The Three Lives of Countdown and TV Action...

This week has seen the publication of a new (one-off?) issue of Doctor Who Adventures - the popular comic for 7-11 year olds based on the popular BBCtv series that adults adore and argue about. 

Older readers of this blog will no doubt recall a time when children's comic cravings were satiated by the likes of Countdown and TV Action with "All Your TV Favourites" and Cannon. 

Here's a taste of what things would've been like had Countdown and TV Action been published today...

 

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Pertwee Gold Key Dr Who Comics...

In the absence of a decent Dr WHO calendar this year, I've plummed for that rather nice retro Star Trek one which reprints the gaudy covers of the franchise's first foray into comic books courtesy of the US publisher Gold Key. 


Here's a few Gold Key inspired Dr WHO covers for the third Doctor.

Whovians in Love - The Complete Collection (so far...)

As promised in an earlier post, here are the links to the various pages that feature Whovians in Love - my somewhat disturbed take on vintage US romance comics and Doctor Who fandom. I believe the current term is 'mash-up'. 

This is very much a 'housekeeping' exercise. I'm not going to stop doing the covers. Certain folk still find them amusing. I'm not producing new ones for the time being but looking to develop the brand further with some new ideas. I need a bit of time to do this.

They will continue - maybe the odd one over the next month or so - before returning fully in the not-too-distant future. 

Thanks again for all of your kind comments. 

Volume One - click here
(Issues 1 - 6 + special)

Volume Two - click here
(Issues 7 - 12 + special)

Volume Three - click here
(Issues 13 - 18 + special)

Volume Four - click here
(Issues 19 - 23)

Volume Five - click here
(Issues 24 - 29)

Volume Six - click here
(Issues 30 - 35)

Volume Seven - click here
(Issues 36 - 43 + special)

Volume Eight - click here
(Issue 44 - 52)

Volume Nine - click here
(Issues 53 - 61)

Volume Ten - click here
(Issues 62 - 71)

Volume Eleven - click here
(Issues 72 - 78)

Volume Twelve - click here
(Issues 79 - 91)

Volume Thirteen - click here
(Issues 92 - 104)

Volume Fourteen - click here
(Issues 105 - 110)

Whovians in Love - volume fourteen

Six more editions of Whovians in Love. 

They've still not stopped...

Whovians in Love - volume thirteen (bumper selection 2)

Here's another thirteen issues of Whovians in Love marking volume thirteen in this on-going series that doesn't particularly want to to stop. I've now done well over one hundred and people still seem to find them amusing. 

I used to have a rule of not running a gag too long in order to keep the blog fun and fresh. Folk have in the past have said "Oh, why don't you do another such-and-such again?" I normally offer the reply that it's no longer funny after the first three or so versions. 

For some reason, the Whovians in Love covers seem to keep coming. I have actually stopped doing them at least three times since the few batch - thinking at the time that they were basically becoming the same gag over and over again. 

The reason I re-started them was being presented with old comic covers that inspire a new take on the format. Each time I do this, it sets me off again - scouring the inter-web for further inspiration. 

They will finish at some point. Hopefully before they outstay their welcome and become dull. 

Just not now. 

Whovians in Love - volume twelve (bumper selection)

I've actually got quite a few to upload this time. I do hope they're not bothering you. 

Regular readers of the blog might be a bit disappointed that I haven't produced any silly Target book covers or adverts for impossible Doctor Who collectors's items or absurdly branded packets of sweet cigarettes. I've not forgotten them. To be honest, I'm waiting for some decent ideas to surface. When you've done so many of a certain type of gag, you begin to feel that you really just telling the joke over and over again. 

Speaking of which, here's another thirteen issues of Whovians in Love. (And DC Comics still haven't sued me yet...!) 

Whovians in Love - volume eleven

Seven more issues of Whovians in Love - including a celebratory 200th issue... which is basically the same as all the rest but has a "special 200th issue" flash across it.