The Sketchian Adventures

#34 Flesh Coloured Hands Is SO 60's In Cyber-Fashion

2010-08-03T13:29:00.000-07:00

Aside #6: And this one's funnier if you've just watched The Big Bang

2010-08-03T13:22:00.000-07:00

#33 That Bang Is So Dramatic It Deserves Its Own Font

2010-08-03T13:21:00.000-07:00

Aside #5: This is Funnier if You've Just Watched The Pandorica Opens

2010-08-03T13:19:00.000-07:00

Aside #4: We're back!

2010-08-03T13:18:00.001-07:00

Aside #3: Memoirs from the Time War II

2010-01-10T14:48:00.000-08:00

#32 She's Called Goggles Because She Swims A Lot

2009-12-06T08:22:00.000-08:00

#31 We Apologise For Swine Flu Related Delays

2009-11-12T12:52:00.000-08:00

A Non-Comic Post!

2009-10-25T04:58:00.000-07:00

Hi there everybody! By 'everybody', I mean all four of my current readers.

I've decided to do a 'news' post of a type, because I've actually realised that a few people actually do read this thing on the blog, and it's mercifully short of details on what I'm up to.

Firstly, the awesome people at Bridging the Rift mentioned the comic on their podcast, and that was kinds of cool (and very surreal to me). They gave it a pretty indepth discussion and seemed to like it a lot, which is great to hear. Although odd to me, given that I've never taken this comic that seriously, given how few people read it, to hear it discussed in comparison to some of my favourite web comics and things ever. They also nailed many of my inspirations which was fun to see. A few people had never picked up on before as far as I know! So go check them out at http://bridgingtherift.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/bridging-the-rift-11-guilty-pleasures/ if you haven't already.

Secondly, I've discovered something kind of odd. I can't comment on my own blog. I don't know why. Maybe there's a glitch in my browser or something. That means that the odd comment that's been cropping up places (which I do hugely apppreciate!) I can't reply to. Which sucks. If you do want to contact me and get a reply, since I can't reply on my own blog (which is incredibly stupid), please don't hesitate to e-mail me at my_name_was_taken AT hotmail DOT com and I'll be all too happy to reply!

Part of the reason this blog looks so horrible is because of my complete lack of technical skills, and the reason I mention this is that this blog is more used as an archive for the comics than a place to store them from scratch. This forum thread: http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14249&page=2 (when Gallifreybase is working) is where I post all the comics as they're made, and you get my comments on each one and everybody's reactions. The reason I mention it is if you have read up until this point and want to carry on reading (which I very much hope you do!) the forum thread is also a good place to go for them because I post various extras outside of the comic's main storyline too there which I keep out of the main 'archive', as they don't really fit in.

I thought I'd mention that in case anybody wanted to check it out!

Finally, thanks to everybody who's reading. I had no idea anybody really was, so that's fantastic. So thank you, and I'm going to try and get the updates running a little steadier, given I know how rocky they've been lately. So stay tuned and thanks for reading!

#30 Black & White = Flashback

2009-10-22T14:48:00.000-07:00

#29 I'm Pretty Sure Jack Tackles Ianto That Way Too

2009-10-03T07:25:00.001-07:00

#28 If the Cybermen hadn't stopped to say 'delete' so much, we'd of been spared Torchwood Season 1

2009-09-23T14:04:00.000-07:00

#27 Psst, Jack. I think we can totally trust that Suzie character...

2009-09-19T04:30:00.001-07:00

#26 'Delete' Is Still A Rubbish Catchphrase

2009-09-18T12:49:00.001-07:00

#25 Make Sure You Imagine Her Talking In A Cyberman Voice

2009-09-17T10:53:00.000-07:00

#24 As Long As Penny Doesn't Scream, It's Not Stereotypical

2009-09-15T14:10:00.000-07:00

#23 Speaking of Rules...'Don't Wander Off' Hasn't Been Enforced Clearly

2009-09-14T12:49:00.001-07:00

#21 Actually, The First Rule Is 'You Do Not Talk About Time Lords'

2009-09-07T14:51:00.001-07:00

#20 We're Back!

2009-09-05T16:25:00.000-07:00

#19 Good Reasoning

2009-05-04T04:53:00.000-07:00

#18 "Did they look kinda like Iron Man?" "Yes! Those are the ones!"

2009-04-18T13:49:00.001-07:00

#17 What's Flick then? Chopped liver?

2009-04-12T17:09:00.000-07:00

#16 Flick Is Russell T. Davies's Secret Source Of Ideas

2009-04-01T13:09:00.000-07:00

#15 It's a Totally Different Gag, Honest!

