Creating Comics: The ICE-CAST catches up with artist and writer Mike Collins

By John Freeman on October 18, 2020

The Ice-Cast with Shane Chebsey Episode 11 - Mike Collins

The latest episode of The ICE-CAST, produced by comics creator and convention and comic festival organiser Shane Chebsey, features his interview with artist and writer Mike Collins.

From Transformers to Doctor Who, from the Uncanny X-Men to The Flash, from Varge Veum to Apollo and more, Mike has drawn them all.

Apollo GN - Art Sample — Art from the graphic novel, Apollo, by Mike Collins

*A promotional image for The Grand Tour. Art © Mike Collins*

He is also an accomplished writer and story boarder and this week’s ICE-CAST also goes behind the scenes at the BBC as Mike reveals how some of the most memorable moments from Doctor Who might never have happened if not for his willingness to put Peter Capaldi in danger on set!

(Shane’s joking, of course).

*Some of Mike Collins’ storyboards for the Doctor Who TV show*

*Sherlock colouring book art by Mike Collins*

“We had a great chat going over the decades he has spent working in both comic and television,” says Shane, who has also interviewed Jimmy Broxton, Dan Cornwell and Doug Braithwaite for recent episodes of this new podcast.

• Check out The ICE-Cast Episode 11 with Mike Collins here on Podbean – or listen right here

• Mike Collins is online at www.freakhousegraphics.com | Twitter

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John Freeman

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.