Good news for fans of the brilliant artist Jeff Cummins: Candy Jar Books new art collection, Outside the Box: The Complete Doctor Who Art of Jeff Cummins, is available to preorder.
Jeff Cummins kicked off his career as an artist illustrating covers for Kung Fu Monthly, which made him the first ever artist to paint Bruce Lee commercially. The Six Million Dollar Man and Tom Baker as The Doctor soon followed, for another of Felix Dennis’ magazines, TV SCI FI Monthly.
He went on illustrate classic covers for the Doctor Who Target range and, later, the Doctor Who New Adventures for Virgin. His work also includes several illustrated covers and inserts for Radio Times magazine and covers for BBC Books.
He’s known for his record cover work for Paul McCartney, (Wings Over America, Thrillington, Temporary Secretary, Say Say Say and This One), and working with Whitesnake, Yes, Silver Sun, and album cover design gurus Hipgnosis.
Complementing other excellent art books from Candy Jar Books, such as the indispensable, much enjoyed Timeslides: The Doctor Who Art of Colin Howard, and the marvellous Kklak! The Doctor Who Art of Chris Achilleos, this new title, Outside the Box: The Complete Doctor Who Art of Jeff Cummins. is a comprehensive celebration of Jeff Cummins’ iconic contributions to the Doctor Who universe. From his first published illustration for TV Sci-Fi Magazine to his unforgettable Target book covers, this collection highlights Jeff’s artistic evolution over the decades.
The book includes a brand-new comic strip that takes readers through Jeff’s journey as an artist, alongside an in-depth look at his work on the Doctor Who Discovers series and the ill-fated Target Calendar project.
Available to preorder now, the book also showcases stunning new artwork of Ncuti Gatwa, Colin Baker, and David Bradley, all inspired by Jeff’s original The Three Doctors illustrations. Fans will also find recent pencil portraits of Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, and Jodie Whittaker, plus Jeff’s latest Dalek painting, completing a journey that began in his childhood. Outside the Box offers a unique, personal insight into the art that has defined Doctor Who for generations.
For a limited time only, when you pre-order Jeff Cummins’ stunning new book, Outside the Box, you’ll also get to choose an additional book to include with your order – absolutely free.
Explore Jeff’s incredible artwork and treat yourself to another fantastic Candy Jar title on us. You can choose between Mark Brake’s Space, Time, Machine, Monster, The Lethbridge-Stewart Quiz Book, Lethbridge-Stewart: Fear of the Web OR Lethbridge-Stewart: The Schizoid Earth. Just select whichever book you fancy from the dropdown above and one of these two titles will be added to your order for free.
This is a limited-time offer and your free book will be posted alongside your copy.
The Art of the Silver Sun
If you’re a more general fan of Jeff’s work – and we’re sure a lot of downthetubes readers are – then you might also be interested in The Art of Silver Sun, also on preorder, a lavishly illustrated book, a wall-to-wall gallery of artworks, concept sketches and creative collaborations between James Broad (Silver Sun) and Jeff. With anecdotal “behind the scenes” accounts of how these stand out record covers for 1990s powerpop band Silver Sun came to fruition, this book features used and unused ideas, unseen sketches, photos, the final artworks, plus sketches that didn’t make it onto the covers.
Silver Sun came to prominence during the 1990s Britpop scene, bringing an alternative and compelling package to the party, with their break-neck, blistering guitar riffs, melodic three-part harmonies and tantalising lyrics. They bucked the trend with their American styled, three-minute powerpop gems, culminating in the release of their highly acclaimed eponymously titled album Silver Sun (produced by Nigel Godrich) in 1997.
• The Art of Silver Sun is available to preorder here
• Jeff Cummins is online at jeffcummins.wixsite.com/jeff
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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.
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