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Oli Smith, friend of Time Lords and deckchairs

Joe — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:29:39 +0000

Good pal of the blog Oli Smith has been busy scribing away on more Doctor Who tales, this time with a strip in Doctor Who Adventures #153 which is on shelves right now:

(frames from Doctor who Arctic Eclipse, written by Oli Smith, art by John Ross, colours by Alan Craddock, in Doctor Who Adventures #153, (c) BBC)

Oli’s also just had another tale, this time a short Torchwood comic, published online to go along with digital channel Watch’s Alien Invasion week. Incidentally Oli comments on his blog that he’s now referring to the new Who story as part of his ‘deckchair trilogy’, on the sensible ground that his previous two tales of the tenth Doctor (on the BBC site and in the Doctor Who Annual) both featured the Doc on deckchairs. Psychiatrists are already enquiring about Oli and a possible childhood trauma involving a Tom Baker action figure and a collapsing deckchair on Brighton Beach.

Blue Moon – Oli Smith joins the TARDIS

Joe — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:56:28 +0000

We all know Oli Smith for his comics creations, his fascinating (and often inventive) videos and the great public profile he’s given to the UK small press comics scene with his work with London Underground Comics. Now he’s joining the world of Doctor Who – the prologue for his Doctor Who story, Blue Moon, went live on the official BBC Who site this afternoon, with more parts to follow tomorrow, Friday and then the last part on Monday. And so far not a sight or sign of “a wheezing, groaning sound”! The story is set during the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission. On his blog Oli points out Blue Moon is actually his second Who story – he also has Total Eclipse of the Heart in this year’s Doctor Who Storybook whch should be out in August.

(a sketch Oli created to go along with his Doctor Who tale Blue Moon, (c) Oli Smith, Doctor Who (c) BBC)

LUC 176 reports

Richard — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:01:28 +0000

(The LUC 176 sign – from Sean Azzopardi’s Flickr set – more here.)

Last weekend saw the latest event from London Underground Comics: LUC 176. As you may have expected, it all went rather wonderfully well. Sadly I couldn’t make it down, despite really wanting to. But that doesn’t mean we can’t give you reports from the day. Most of those involved in organising it seem to be rather quiet after the event which we’ll take as a measure of how much work went into organising the event. So we’ll give them all a couple of weeks to recover and then start asking what’s next? I’m certain Oli will have some ideas.

So, from Sean Azzopardi’s report of the event:

“Well, that was a fucking success I shouted Into Oli’s ear, as we enjoyed the after show pub session at the enterprise. For an outsider this could be seen as yet another bold, ego laden and over hyped statement coming out of the rather large mouth of LUC. But this is deserved. Just ask the people who took part either exhibiting or visiting .”
Click here for more from Sean.

And here are a few pictures from the day borrowed from Sean’s Flickrstream:

(Comics, multimedia and DJs at LUC 176.)

(Oliver Lambden playing customer to, from l-r, Jake Harold, Marc Ellerby, Kieren Gillen and Jamie McKelvie)

And finally, a typical LUC style photo featuring some of the folks behind getting it all together; from l-r Oliver Lambden, Sean Azzopardi and Oliver Smith.