Preview: DOCTOR WHO #16

Now up on Comicosity, a sneak peek at the final issue of the latest series of DOCTOR WHO comics from IDW, wrapping up my current run on the book, as well as Joshua Hale Fialkov's wonderful 'As Time Goes By' story arc. For the preview, click here.

Sneak Peek: Doctor Who #15

Here's a quick sneak peek at the first few pages of Doctor Who #15 from IDW Publishing, story by Joshua Hale Fialkov, art by me, and colors by Charlie Kirchoff. For the preview, click here.

Sneak Peek: DOCTOR WHO #16 cover...

Here's a look at my variant cover for the upcoming DOCTOR WHO #16, the final issue of Joshua Hale Fialkov's "As Time Goes By" story arc. Out in April, if memory serves.

Doctor Who #14 preview...

Another preview from that thing that's been keeping me so silent lately...

DOCTOR WHO #13 preview

Wondering why I've been so silent lately? Well, here's a little preview...

Upcoming Projects: Doctor Who

Been more than a little silent lately. Between wrapping up Doctor Who #10 & 11, working on the NIGHT FOLK novel, and getting ready for another secret project, it's been even busier than usual around here. And tonight, a few hours before the Doctor Who finale on TV, the secret project I've been working on was announced -- more Doctor Who at IDW Publishing. With regular series writer Tony Lee moving on to a secret project of his own, writer Joshua Hale Fialkov is coming on board for a four-part story starting in issue #13. Can't say much about the story yet, but I can say it's set in Casablanca. Here's a sneak peek at my variant cover for the first issue...

On The Shelves: Doctor Who

According to Diamond and editor Denton Tipton's excellent blog, it looks like two of my Doctor Who projects hit shelves this week. First up, issue 8 of the Doctor Who Ongoing series, which concludes the "When Worlds Collide" story arc by Tony Lee, me, and Charlie Kirchoff. IDW released a preview which you can view here. But on top of that, IDW's 2011 Doctor Who Annual is also slated to hit stores tomorrow, which features a short story I wrote for my friend (and ridiculously talented up and coming artist) Mitch Gerads to draw. No preview, I'm afraid, but here's a look at the cover by Blair Shedd, Mitch, and the other artists who drew stories for the Annual.



Mitch and I are in great company for this one. Along with our story, there are also stories by Tony Lee and Josh Adams, Joshua Fialkov and Blair Shedd, and Dan McDaid. It's a great lineup, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it.

On Shelves Now: Doctor Who #7 (UPDATED)

In stores today -- Doctor Who #7 from IDW Publishing. Part two of the "Worlds Collide" story arc by Tony Lee, me, and Charlie Kirchoff.

UPDATE: Courtesy of Denton Tipton and IDW Publishing -- a preview of issue 7.

Updates and Other Bits of Business

Well, another story arc for IDW Publishing's DOCTOR WHO is out the door. Thanks, as always to Denton Tipton, Chris Ryall, and the rest of the gang at IDW for having me back. I'll be doing another story arc this year, but I have a little down time to catch up on overdue commissions, shipping original art, and a ever-growing stack of odds and ends that have been building up while I worked on WHO. I'm also already working out my schedule for next year, along with a work schedule for the NIGHT FOLK novel (which we have slated to come out in September).

Along taking the opportunity to get caught up on other things, when I finish a big assignment like this, I like to clear the palette with a pinup or series of sketches that are well outside my comfort zone. After Mirror's Edge, I drew a bunch of photo-referenced WildStorm superheroes as an experiment; after my last stint on WHO, I experimented with a looser style which led to work on the in-development October Girl graphic novel. So when model and actress Zoe Voss mentioned to me on Twitter that she'd love to see herself as a superhero, it sounded so far outside my comfort zone that I pretty much had to give it a try.

So in-between other things, I decided to do a one-off pinup of Ms. Voss as a superhero and doing it up properly with design sketches, layouts, roughs, and all the other stages that I usually skip over in the rush to get a comic book to the printer. It might not be the sort of thing all of you will get a kick out of, but if you are interested, you can view the progress here.

