Latest Doctor Who: Panel to Panel features interview with “Doom’s Day” artist Russ Leach

By John Freeman on July 3, 2023

Doctor Who - Panel to Panel - Russ Leach

Episode #162 of Jeremy Bement‘s ever-informative Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live, this episode spotlighting artist Russ Leach.

Russ recently returned to the pages of Doctor Who Magazine providing art on “Four Hours of Doom’s Day“, and Jeremy catches up with him, plus brings us some comics news, and reviews a couple of archive stories.

Featured in Doctor Who Magazine Issue 592, copies still available from Panini direct, the story is part of this year’s Doctor Who multimedia crossover “Doom’s Day“, which centres on a deadly assassin on a quest to find the Doctor.

Doctor Who Magazine 592 - Newsstand Edition

Be warned that the story is pretty bewildering, which is a bit of a shame as the whole crossover concept is a terrific idea. I’d advise reading the opening short story, Doom’s Day: Hour One on the official Doctor Who site.

You’ll find the next chapter in the pages of Doctor Who: Doom’s Day #1 from Titan Comics, out this Wednesday, 5th July, with Missy crossing swords with the assassin.

Find more Doom’s Day stories at doctorwho.tv/dooms-day

Original Inks for the cover of "Four Hours of Doom's Day" by Russ Leach, featured as part of Doctor Who Magazine 592 — *Original Inks for the cover of “Four Hours of Doom’s Day” by Russ Leach, featured as part of Doctor Who Magazine 592*

Russ Leach is an award-winning Batman and Doctor Who artist, with a career in production spanning nearly 40 years. He’s accrued a long list of credits producing design, tech and publishing projects for a wide variety of clients, including DC, BBC, Marvel, Cartoon Network, Panini, Markosia, Wizard and Sony, to name just a few.

Since 2010, Russ has emersed himself in his first love of sequential art, working on various periodical publications (Hero Time presents Batman, Doctor Who Magazine, Ben 10 Magazine, Doctor Who Adventures, Draw The Marvel Way) as well as multiple graphic novels (Only Death Can Save Us volume 1 and 2, The Indifference Engine 2 and Terminus at Fenton’s Green).

With a healthy mix of mainstream and Indy publications to his name as well as story boarding for both tech and film, Russ is involved in a constant stream of projects working with top publishers and talent.

Jeremy Bement continues to bring us his Panel to Panel podcast, delivered on Apple iTunes and Podomatic. Recent episodes have brought us new chats with many Who creators, as well as some represented older interviews, alongside new reviews and Doctor Who comic news.

• Check out Doctor Who: Panel to Panel on Apple iTunes and Podomatic

• Check out Doctor Who – Panel to Panel and read The Ten Doctors here on DoctorWhocomics.com (link goes to doctorwhopaneltopanel.blogspot.com)

• Find more Doom’s Day stories at doctorwho.tv/dooms-day

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. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 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.