More Monster Annuals

Yes, I might be a little late with the updates but I'm still knocking out the annuals. The next few blog additions will be mostly those. 

This is a selection of annuals based around Doctor Who monsters. I'd already done a Mandrel annual and have made it available via my RedBubble shop as a journal/notebook (see pic). That one and two of these newer ones are based on World Distributors' 70s Dalek annuals. The Cheetah people one has its roots in a 'Land of the Giants' annual. Not the one that briefly appears in the first episode of 'Survival' (next to a Gary Glitter annual on a table outside a junk shop!). 

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Two Mandrel Annuals and a Giant Robot One...

I did a cover for a Mandrel annual some time ago. It was based on the 1979 Dalek annual but replacing the Daleks in the original artwork with Mandrels. When I retweeted it as a "Goodbye Twitter" tweet, I received a lot of positive comments about it including suggestions that I add it to the designs for journals that I have on RedBubble. (Here's the link)

I'll admit that the whole concept it amusing but I wasn't too happy with it as it used a lot of the artwork from the genuine cover. I'm never happy when I'm bastardising other artist's work - however old. Despite, I decided to follow the suggestions and add it to the RedBubble portfolio. 

Alas, I discovered that the original PS files for it had gone the way of several months worth of work when my PC died in late 2019. I should've left it at that but I decided to redo it anyway. I also did a version of the original annual's back cover too. Earlier RedBubble journal designs feature a textless version of the cover art on the back. In my silly head, I thought the extra effort would redeem my use of the original artwork on the cover. 

So taken with the design, I decided to do another couple of annual covers - another Mandrel one (based on the 1976 Dalek annual) and a K-1 - Giant Robot annual (based on the 1983 K-9 annual). Although copies of the original designs, these are original photo-montages and don't use any of the originals' artwork. I even did another back cover for the K-1 annual. 

K1 Annual 1983

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Alternative 60s 'Dalek' Books

Terry Nation and his mates produced three Dalek annual-style books back in the 60s. The Dalek Book, The Dalek World and The Dalek Outer Space Book. Needless to say, they are classics of their kind. Pure Nation and pure Dalek-ness. 

I did some sporadic abuse on the covers many moons ago to produce some alternate versions but it was early days and the work on them was a bit variable. So I've gone back to them and created something a bit more slicker. I'd even added a new Quarky varient...

These are they... 

Hardback notebooks based on these designs (along with some others that may be familiar to regular viewers of my tat) are now available from my RedBubble store here.

Mondan or Mondasian Cybermen are back....

The original Cybermen appear to be returning to Doctor Who in the new series. The BBC have released a rather moody picture of Peter Capaldi being menaced by a few slightly updated ones in a hospital corridor. And last night (5.3.2017), the internet was awash with a myriad of out-of-focus silver giants invading the streets of Cardiff as episodes 11 & 12 were filmed. 

But...

Who the f*** came up with the word 'Mondasian'? It certainly isn't part of the TV canon... I much prefer the term 'Mondan' - sounds so much better is probably more accurate. 

Anyhow, it all gave me an excuse to finish this little effort off that I started last year... and got bored with.

I also produced a slightly updated version.