I'll also be back to my color sketches starting Monday. Not sure what I'll be drawing yet, but I'm open to suggestions, so feel free to chime in with requests.

On Shelves Now: Doctor Who #6 (UPDATED)

Forgive the radio silence, but between the successful NIGHT FOLK Kickstarter campaign, a stack of secret projects, and my DOCTOR WHO workload, I've been a bit buried under work lately. I'll be returning to regular blogging next week, but in the meantime, my first issue back on IDW Publishing's DOCTOR WHO comes out today. Story by regular writer Tony Lee, art by me, colors by Charlie Kirchoff, and editing by Denton Tipton. It's the first part of a three-issue arc that takes us from the Wild West to Primeval Earth and back again.

In other news, I've just completed work on two other comic book projects -- a secret project that I still can't talk about yet, and a short story for IDW's 2011 Doctor Who Annual written by me and with art by up and coming artist Mitch Gerads. I've seen the final art for it, and I honestly believe Mitch's work on this one is going to blow everyone away. So, keep an eye out for it.

As for the other project... still can't talk about it. But it was another writing assignment, and I was thrilled to get to do it. Hopefully I'll be able to talk about it soon.

UPDATE: Courtesy of Denton Tipton and IDW, here's a preview of DW #6, on sale now!

Sneak Peek: NIGHT FOLK

In the midst of the announcement at the Gallifrey One convention this weekend that I'll be returning as the artist of two upcoming story arcs in IDW's Doctor Who comic, I'm also getting ready to launch my Kickstarter campaign for the NIGHT FOLK novel. We've decided to set the launch date for March 1st, my 40th birthday. Here's a quick sneak peek at the logo treatment we worked up.



Lots to do between now and the launch of the Kickstarter project page, including starting in on the first issue of my new run on WHO, but I'll try and post updates as we get closer.

On Sale Now: Doctor Who Vol. 3

On shelves now, the final 10th Doctor collection from IDW -- Doctor Who, Volume 3: Final Sacrifice. It collects issues 13-16 of the Doctor Who Ongoing series (the "Final Sacrifice" story arc by Tony Lee and myself), and the 2010 Doctor Who annual (which includes a story by Tony and myself, and the "Big, Blue Box" story that I wrote and drew).

Original Art Blog update

Just dropped a batch of new pages onto my original art for sale blog, including pages from the final Eleventh Doctor story, "Final Sacrifice". And for one week only, I'm dropping my usual prices. 2010 was a great year for me, which means I've got a lot of original art sitting around my office. Need to get as much of it out the door as I can.

Random Bits and Pieces

Just hit the halfway point on the first of my Witchblade fill-in issues, so still buried under work, but two nice things happened this week --

IDW Publishing's DOCTOR WHO comic made MTV Splash Page's Best Comics of 2010 list as "Best Licensed Comic", with a nice mention of the work Tony Lee and I have done on the title. Big thanks to Rick Marshall and the Splash Page crew for including us in such heady company.

And the first reviews of the 2010 Witcblade Annual (which features my short illustrated prose story, "Witchblade: the Devil's Due") are coming in and seem positive so far, especially a fun review from Graphic Policy, where the reviewer ended up enjoying my story despite finding a prose story in a comic book a little jarring.

-- Both nice ways to round out the year for me. I hope to have a few 'End of Year' posts up in the next couple of weeks, and maybe even a holiday image if I can get around to actually doing one at some point. In the meantime, I hope you are all enjoying a great holiday season.

Coming Soon: DOCTOR WHO #16

DOCTOR WHO #16 hits the shelves next week, wrapping up the 'Final Sacrifice' story-arc, as well as David Tennant's run as the Doctor in IDW's WHO comics. Once again, the story is by Tony Lee, art by myself, colors by Charlie Kirchoff, and yet another amazing cover by Paul Grist.

This issue also marks the end of this series of DOCTOR WHO from IDW. The title relaunches in January with Tony returning as writer, new cover artist (and my former studio-mate) Tommy Lee Edwards, and rotating art teams including Andrew Currie, Richard Piers Raynor, and Mark Buckingham. There will also be some special variant covers from Kelly Yates and one of my new favorite artists, Chris Samnee.

