Sapphire and Steel Competition: First Entry, by Tony Luke

By John Freeman on July 12, 2015

“The Shape” by Tony Luke

We recently launched a challenge to artists to draw a new Sapphire & Steel strip or send in art inspired by the show, which may be returning to our screens with Luther writer Neil Cross at the helm.

Here’s our first entry to the competition – a chilling version of one of the show’s creepier villains, The Shape, courtesy of artist Tony Luke, creator of the awesome Dominator comics saga.

It’s surely a creature that had many having nightmares back in the 1970s when Sapphire & Steel first aired on ITV – and possibly the inspiration for the look of some modern Doctor Who creatures!

• Details of our competition here

• Check out Tony Luke’s artworks on DeviantArt: http://tonyluke.deviantart.com

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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.