Back in July, we announced our latest Doctor Who art challenge, after confirmation that actress Jodie Whittaker is to be Doctor Who‘s Thirteenth Doctor, and many artists raced to draw her.
Several artists have shared their take of Jodie online, including cover artist Hal Laren (the first we saw), Francesco Francavilla, Marvel Comics and Titan Comics artist Christian Ward and others.
Entries were posted to the Facebook “Doctor Who Comics: A Voyage” group (which downthetubes runs), a group is packed with Doctor Who comic writers and artists already – you might enjoy your visit!
We had some great entries and it’s been a very hard decision to pick just one overall winner. In the end, In the end, I went for an approach that was just a little different to the others and picked out Jesus Antonio Hernandez take as the overall winner, with Hal Laren, a close second.
Thanks to everyone who entered! I’ve created a new folder on the group which includes the winners and some “Commended” entries, all featured below.
Doctor 13 by Jesus Antonio Hernandez
The Thirteenth Doctor by Hal Laren
Jose Rodriguez Mota sent in this terrific strip spread – the only one received and we couldn’t not highlight the work.
There was plenty of fan art drawing on Jodie’s “trailer” from the show, but I liked this manga-styled approach by Katie Rebecca Bass
A different take that tickled my funny bones and one I wanted to highlight, by Jason Garrattley
John Freeman
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek Magazine) and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of "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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