As always, I'd like to thank the team at IDW -- Chris Ryall, Ted Adams, and Denton Tipton -- for giving me a shot at working with my favorite character, and Tony, Paul, and Charlie for their incredible work on the book with me.

Upcoming Project News: Doctor Who

As anyone who has read this blog must surely know by now, I've been a Doctor Who fan since I was 6 or years old, so when IDW Publishing asked me to draw a story arc in their new ongoing series, I was over the moon. When I wrapped up work on those four issues last year, I told everyone who would listen that I had no idea how I was going to follow up a dream project like that.

Now, thanks to IDW's Chris Ryall and Denton Tipton, and ongoing series writer Tony Lee, it looks like I've found a way -- drawing more Doctor Who.

At the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles this past weekend, IDW announced several new Doctor Who comic book projects, including the final 10th Doctor Story arc and a brand new series featuring the 11th Doctor.

I'm delighted to say they've asked me to draw both, as well as a short preview story that leads into Tennant's final story, and a short story that I'll be writing as well, both for a Doctor Who annual timed to hit the shelves before that final story begins.

(Me, Richard Starkings, Denton Tipton, and Tony Lee
at the IDW Doctor Who comic book panel at Gallifrey One)

We'll be wrapping up the current ongoing series with the four-issue "Final Sacrifice" (the first cover of which is featured above), which will tie up the long story arc Tony Lee has been planning since issue #1, ending the series at issue #16, and then relaunching the Doctor Who comic book with a brand new #1 featuring the new Doctor, Matt Smith (no relation, sadly).

I'm incredibly excited to be involved in all of this, and looking forward to once again working with IDW, Denton, Tony, and Charlie Kirchoff on my favorite character. Tony's got some great plans for both Doctors, and we heard a lot of great suggestions from people at the convention for things they'd like to see in the new series.

And I'd especially like to thank Gary Russell (who oversees scripts for both the show and our comic) for making all of this possible.


This is a dream come true for me, and the idea of being the regular artist on a new series of Doctor Who comic book stories is more than I could have ever hoped for. A big thank you to all the fans who responded so positively to the "Fugitive" story arc. Your kind words about my art on the book led to all of this, and it couldn't have happened without you. Cheers!

On Shelves Now: DOCTOR WHO #5

My third issue of IDW Publishing's DOCTOR WHO ongoing series (issue #5) hits shelves today, with a great Paul Grist cover (above), as well as my own variant cover. Here's the blurb from the IDW website:

DOCTOR WHO #5

In Part 3 of the four-part “Fugitive” story arc, the Doctor has been trapped on an alien world with his old enemies now his allies—and his old allies now trying to kill him! He has only one chance to save his life... and possibly an entire galaxy!

Tony Lee (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • Paul Grist, Smith (c)

Price: $3.99

DOCTOR WHO #3 Original Art

I just uploaded all of the available original art from my first issue of IDW's Doctor Who ongoing series to my 'art for sale' blog.

Journey's End: Doctor Who Ongoing #6

Well, the blog post title might be a little melodramatic, but I did wrap up the last issue of my Doctor Who Ongoing story-arc -- FUGITIVE -- this weekend.

As anyone who reads this blog knows, I've been a Doctor Who fan since I was a little kid, so this was a dream come true for me, and I couldn't be more excited to have had a chance to work with the character.

A big thank you to Chris Ryall and Denton Tipton at IDW Publishing, and to Tony Lee and Charlie Kirchoff, for making it all possible.

The last bit of art for the project was a cover for issue 6. That's a little sneak preview of it over to the left.

Work In Progress: DOCTOR WHO #5 Cover inks

And here's a look at my penciled and inked variant cover for DOCTOR WHO #5. It won't be truly finished until Charlie Kirchoff does his coloring magic with it, which I'll try and post once I see it. I really like what Charlie's been doing with the colors on the book and the reviews for our first issue (#3) have been pretty positive so far -- which I chalk up to Tony Lee's excellent script and Charlie's great coloring -- so hopefully we'll get a chance to do another arc at some point.