Friday Poll No.31: Doctor Whoah

[Rob McCow]

Pollinger Agency describes Baxter thus:

Definitely born, Baxter Sullivan describes his existence as ‘a kind of hideous waking death’. Obnoxious, bad-tempered, often ridiculous but charming nonetheless, Baxter is an asset to our glorious empire.

Baxter left school in 2001 with an A level in Graphic Design and finally got one of his cartoons, ‘Rockbot’, into a national rock magazine called Rocksound a year later. He has designed artwork for many popular bands and currently draws ‘Doctor Whoah’ cartoon for Doctor Who magazine.

It is rumoured that he never sleeps.

Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett were variable but always fun; Doctor Oho by Leighton Noyes was occasionally good; Nix View had some excellent moments.

However, for sheer bloody awfulness, the recent addition of Baxter's sketches to the Doctor Who magazine letters page takes the biscuit. The 'jokes' will either rubbish the fans of the show, be based on a 30 year old continuity point or be simply crude - the one about Tom Baker's 'Part' being paticularly repulsive. The artwork is glossy and horrid.

I haven't found a single sketch funny. On the contrary, I've found them to be repugnant and painful to read, without charm or wit.

What do you think?

[Dirk Gently]

I've gone for the middle ground. Sometimes its quite funny & sometimes its rolleyes dull.

[SiHart]

It's awful. The worst strip of its kind that DWM has ever had.

Si xx

[Wayne]

Eh? What? Who?

Oh. DWM. That's the end of that then.

[Si Hunt]

It's bad but "Doctor Oho" was chronic as well. Bring back a good old fashioned strip cartoon, not these arty 'ironic' one frame things.

Si.

[Stuart Wallis]

I went for somewhere in-between. The New series gags tend to be funny, but not as funny as they were, but the classic series ones are invariably unfunny and occasionally bizarre - why does McGann look like a lion? eh?

[Antony Cox]

why does McGann look like a lion? eh?

Because he was the mane man in 1996?

[Wayne]

Because he was the mane man in 1996?

ARRRRRGH!

[Andrew Curnow]

Just rubbish.

[Pip Madeley]

I don't mind them.

[Simon R]

It's unspeakably awful. I'm sure it's been going a few years as well. Maybe it's some sort of tax dodge for DWM or a giving a job to someone on the staff's brother.

[Dave Tudor]

He left school in 2001!? Christ, DWM is being taken over by kids!!!

[Stuart Wallis]

I thought it was only policemen who were supposed to look younger when you got older?