Sketchbook: Eleventh Doctor, Again...

One last sketch of the Eleventh Doctor. I was never quite satisfied with my take on him in the Doctor Who comic, but when you're in the company of guys like Mitch Gerads, Mark Buckingham, and Josh Adams, it's fairly easy to feel inferior. A talented bunch of creators.

Sketchbook: Eleventh Doctor, Animated...

Another Eleventh Doctor sketch, this time in a more animated style. One of my regrets from my time on the WHO comic was that I was never able to convince anyone to let me do a series of kids' comics featuring the Doctor. The closest I got was a series of short comic stories for a card company in the UK, but because of the time constraints, I wasn't able to develop a new, more kid-friendly style for them. If I had, it might have looked a little like this piece. Or, if I'd been smart, I would have just gotten the great Adrian Salmon to draw them.

Sketchbook: Eleventh Doctor...

A quick sketch of the Eleventh Doctor.

On Shelves Now: Blackburn Burrow #4...

BLACKBURN BURROW #4

Written by RON MARZ

Illustrated by MATTHEW DOW SMITH

Based on an original screenplay by J.H. LEVY

Mister has faced monsters before but none so dark of heart as his own father, and none so powerful as Kukulkan, an ancient god about to break free of his underground prison. Mister's own blood stands against him, but he is no longer alone - Merrin, a survivor from the decimated town of Blackburn Burrow, joins Mister in the battle to save not just themselves, but the world.

Read issue #4 on Graphicly.

Download issue #4 for free at Amazon's Kindle store.

Nerd Moment: DW iTunes Covers...

Just because I'm not working on Doctor Who full-time, doesn't mean my life doesn't revolve to an embarrassing degree around Doctor Who. I still watch a lot of WHO while working, and since these days I ingest most of my media digitally, I've been digitizing my entire library of Classic Doctor Who stories and watching them through iTunes. And since I'm also too OCD to allow blank covers in my iTunes library, I make my own...

Sneak Peek: DW Classic Covers...

A sneak peek at two more of my covers for IDW Publishing's DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS series, reprinting some classic Seventh Doctor stories featuring Sylvester McCoy...

Upcoming Projects Update...

Lots going on right now, but I thought it was long past time for a quick rundown of upcoming releases and current projects --

• Blackburn Burrow #4 comes out (at least according to Amazon's website) on March 12th, wrapping up the mini-series by Ron Marz and myself, based on Jay Levy's original film script. Here's a look at the wonderful cover by Brian Stelfreeze...

• FADE: Hearts & Souls, the next in a series of digital short stories featuring my character Evan Fade will be available for download from Amazon within the next few weeks. You can pick up the first one here.

• The October Girl series for Monkeybrain Comics is back in full-time production, with release dates to be announced. We're taking the series bi-weekly starting with the next issue and I'm currently working on getting the next three issues wrapped up so we can be well ahead of schedule when the series resumes.

• The long-delayed NIGHT FOLK novel is also finally nearing completion, with several weeks in March and April set aside for final edits and work on the interior illustrations. Look for more news and some sneak peeks at work on it in early April.

• And if I haven't mentioned it before, I've returned to the world of Doctor Who to provide covers for the latest series of IDW's DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS reprints. This run features some classic tales of the Seventh Doctor as played by Sylvester McCoy. McCoy has always been a personal favorite of mine, so when they asked if I'd be interested in doing the covers for this series, I couldn't turn it down.

And look for more announcements in the coming months, along with more changes here on the blog and on my website, www.matthewdowsmith.com.