Doctor Who: Operation Volcano teases from artist Christopher Jones in new podcast

By John Freeman on March 8, 2018

Episode 95 of the terrific Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast features an interview with artist Christopher Jones, whose stunning work on Doctor Who: Heralds of Destruction for Titan Comics paved the way for Doctor Who: Operation Volcano, a new Seventh Doctor mini-series announced last month written by Andrew Cartmel.

Alongside his more recent Doctor Who work, much of Christopher’s work has been penciling and inking for DC Comics. He was the regular series artist on Young Justice, based on the popular Cartoon Network animated TV series. He also contributed to DC’s popular Batman ’66 title, based on the 1960’s Batman TV Series with Adam West, written by Jeff Parker.

Christopher’s other work for DC Comics includes Batman & Robin, Day of Judgment and the cult series Young Heroes in Love. He’s also done extensive work for DC’s Licensing department, providing everything from promotional artwork to character turns for action figure design, in styles ranging from a mainstream superhero style to matching the animation style of several different TV shows.

Host Jeremy Bement chats with Chris about how he got involved in this and hints at what we can expect. Plus, there’s reviews of the latest Twelfth Doctor comic, coverage of new Who comic releases and more.

• Get Doctor Who: Panel to Panel on iTunes or Podimatic

• Christopher Jones is online at blog.christopherjonesart.com

• Older episodes of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel are archived on the Internet Archive

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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.