2009-03-26T16:13:00.000-07:00

#14 Quick! The Plot's Starting! Get All The Exposition Out Of The Way!

2009-03-24T16:28:00.000-07:00

#13 Blimey, She Should See A Night Out In A City. Definitely NOT Posh.

2009-03-22T17:27:00.000-07:00

#12 He Tried, But It Kept Getting Deleted By The Editors

2009-03-20T18:39:00.001-07:00

#11 And The Laziest Comic Ever Award Goes To...

2009-03-20T18:38:00.001-07:00

#10 "Aw, I was going to say 'Daleks'."

2009-03-18T17:52:00.001-07:00

#9 Penny's Hoping Telos Is A Happy Place

2009-03-17T18:31:00.000-07:00

#8 "Also, I haven't told you my name and now I have to work it into conversation later and that'll be awkward."

2009-03-16T17:12:00.000-07:00

#7 Felicty's Hope: Doors Not Made With Time Lord Spikes In Mind

2009-03-13T11:21:00.001-07:00

#6 A Bajillion IS A Number, Okay!?

2009-03-12T14:45:00.000-07:00

#5 The Doctor Thinks 900 Is Young. It's When Time Lords Hit 1000 They Get Embaressed.

2009-03-11T15:32:00.000-07:00

#4 'Going Woosh' Is a Perfectly Acceptable Way Of Styling Hair

2009-03-10T14:24:00.000-07:00

#3 Apologies to Brighton

2009-03-09T06:39:00.001-07:00

#2 The Last Known Survivors

2009-03-08T07:17:00.001-07:00

#1 Don't Worry! They're No Match For Manly Sketchian Chest Hair!

2009-03-07T07:45:00.001-08:00

#45 Next Time...

2009-03-06T13:45:00.000-08:00

#44 What? What!? WHAT!?

2009-03-06T08:31:00.001-08:00

#43 "What do you mean I'm a mother in Doctor Who and so have to be automatically horrible?"

2009-03-06T07:15:00.000-08:00

#42 Space Time Machines: Now For Travelling A Few Miles Too

2009-03-05T09:38:00.000-08:00

#41 I Always Felt Guilty About This

2009-03-04T11:55:00.001-08:00

#40 An Exciting New Gameshow Called: 'Inset Your Own 50's Flying Saucer Noise'

2009-03-04T08:31:00.000-08:00

#39 The Revenge of the BBC's Budget

2009-03-03T10:30:00.001-08:00

#38 The Judoon Would Use Transmats More Often, But They Like Stomping

2009-03-02T08:39:00.001-08:00

#37 Hound Update: They've Gone Shopping!

2009-02-22T06:37:00.000-08:00

#36 The Hounds Are On Their Coffee Break Now. They'll Do It Tomorrow! Gawd!

2009-02-19T13:34:00.000-08:00

#35 The Hell Hounds have Asthma, Okay!? They've Stopped For a Rest!

2009-02-18T13:56:00.000-08:00

#34 Replacing the Original Line: "Goodbye, you were pretty okay."

2009-02-17T12:43:00.001-08:00

#33 Classic Series Quality Special Effects

2009-02-15T14:59:00.000-08:00

#32 Works For Me

2009-02-14T08:19:00.001-08:00

#31 Yes It Was In Her Pocket

2009-02-08T17:34:00.001-08:00

#30 Is It Still Called That On Grass?

2009-02-06T13:23:00.000-08:00

#29 Is It Really Evil If It Killed The Monster?

2009-02-05T12:39:00.000-08:00

#28 He Should Rename It The Swiggly Swirly Space Vortex

2009-02-04T14:28:00.002-08:00

#27 Penelope's Dream Car, Coming To A Toy Store Near You (Provided It's Not Muddy)

2009-02-04T14:28:00.001-08:00

#26 She's Still Dressed More Practically Than Half His Companions

2009-02-02T14:57:00.001-08:00

Aside #2: Memoirs From The Time War (And A Really Geeky Who Joke)

2009-02-01T15:15:00.000-08:00

Aside #1: How The Doctor Spends His Free Time

2009-02-01T15:14:00.000-08:00

#25 Well, That's What She Gets for Relying on the TARDIS

2009-02-01T10:24:00.000-08:00

#24 The Real Question Is How He'd Fit One Through The Doors

2009-01-30T16:49:00.001-08:00

More From People Who Can Draw

2009-01-29T14:59:00.000-08:00

So, Deedeete did another great picture of Penny, being stalked by a shadowy Cyberman. I love this one, I think it's even better than the last one.

I might even nick the setup of the image for the next comic. Although somehow I think Shadowy Sketchians will be less forboding than shadowy handdrawn Cybermen...

