the novels, The Doctor refers to friends and family he has on Earth. We know he's a father anyway because of his granddaughter Susan, so perhaps he had other children, one of whom was a parent to J&G. (Who he'd never met before that first strip in TV Comic, although he obviously knew of them.); 15 April 2014 at 11:53
John Pitt said...: But as for the Cadet sweet cigarettes doctor - he really MUST come from an alternate reality!; 15 April 2014 at 15:30
Kid said...: I think the guy who wrote the story for them certainly did. Seems as if he'd never seen a TV episode.; 15 April 2014 at 15:42
John Pitt said...: The first TV comic strip I remember was the Zarbi. I may be in a minority, but I'd love to see any more of these strips that you have.; 15 April 2014 at 23:41
Kid said...: Suggestion noted, JP.; 16 April 2014 at 00:31

About the artist:

From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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Just some of the titles I worked on are:

2000 A.D. * JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE * DICEMAN * SONIC The COMIC * JUDGE DREDD, LAWMAN Of The FUTURE * CRISIS * REVOLVER * EAGLE * TIGER * BATTLE ACTION-FORCE * BUSTER * WHIZZER & CHIPS * WHOOPEE * NIPPER * SCHOOL FUN * ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE * The REAL GHOSTBUSTERS * DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE * COUNT DUCKULA * RUGRATS * The TRANSFORMERS * DEATH'S HEAD * THUNDERCATS * GALAXY RANGERS * DRAGON'S CLAWS * SINDY * MARVEL MASTERWORKS * The TROLLS * LOADED * INFERNO * WARHAMMER * ROSE BLACK.

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