I’ve recently made some goofy Doctor Who–inspired photo-manipulations and mash-ups for my Christopher Jones Comic Art Facebook page. If you don’t follow my page and haven’t seen them there (and why DON’T you follow that page? Give me a “like” for Pete’s sake!), I thought I’d post a few of them here.
Eggsquisite, isn’t it?
This was the first one, inspired by a gag in Asylum of the Daleks, the Doctor Who Series 7 opener. I’ve always loved Vincent Price as Egghead on the Adam West Batman series, and when the thought popped into my head, this seemed too fun not to visualize. And yes, that’s the Batman credits font I used in the piece.
Thank you for being a Timelord
Then I went kind of nuts and for no good reason did a photo manipulation of Betty White as the Third Doctor. There’s no real connection there, other than possibly the hair.
The Three Doctors – Hartnell Troughton & White
While I was looking for a good Betty White photo to use for that last one, I found a photo of her underlit, which inspired me to also work her into one of the Three Doctors publicity photos.
The Real Rule #1
I also slapped the following phrase on a found, otherwise unaltered image of Doctor Who writer/producer Steven Moffat on the set of Time Crash, the 10th Doctor/5th Doctor crossover that was done for charity. Because as often as the TV show reminds us that Rule #1 is “The Doctor lies,” the real Rule #1 would seem to be that Moffat lies about his plans for the show!
And finally, the second new Doctor Who episode of the season is titled Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, the title of course referencing the cult Samuel L. Jackson movie Snakes on a Plane, which inspired me to create this, which is probably my favorite of these photo-manipulations to date!
“I DARE you to say ‘Doctor WHO!'”
Even though it features two more masked heroes, this is another example of my non-comics work. I’m a huge Green Hornet fan, from the original radio show to the 1960s TV series and beyond. I even found a lot to enjoy in the recent Green Hornet movie, even though it was far from my ideal of a Green Hornet film. Have you seen this short Green Hornet fan film? It’s badass!
Anyway, I’ve had a couple of near-misses with getting to draw Green Hornet comic book properties, and hopefully some day that will yet come together. But in the mean time, there’s no reason I couldn’t go ahead and draw the character. This is the TV version of the Green Hornet, featuring Van Williams as the Hornet and the legendary Bruce Lee in his star-making role as Kato. The Hornet is depicted with his trusty gas gun, while Kato is shown taking out a pack of thugs bare handed. And of course no tribute to the Green Hornet would be complete without the Hornet’s rolling arsenal: The Black Beauty!
This was a lot of fun to do, and I’d still love to draw a Green Hornet adventure one day!
An 11×17 print of this piece (without the URL watermark) is available at my Etsy store.
I wanted to post some more of my non-comics work. Here’s a print I did based on the film Re-Animator. I was already a fan of the film when I got to draw the official comic book adaptation for it back in the day. When I heard that the two stars of the film (Jeffrey Combs and Bruce Abbott) were coming to a local convention I thought the time was right to revisit the property and you can see the results here. I was really happy with how this turned out. Herbert West, the central character of the film, is most prominent with a ready syringe of his re-animating “re-agent.” The other main characters of the film surround him in a nightmarish montage in green: Dan Cain, Megan Halsey, Dr. Carl Hill and the much-suffering Dean Halsey. Oh, and Rufus. The cat. Also much-suffering.
I gave both actors a copy when I met them and got them to both sign my personal copy which now hangs on my wall. If only Barbara Crampton had been there so I could have gotten her signature, too!
An 11×17 print of this piece (without the URL watermark) is available at my Etsy store.
Young Justice #19
Out today is YOUNG JUSTICE #19.
Will the rise of Gorilla City mean the fall of Young Justice? (SPOILER: No it won’t)
Despite what the solicitation says, I didn’t draw this one! I did the cover, but they wanted more padding in the schedule as we moved into the Season 2/Young Justice: Invasion phase of the series, so they had me skip from #18 right to drawing #20. I drew the cover (which is a favorite), but the interiors were drawn by Luciano Vecchio, and the story is by Greg Weisman.
Next issue the Season 2 characters are introduced to the comic, as Dick Grayson becomes Nightwing, Blue Beetle, Wonder Girl, Bumble Bee, Lagoon Boy, Beast Boy and Tim Drake as Robin join the team! It’s coming in just 3 weeks on September 19!
Until then, issues #0-19 are currently available and #20 is due out September 19! Pick an issue up in digital form or at your local comic shop!
Comics Continuum TV
So back at C2E2 (that’s the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo) I was interviewed for the Comics Continuum TV Show. Well apparently the interview finally made it into an episode but I missed it when it first aired/went online. If you want to check it out, click on the picture above or click here. Most of the talk is of course about Young Justice…
If you don’t have time to watch the whole thing and just want to see me, skip to the 19:15 mark!
Doctor Who | Christopher Jones | 
September 9, 2012 10:20 am | 
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