As before, all credit goes to Deedeete for this one! Go check out her deviantart already!

#23 Penny Discovers New and Interesting Ways to React to the TARDIS

2009-01-29T14:50:00.001-08:00

#22 Judoon Don't Have Eyebrows, But Nobody Told Skro That

2009-01-28T12:25:00.001-08:00

"What if Penny and the Doctor were drawn by somebody who actually CAN draw?"

2009-01-27T14:42:00.001-08:00

Holy crap! It's text! In a blog post! Instead of a comic! Wierd, huh?

Here's some art done by a very talented artist, known as Deedeete on forums, but probably better known as Deborah. Unless people like calling her Deedeete. Anyway, she did a quick sketch of Penny and the Doctor, and I really liked it. Especially Penny, who looked great as a realistic character rather than my ridiculous attempts at art.

She also did sketchy sketchians. Urr, if that sentence makes any sense.

I keep meaning to try and incorporate that profile one into my style, but can't get it to work...

Find more of her art here!

http://deedeetee.deviantart.com/gallery/

Babel Fish. Not Just For Saving Arthur Dent Anymore.

2009-01-27T14:41:00.001-08:00

#20 Drink Everytime Someone Says Time Lord!

2009-01-26T13:05:00.000-08:00

#19 "Oh, and don't wander off!"

2009-01-25T12:10:00.000-08:00

#18 "Is it as cunning as a fox who is the Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?"

2009-01-25T11:51:00.000-08:00

#17 Penelope Precious. The Doctor's first ever hidiously unfit companion. Nobody else ever complains about the running.

2009-01-25T11:45:00.000-08:00

#16 Judoon Haven't Invented Surge Protectors

2009-01-25T11:43:00.000-08:00

#15 "It's time for the Christmas special already!?"

2009-01-25T11:41:00.000-08:00

#14 All Alien Soldiers Are Trained To Stand Politely And Wait While the Doctor Explains Things to his Companions

2009-01-25T11:40:00.001-08:00

#13 Putting on Make-Up > Saving Earth

2009-01-25T11:35:00.000-08:00

#12 "Yeah, well, my former best friend aged me 100 years and conquered the Earth for an entire year!"

2009-01-25T11:31:00.000-08:00

#11 The Stare

2009-01-25T11:30:00.000-08:00

#10 Quick, Mumble Something Panicked!

2009-01-25T10:50:00.000-08:00

#9 "The who?" "No, they're a band."

2009-01-25T10:49:00.000-08:00

#8 That Must Have Been a REALLY Big House

2009-01-25T10:47:00.000-08:00

#7 She's Not Posh, She Just Lives In a Mansion

2009-01-25T10:44:00.000-08:00

#6 I Would

2009-01-25T10:36:00.000-08:00

#5 She's Galactically Confused

2009-01-25T10:32:00.000-08:00

#4 I'm On Penny's Side

2009-01-25T10:31:00.001-08:00

#3 Working in Television, Only Slightly More Believable Than Being a Time Lord

2009-01-25T10:26:00.000-08:00

#2 Not Just Ten a Penny

2009-01-25T10:23:00.000-08:00

#1 Jilted

2009-01-25T10:07:00.000-08:00

The Cast

2009-01-25T09:55:00.001-08:00

An Introduction

2009-01-25T09:48:00.000-08:00

So, you've stumbled upon this blog, one way or another, and probably a few thoughts have popped into your mind.

Provided they weren't 'where's the back button?' or 'how do I close this window?', then they probably relate to trying to work out what this is.

Short answer, it's a webcomic. On a blog, because I don't know of any better way of posting it. Slightly longer answer is it's a serial Doctor Who webcomic. If you don't know what Doctor Who is, then you probably haven't found this blog. If you have, and still don't know, then go and find out, 'cause it's great.

The idea is to tell a fictional 'season' of adventures, except with plenty of comedy, and using cutesy characters that I call 'sketchians'. Despite the fact they're anything but sketched.

Upon seeing said sketchians, you might find yourself saying, 'you are aware you can't draw, nameless blog writer, aren't you?'. Yes, yes I am. They originally came about as a cheap way to enter weekly art competitions despite having no skill as an artist. However, at some point I wanted to try doing a narrative comic, and this is it. Believe me, I know the art's embaressing.

So, what's the point? I like telling stories, and the comic format is fun to use. This particular comic involves the Doctor, a new companion, and hopefully many new adventures. They should hopefully always have plenty of humour, but I want some adventure too. I don't know where I'll end up with this, or if anybody will ever read it, but if you have stumbled across this site and not yet run the heck away, then take a look around.

If nothing else, it'll make you feel better about your own drawing abilities.