A revised edition of EXTERMINART! by Doctor Who artist Andrew Skilleter is now available to pre-order from Candy Jar Books.
This is an updated paperback edition of the popular art book, featuring a menagerie of Dalek artwork from across Skilleter’s illustrious career, which includes three brand new Dalek illustrations.
First published in hardback in 2021, Exterminart! presented a curated collection of Skilleter’s Dalek artwork produced between 1979 and 2020. This 2025 paperback edition includes new artwork, rare sketches, and intimate commentary, offering fans the most complete collection of Skilleter’s Dalek illustrations to date. The book also includes a thoughtful foreword by Dalek author John Peel.
Exterminart! includes than fifty pieces of Dalek artwork from 1979 to 2020, featuring both classic pieces and new commissions; exclusive new Dalek artwork, some never before seen by fans; an-depth commentary from Andrew Skilleter himself, along with insights into the artist’s creative process; and behind-the-scenes stories from fans who commissioned the artwork, offering a unique perspective on the Dalek legacy.
Andrew Skilleter’s professional Doctor Who art dominated the 1980s and continued into the 1990s. It included over 40 covers for the the legendary Target Books novelisations, the classic Who Dares Poster prints and official Doctor Who calendars, the legendary Cybermen book, numerous BBC VHS covers, and the first Virgin New Adventures covers, culminating in Blacklight, published in 1995, celebrating 15 years of his Doctor Who art.
• Pre-order EXTERMINART! by Doctor Who artist Andrew Skilleter from Candy Jar Books here
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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